diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 7e5c3ddc341d..c93f19dd872e 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ config RUST
 	depends on !MODVERSIONS
 	depends on !GCC_PLUGINS
 	depends on !RANDSTRUCT
-	depends on !DEBUG_INFO_BTF
+	depends on !DEBUG_INFO_BTF || PAHOLE_HAS_LANG_EXCLUDE
 	select CONSTRUCTORS
 	help
 	  Enables Rust support in the kernel.
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 881c3f84e88a..335411ebaa1e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -389,6 +389,15 @@ config PAHOLE_HAS_BTF_TAG
 	  btf_decl_tag) or not. Currently only clang compiler implements
 	  these attributes, so make the config depend on CC_IS_CLANG.
 
+config PAHOLE_HAS_LANG_EXCLUDE
+	def_bool PAHOLE_VERSION >= 124
+	help
+	  Support for the --lang_exclude flag which makes pahole exclude
+	  compilation units from the supplied language. Used in Kbuild to
+	  omit Rust CUs which are not supported in version 1.24 of pahole,
+	  otherwise it would emit malformed kernel and module binaries when
+	  using DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES.
+
 config DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
 	def_bool y
 	depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && MODULES && PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF
diff --git a/scripts/pahole-flags.sh b/scripts/pahole-flags.sh
index 0d99ef17e4a5..1f1f1d397c39 100755
--- a/scripts/pahole-flags.sh
+++ b/scripts/pahole-flags.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@ fi
 if [ "${pahole_ver}" -ge "122" ]; then
 	extra_paholeopt="${extra_paholeopt} -j"
 fi
+if [ "${pahole_ver}" -ge "124" ]; then
+	# see PAHOLE_HAS_LANG_EXCLUDE
+	extra_paholeopt="${extra_paholeopt} --lang_exclude=rust"
+fi
 
 echo ${extra_paholeopt}