diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index 952e46876329..4aad28480035 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF)		\
 		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref
 gcc-plugin-cflags-$(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