diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index de46ab03f063beaf980996102e0ec8911e173099..9807a81158960a17b60e76c51157ba0bdf237857 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -448,11 +448,18 @@ $($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-objs)))    \
 $($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-y)))       \
 $($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-m)))), $^)
 
-quiet_cmd_link_multi-y = LD      $@
-cmd_link_multi-y = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(link_multi_deps) $(cmd_secanalysis)
+cmd_link_multi-link = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(link_multi_deps) $(cmd_secanalysis)
+
+ifdef CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES
+  quiet_cmd_link_multi-y = AR      $@
+  cmd_link_multi-y = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcST$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(link_multi_deps)
+else
+  quiet_cmd_link_multi-y = LD      $@
+  cmd_link_multi-y = $(cmd_link_multi-link)
+endif
 
 quiet_cmd_link_multi-m = LD [M]  $@
-cmd_link_multi-m = $(cmd_link_multi-y)
+cmd_link_multi-m = $(cmd_link_multi-link)
 
 $(multi-used-y): FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,link_multi-y)