diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 5d90030..b5efa98 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Default is built-in, unless we know otherwise
-modkern_cflags := $(CFLAGS_KERNEL)
+modkern_cflags = $(if $(part-of-module), $(CFLAGS_MODULE), $(CFLAGS_KERNEL))
 quiet_modtag := $(empty)   $(empty)
 
-$(real-objs-m)        : modkern_cflags := $(CFLAGS_MODULE)
-$(real-objs-m:.o=.i)  : modkern_cflags := $(CFLAGS_MODULE)
-$(real-objs-m:.o=.s)  : modkern_cflags := $(CFLAGS_MODULE)
-$(real-objs-m:.o=.lst): modkern_cflags := $(CFLAGS_MODULE)
+$(real-objs-m)        : part-of-module := y
+$(real-objs-m:.o=.i)  : part-of-module := y
+$(real-objs-m:.o=.s)  : part-of-module := y
+$(real-objs-m:.o=.lst): part-of-module := y
 
 $(real-objs-m)        : quiet_modtag := [M]
 $(real-objs-m:.o=.i)  : quiet_modtag := [M]
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 cmd_record_mcount = perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
-	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" "$(@)";
+	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
+	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
 endif
 
 define rule_cc_o_c
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index fe83141..282485a 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@
 
 my $V = '0.1';
 
-if ($#ARGV < 6) {
-	print "usage: $P arch objdump objcopy cc ld nm rm mv inputfile\n";
+if ($#ARGV < 7) {
+	print "usage: $P arch objdump objcopy cc ld nm rm mv is_module inputfile\n";
 	print "version: $V\n";
 	exit(1);
 }
 
 my ($arch, $bits, $objdump, $objcopy, $cc,
-    $ld, $nm, $rm, $mv, $inputfile) = @ARGV;
+    $ld, $nm, $rm, $mv, $is_module, $inputfile) = @ARGV;
 
 # Acceptable sections to record.
 my %text_sections = (