diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 77c440db9d46c..63d711001dabb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1297,6 +1297,14 @@ config COMPAT_VDSO
 	  You must have a 32-bit build of glibc 2.22 or later for programs
 	  to seamlessly take advantage of this.
 
+config THUMB2_COMPAT_VDSO
+	bool "Compile the 32-bit vDSO for Thumb-2 mode" if EXPERT
+	depends on COMPAT_VDSO
+	default y
+	help
+	  Compile the compat vDSO with '-mthumb -fomit-frame-pointer' if y,
+	  otherwise with '-marm'.
+
 menuconfig ARMV8_DEPRECATED
 	bool "Emulate deprecated/obsolete ARMv8 instructions"
 	depends on SYSCTL
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index 3964738ebbde8..7ea1e827e5051 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ VDSO_CFLAGS += -D__uint128_t='void*'
 VDSO_CFLAGS += $(call cc32-disable-warning,shift-count-overflow)
 VDSO_CFLAGS += -Wno-int-to-pointer-cast
 
+# Compile as THUMB2 or ARM. Unwinding via frame-pointers in THUMB2 is
+# unreliable.
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_THUMB2_COMPAT_VDSO), y)
+VDSO_CFLAGS += -mthumb -fomit-frame-pointer
+else
+VDSO_CFLAGS += -marm
+endif
+
 VDSO_AFLAGS := $(VDSO_CAFLAGS)
 VDSO_AFLAGS += -D__ASSEMBLY__