diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index 0a482f341576..93ca13e4f8f9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE)	\
 		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-verbose
 gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL)	\
 		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref-all
+ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
+    DISABLE_STRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN += -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-disable
+endif
+export DISABLE_STRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN
 gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK)		\
 		+= -DSTRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN