diff --git a/include/linux/buildid.h b/include/linux/buildid.h
index f375900cf9ed..3e8d77a93ec4 100644
--- a/include/linux/buildid.h
+++ b/include/linux/buildid.h
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ int build_id_parse(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned char *build_id,
 		   __u32 *size);
 int build_id_parse_buf(const void *buf, unsigned char *build_id, u32 buf_size);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID)
 extern unsigned char vmlinux_build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE_MAX];
 void init_vmlinux_build_id(void);
+#else
+static inline void init_vmlinux_build_id(void) { }
+#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 4cd6af3f89b3..2987925efe7d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ config PRINTK_CALLER
 	  no option to enable/disable at the kernel command line parameter or
 	  sysfs interface.
 
+config STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID
+	bool "Show build ID information in stacktraces"
+	depends on PRINTK
+	help
+	  Selecting this option adds build ID information for symbols in
+	  stacktraces printed with the printk format '%p[SR]b'.
+
+	  This option is intended for distros where debuginfo is not easily
+	  accessible but can be downloaded given the build ID of the vmlinux or
+	  kernel module where the function is located.
+
 config CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT
 	int "Default console loglevel (1-15)"
 	range 1 15
diff --git a/lib/buildid.c b/lib/buildid.c
index 1103ed46214f..6f1e2903740b 100644
--- a/lib/buildid.c
+++ b/lib/buildid.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ int build_id_parse_buf(const void *buf, unsigned char *build_id, u32 buf_size)
 	return parse_build_id_buf(build_id, NULL, buf, buf_size);
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID)
 unsigned char vmlinux_build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE_MAX] __ro_after_init;
 
 /**
@@ -187,3 +188,4 @@ void __init init_vmlinux_build_id(void)
 
 	build_id_parse_buf(&__start_notes, vmlinux_build_id, size);
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/dump_stack.c b/lib/dump_stack.c
index 27f16872320d..cd3387bb34e5 100644
--- a/lib/dump_stack.c
+++ b/lib/dump_stack.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/buildid.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sched/debug.h>
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ void __init dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID)
+#define BUILD_ID_FMT " %20phN"
+#define BUILD_ID_VAL vmlinux_build_id
+#else
+#define BUILD_ID_FMT "%s"
+#define BUILD_ID_VAL ""
+#endif
+
 /**
  * dump_stack_print_info - print generic debug info for dump_stack()
  * @log_lvl: log level
@@ -45,13 +54,13 @@ void __init dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...)
  */
 void dump_stack_print_info(const char *log_lvl)
 {
-	printk("%sCPU: %d PID: %d Comm: %.20s %s%s %s %.*s\n",
+	printk("%sCPU: %d PID: %d Comm: %.20s %s%s %s %.*s" BUILD_ID_FMT "\n",
 	       log_lvl, raw_smp_processor_id(), current->pid, current->comm,
 	       kexec_crash_loaded() ? "Kdump: loaded " : "",
 	       print_tainted(),
 	       init_utsname()->release,
 	       (int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
-	       init_utsname()->version);
+	       init_utsname()->version, BUILD_ID_VAL);
 
 	if (dump_stack_arch_desc_str[0] != '\0')
 		printk("%sHardware name: %s\n",