diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e8716dbbadc..78efac6021b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELR),y)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --pack-dyn-relocs=relr
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --pack-dyn-relocs=relr --use-android-relr-tags
 endif
 
 # make the checker run with the right architecture
diff --git a/scripts/tools-support-relr.sh b/scripts/tools-support-relr.sh
index 45e8aa360b45..cb55878bd5b8 100755
--- a/scripts/tools-support-relr.sh
+++ b/scripts/tools-support-relr.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ trap "rm -f $tmp_file.o $tmp_file $tmp_file.bin" EXIT
 cat << "END" | $CC -c -x c - -o $tmp_file.o >/dev/null 2>&1
 void *p = &p;
 END
-$LD $tmp_file.o -shared -Bsymbolic --pack-dyn-relocs=relr -o $tmp_file
+$LD $tmp_file.o -shared -Bsymbolic --pack-dyn-relocs=relr \
+  --use-android-relr-tags -o $tmp_file
 
 # Despite printing an error message, GNU nm still exits with exit code 0 if it
 # sees a relr section. So we need to check that nothing is printed to stderr.