diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 33122ca04e7cd99cfb1be6bb4a5c62fd66efe51b..194e2c4536091c4203750f3058a0975e1e4ff1c8 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static const char *section_white_list[] =
 {
 	".comment*",
 	".debug*",
+	".zdebug*",		/* Compressed debug sections. */
 	".GCC-command-line",	/* mn10300 */
 	".mdebug*",        /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
 	".pdr",            /* alpha, score, mips etc. */