diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f9f44eac27f56d211940b3e9f0c2cc1eda7b398..10bb0a62cc7dd9b89122ccf3089961f33851ccca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ USERINCLUDE    := \
 		-I$(objtree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/uapi \
 		-I$(srctree)/include/uapi \
 		-I$(objtree)/include/generated/uapi \
+                -include $(srctree)/include/linux/compiler-version.h \
                 -include $(srctree)/include/linux/kconfig.h
 
 # Use LINUXINCLUDE when you must reference the include/ directory.
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-version.h b/include/linux/compiler-version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2b2972c77c622a397d7bed5c6b21d3a0bbc18a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#ifdef  __LINUX_COMPILER_VERSION_H
+#error "Please do not include <linux/compiler-version.h>. This is done by the build system."
+#endif
+#define __LINUX_COMPILER_VERSION_H
+
+/*
+ * This header exists to force full rebuild when the compiler is upgraded.
+ *
+ * When fixdep scans this, it will find this string "CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT"
+ * and add dependency on include/config/cc/version/text.h, which is touched
+ * by Kconfig when the version string from the compiler changes.
+ */
diff --git a/include/linux/kconfig.h b/include/linux/kconfig.h
index e78e17a76dc95e14d3a5d90cc025a82bd83e1a9b..24a59cb0696359c45c46489fd7d791ea1c37b7e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/kconfig.h
+++ b/include/linux/kconfig.h
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_KCONFIG_H
 #define __LINUX_KCONFIG_H
 
-/* CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT (Do not delete this comment. See help in Kconfig) */
-
 #include <generated/autoconf.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 22946fe5ded982b37a9cd49c9b9b24a2f3667891..30c849094c280feb3b8c18f1bf7212b713780645 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ config CC_VERSION_TEXT
 	    When the compiler is updated, Kconfig will be invoked.
 
 	  - Ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated
-	    include/linux/kconfig.h contains this option in the comment line so
-	    fixdep adds include/config/cc/version/text.h into the auto-generated
-	    dependency. When the compiler is updated, syncconfig will touch it
-	    and then every file will be rebuilt.
+	    include/linux/compiler-version.h contains this option in the comment
+	    line so fixdep adds include/config/cc/version/text.h into the
+	    auto-generated dependency. When the compiler is updated, syncconfig
+	    will touch it and then every file will be rebuilt.
 
 config CC_IS_GCC
 	def_bool $(success,test "$(cc-name)" = GCC)
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
index b5487cce69e8e8c09c60e6889feb2780f9b3adfa..1952d3bb80c6979ab2ffdf2423589cacb4d25602 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ always-y += $(GCC_PLUGIN)
 GCC_PLUGINS_DIR = $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=plugin)
 
 plugin_cxxflags	= -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) -fPIC \
+		  -include $(srctree)/include/linux/compiler-version.h \
 		   -I $(GCC_PLUGINS_DIR)/include -I $(obj) -std=gnu++11 \
 		   -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables \
 		   -ggdb -Wno-narrowing -Wno-unused-variable \