diff --git a/tools/build/Build.include b/tools/build/Build.include
index 585486e40995b95e0d4540c2374901af3ad19150..2cf3b1bde86e3e12d557880cc269247deeeea8e9 100644
--- a/tools/build/Build.include
+++ b/tools/build/Build.include
@@ -100,3 +100,27 @@ cxx_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -Wp,-MT,$@ $(CXXFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(CXX
 ## HOSTCC C flags
 
 host_c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -Wp,-MT,$@ $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(obj))
+
+# output directory for tests below
+TMPOUT = .tmp_$$$$
+
+# try-run
+# Usage: option = $(call try-run, $(CC)...-o "$$TMP",option-ok,otherwise)
+# Exit code chooses option. "$$TMP" serves as a temporary file and is
+# automatically cleaned up.
+try-run = $(shell set -e;		\
+	TMP=$(TMPOUT)/tmp;		\
+	mkdir -p $(TMPOUT);		\
+	trap "rm -rf $(TMPOUT)" EXIT;	\
+	if ($(1)) >/dev/null 2>&1;	\
+	then echo "$(2)";		\
+	else echo "$(3)";		\
+	fi)
+
+# cc-option
+# Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
+cc-option = $(call try-run, \
+	$(CC) -Werror $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+
+# delete partially updated (i.e. corrupted) files on error
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 044bfdcf5b74fd52016a3a41f3d6a62883f5d9ba..17a5cdf48d37ef1c1864ca3518beb2c47f363d83 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-include ../../../../scripts/Kbuild.include
+include ../../../build/Build.include
 include ../../../scripts/Makefile.arch
 include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
index a6d61f451f884048e5b4af5418c008ca00dcf7b8..5ef141f265bdd008f89660cc6b556f67c041c0ec 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-include ../../../../scripts/Kbuild.include
+include ../../../build/Build.include
 
 all:
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile
index af3df79d8163f41833bbd491142d91677797a988..c5ecb46340948f05bd22932f98ea7ce5d9c20149 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-include ../../../../../../scripts/Kbuild.include
+include ../../../../../build/Build.include
 
 noarg:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../../
diff --git a/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile b/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
index 59e417ec3e134ce48fd039662d5b7bf6d49bba52..9db867df76794e75d3fcd79e82f3cee0bd832ad6 100644
--- a/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
+++ b/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # We need this for the "cc-option" macro.
-include ../../../scripts/Kbuild.include
+include ../../build/Build.include
 
 VERSION = 1.0