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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 3555edcfd4ab..ba8596464596 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -282,6 +282,24 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
newer revisions of DWARF, you may wish to choose this or have your
config select this.
+config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5
+ bool "Generate DWARF Version 5 debuginfo"
+ depends on GCC_VERSION >= 50000 || CC_IS_CLANG
+ depends on CC_IS_GCC || $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/test_dwarf5_support.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS))
+ depends on !DEBUG_INFO_BTF
+ help
+ Generate DWARF v5 debug info. Requires binutils 2.35.2, gcc 5.0+ (gcc
+ 5.0+ accepts the -gdwarf-5 flag but only had partial support for some
+ draft features until 7.0), and gdb 8.0+.
+
+ Changes to the structure of debug info in Version 5 allow for around
+ 15-18% savings in resulting image and debug info section sizes as
+ compared to DWARF Version 4. DWARF Version 5 standardizes previous
+ extensions such as accelerators for symbol indexing and the format
+ for fission (.dwo/.dwp) files. Users may not want to select this
+ config if they rely on tooling that has not yet been updated to
+ support DWARF Version 5.
+
endchoice # "DWARF version"
config DEBUG_INFO_BTF