diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 944fd2ae756b..dbbd243c865f 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
 config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5
 	bool "Generate DWARF Version 5 debuginfo"
 	depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || AS_IS_LLVM || (AS_IS_GNU && AS_VERSION >= 23502 && AS_HAS_NON_CONST_LEB128)
-	depends on !DEBUG_INFO_BTF
+	depends on !DEBUG_INFO_BTF || PAHOLE_VERSION >= 121
 	help
 	  Generate DWARF v5 debug info. Requires binutils 2.35.2, gcc 5.0+ (gcc
 	  5.0+ accepts the -gdwarf-5 flag but only had partial support for some