diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 08fbe6cd309d..f099b814d383 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -276,40 +276,39 @@ more details, with real examples.
 
 --- 3.7 Compilation flags
 
-    EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS, EXTRA_LDFLAGS
+    ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y
+	The three flags listed above applies only to the kbuild makefile
+	where they are assigned. They are used for all the normal
+	cc, as and ld invocation happenign during a recursive build.
+	Note: Flags with the same behaviour were previously named:
+	EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS.
+	They are yet supported but their use are deprecated.
 
-	All the EXTRA_ variables apply only to the kbuild makefile
-	where they are assigned. The EXTRA_ variables apply to all
-	commands executed in the kbuild makefile.
-
-	$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) specifies options for compiling C files with
-	$(CC).
+	ccflags-y specifies options for compiling C files with $(CC).
 
 	Example:
 		# drivers/sound/emu10k1/Makefile
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I$(obj)
-		ifdef DEBUG
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DEMU10K1_DEBUG
-		endif
+		ccflags-y += -I$(obj)
+		ccflags-$(DEBUG) += -DEMU10K1_DEBUG
 
 
 	This variable is necessary because the top Makefile owns the
 	variable $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) and uses it for compilation flags for the
 	entire tree.
 
-	$(EXTRA_AFLAGS) is a similar string for per-directory options
+	asflags-y is a similar string for per-directory options
 	when compiling assembly language source.
 
 	Example:
 		#arch/x86_64/kernel/Makefile
-		EXTRA_AFLAGS := -traditional
+		asflags-y := -traditional
 
 
-	$(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) is a string for per-directory options to $(LD).
+	ldflags-y is a string for per-directory options to $(LD).
 
 	Example:
 		#arch/m68k/fpsp040/Makefile
-		EXTRA_LDFLAGS := -x
+		ldflags-y := -x
 
     CFLAGS_$@, AFLAGS_$@
 
@@ -495,9 +494,9 @@ more details, with real examples.
 
 	Example:
 		#fs/reiserfs/Makefile
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS := $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
+		ccflags-y := $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
 
-	In this example, EXTRA_CFLAGS will be assigned the value -O1 if the
+	In this example, ccflags-y will be assigned the value -O1 if the
 	$(CC) version is less than 4.2.
 	cc-ifversion takes all the shell operators:
 	-eq, -ne, -lt, -le, -gt, and -ge
@@ -783,7 +782,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	Example:
 		#arch/s390/Makefile
 		LDFLAGS         := -m elf_s390
-	Note: EXTRA_LDFLAGS can be used to further customise
+	Note: ldflags-y can be used to further customise
 	the flags used. See chapter 3.7.
 
     LDFLAGS_MODULE	Options for $(LD) when linking modules
@@ -1100,7 +1099,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 
 	When building the *.lds target, kbuild uses the variables:
 	KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	: Set in top-level Makefile
-	EXTRA_CPPFLAGS	: May be set in the kbuild makefile
+	cppflags-y	: May be set in the kbuild makefile
 	CPPFLAGS_$(@F)  : Target specific flags.
 	                  Note that the full filename is used in this
 	                  assignment.
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index d32b40048f1f..de9836eee8bb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ EXTRA_AFLAGS   :=
 EXTRA_CFLAGS   :=
 EXTRA_CPPFLAGS :=
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS  :=
+asflags-y  :=
+ccflags-y  :=
+cppflags-y :=
+ldflags-y  :=
 
 # Read .config if it exist, otherwise ignore
 -include include/config/auto.conf
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 95e6e0fbdbd0..3c5e88bfecf1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Backward compatibility
+asflags-y  += $(EXTRA_AFLAGS)
+ccflags-y  += $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+cppflags-y += $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
+ldflags-y  += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
+
 # Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
 # ===========================================================================
 
@@ -84,9 +90,9 @@ basename_flags = -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(basetarget)))"
 modname_flags  = $(if $(filter 1,$(words $(modname))),\
                  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(modname)))")
 
-_c_flags       = $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
-_a_flags       = $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) $(EXTRA_AFLAGS) $(AFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
-_cpp_flags     = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS_$(@F))
+_c_flags       = $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(ccflags-y) $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
+_a_flags       = $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) $(asflags-y) $(AFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
+_cpp_flags     = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(cppflags-y) $(CPPFLAGS_$(@F))
 
 # If building the kernel in a separate objtree expand all occurrences
 # of -Idir to -I$(srctree)/dir except for absolute paths (starting with '/').
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ a_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) \
 
 cpp_flags      = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(__cpp_flags)
 
-ld_flags       = $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
+ld_flags       = $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y)
 
 # Finds the multi-part object the current object will be linked into
 modname-multi = $(sort $(foreach m,$(multi-used),\
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ $(obj)/%:: $(src)/%_shipped
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 quiet_cmd_ld = LD      $@
-cmd_ld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
+cmd_ld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
 	       $(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@ 
 
 # Objcopy
diff --git a/scripts/makelst b/scripts/makelst
index 4fc80f2b7e19..e6581496d820 100755
--- a/scripts/makelst
+++ b/scripts/makelst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # with correct relocations from System.map
 # Requires the following lines in makefile:
 #%.lst: %.c
-#	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_$@) -g -c -o $*.o $<
-#	$(srctree)/scripts/makelst $*.o $(objtree)/System.map $(OBJDUMP)
+#	$(CC) $(c_flags) -g -c -o $*.o $< &&
+#	$(srctree)/scripts/makelst $*.o System.map $(OBJDUMP) > $@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2000 IBM Corporation
 # Author(s): DJ Barrow (djbarrow@de.ibm.com,barrow_dj@yahoo.com)