diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 89440c3c3..1ca6f5002 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ linux (4.18~rc7-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Update policy version to 4.2.0:
     - linux-kbuild: Change "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "#!/usr/bin/perl"
     - Build with KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 by default
+    - objtool, usbip: Build with V=1 by default
 
  -- Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@debian.org>  Sat, 21 Jul 2018 16:52:01 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile b/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile
index 6b42618d3..9990cde31 100644
--- a/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/debian/rules.d/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all:
 # for multiple targets and add a wrapper, same as for modpost.
 # 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) HOSTARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) ARCH=x86 CC=$(CC) LD=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
+	$(MAKE) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/objtool O=$(CURDIR) HOSTARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) ARCH=x86 CC=$(CC) LD=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld V=$(KBUILD_VERBOSE)
 
 install:
 	install -D -m755 objtool $(DESTDIR)/$(installdir)/objtool
diff --git a/debian/rules.d/tools/usb/usbip/Makefile b/debian/rules.d/tools/usb/usbip/Makefile
index 896a8142c..3decaac98 100644
--- a/debian/rules.d/tools/usb/usbip/Makefile
+++ b/debian/rules.d/tools/usb/usbip/Makefile
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ all:
 		--disable-shared \
 		--disable-static \
 		--host=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
-	$(MAKE)
+	$(MAKE) V=$(KBUILD_VERBOSE)
 
 install:
-	$(MAKE) install
+	$(MAKE) V=$(KBUILD_VERBOSE) install
 ifneq (,$(filter nodoc,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)))
 	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man
 endif