diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index 366f5c8b48..fb14006055 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -247,6 +247,14 @@ comment "Binary tools"
 
 source "toolchain/binutils/Config.in"
 
+config DWARVES
+	bool
+	prompt "Build pahole" if TOOLCHAINOPTS
+	depends on !HOST_OS_MACOS
+	default n
+	help
+	  Enable if you want to build pahole and the dwarves tools.
+
 comment "Compiler"
 	depends on TOOLCHAINOPTS
 
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 416039cf38..507971c6d5 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),Darwin)
   tools-y += bash
 else
+  $(curdir)/dwarves/compile += $(curdir)/elfutils/compile
   $(curdir)/elfutils/compile := $(curdir)/zlib/compile
+  tools-$(CONFIG_DWARVES) += dwarves
   tools-y += elfutils
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/dwarves/Makefile b/tools/dwarves/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41f0532701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dwarves/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=dwarves
+
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=v1.23
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole/pahole.git
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=6ab1bb1dbdf6c73ffcf485d909229dc1da1a3d24efd213e92c56489b58d6a4bd
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
+
+CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS += \
+	-D__LIB=lib \
+	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib" \
+	-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=FALSE
+
+define Host/Clean
+	$(RM) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/{codiff,ctracer,dtagnames,pahole,pdwtags}
+	$(RM) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/{pfunct,pglobal,prefcnt,scncopy,syscse}
+	$(RM) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/{ostra-cg,btfdiff,fullcircle}
+	$(RM) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/libdwarves*.so*
+	$(RM) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/share/man/man1/pahole.1
+	rm -rf $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include/dwarves
+	rm -rf $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/share/dwarves
+	$(call Host/Clean/Default)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))