diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6ae7fd4475b..c6d331ba140 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -507,6 +507,10 @@ else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -O2
 endif
 
+ifneq (CONFIG_FRAME_WARN,0)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wframe-larger-than=${CONFIG_FRAME_WARN})
+endif
+
 # Force gcc to behave correct even for buggy distributions
 # Arch Makefiles may override this setting
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 623ef24c238..754cc0027f2 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ config ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
 	  suppress the "warning: ignoring return value of 'foo', declared with
 	  attribute warn_unused_result" messages.
 
+config FRAME_WARN
+	int "Warn for stack frames larger than (needs gcc 4.4)"
+	range 0 8192
+	default 1024 if !64BIT
+	default 2048 if 64BIT
+	help
+	  Tell gcc to warn at build time for stack frames larger than this.
+	  Setting this too low will cause a lot of warnings.
+	  Setting it to 0 disables the warning.
+	  Requires gcc 4.4
+
 config MAGIC_SYSRQ
 	bool "Magic SysRq key"
 	depends on !UML