diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
index 7c6f0e882eab..ffc7b49e54f7 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ endif
 
 remove-section-y                                   := .modinfo
 remove-section-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS) += '.rel*' '!.rel*.dyn'
+# for compatibility with binutils < 2.32
+# https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=c12d9fa2afe7abcbe407a00e15719e1a1350c2a7
+remove-section-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS) += '.rel.*'
 
 # To avoid warnings: "empty loadable segment detected at ..." from GNU objcopy,
 # it is necessary to remove the PT_LOAD flag from the segment.