diff --git a/base/gcc/gcc.conf b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
index 0f7f6b83e..853729e6b 100644
--- a/base/gcc/gcc.conf
+++ b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ languages="c,c++"
 var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-c99"
 var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-long-long"
 
+# pass --build-id option to the linker for all final links
+var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-linker-build-id"
+
 # special features when glibc is the primary libc for the target
 if [ "$SDECFG_LIBC" = 'glibc' ]; then
 	# use the gnu_unique_object relocation for C++ template static data