diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 146801074..7b71cfd57 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 linux (4.17.3-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Sjoerd Simons ]
   * [armhf] DRM: Enable CONFIG_DRM_IMX_PARALLEL_DISPLAY
 
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * linux-tools: Fix cross-build of objtool
+
  -- Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd@debian.org>  Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:25:57 +0200
 
 linux (4.17.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile b/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile
index 532e5b793..cc2ea9e22 100644
--- a/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ include $(top_rulesdir)/Makefile.inc
 all:
 # For now, only supported target architecture is x86.  Later we'll need to build
 # for multiple targets and add a wrapper, same as for modpost.
-	$(MAKE) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/objtool O=$(CURDIR) ARCH=x86
+# objtool explicitly sets CC and LD to be native tools; we need to override
+# this on the command line to make cross-builds work.
+	$(MAKE) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/objtool O=$(CURDIR) ARCH=x86 CC=$(CC) LD=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
 
 install:
 	install -D -m755 objtool $(DESTDIR)/$(installdir)/objtool