diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index f1431d099fce..f11ebb33e4a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -201,3 +201,15 @@ KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
 --------------------------------------------------
 If enabled over the make command line with "W=1", it turns on additional
 gcc -W... options for more extensive build-time checking.
+
+KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
+--------------------------------------------------
+Setting this to a date string overrides the timestamp used in the
+UTS_VERSION definition (uname -v in the running kernel). The default value
+is the output of the date command at one point during build.
+
+KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST
+--------------------------------------------------
+These two variables allow to override the user@host string displayed during
+boot and in /proc/version. The default value is the output of the commands
+whoami and host, respectively.
diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 82416a81df5e..7ad6bf7a09ff 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ if [ -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" ]; then
 else
 	TIMESTAMP=$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
 fi
+if test -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_USER"; then
+	LINUX_COMPILE_BY=`whoami`
+else
+	LINUX_COMPILE_BY=$KBUILD_BUILD_USER
+fi
+if test -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_HOST"; then
+	LINUX_COMPILE_HOST=`hostname`
+else
+	LINUX_COMPILE_HOST=$KBUILD_BUILD_HOST
+fi
 
 UTS_VERSION="#$VERSION"
 CONFIG_FLAGS=""
@@ -63,8 +73,8 @@ UTS_TRUNCATE="cut -b -$UTS_LEN"
 
   echo \#define UTS_VERSION \"`echo $UTS_VERSION | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
 
-  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_BY \"`whoami`\"
-  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_HOST \"`hostname | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
+  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_BY \"`echo $LINUX_COMPILE_BY | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
+  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_HOST \"`echo $LINUX_COMPILE_HOST | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
 
   echo \#define LINUX_COMPILER \"`$CC -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\"
 ) > .tmpcompile