diff --git a/kernel/module/Kconfig b/kernel/module/Kconfig
index d443fc504ffc..9568b629a03c 100644
--- a/kernel/module/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/module/Kconfig
@@ -207,6 +207,16 @@ config ASM_MODVERSIONS
 	  assembly. This can be enabled only when the target architecture
 	  supports it.
 
+config EXTENDED_MODVERSIONS
+	bool "Extended Module Versioning Support"
+	depends on MODVERSIONS
+	help
+	  This enables extended MODVERSIONs support, allowing long symbol
+	  names to be versioned.
+
+	  The most likely reason you would enable this is to enable Rust
+	  support. If unsure, say N.
+
 config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
 	bool "Source checksum for all modules"
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index ab0e94ea6249..40426fc63509 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ MODPOST = $(objtree)/scripts/mod/modpost
 modpost-args =										\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),-M)							\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),-m)							\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_EXTENDED_MODVERSIONS),-x)						\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL),-a)					\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY),,-E)					\
 	$(if $(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w)							\
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index dc907014108b..38ff3dd4a9a1 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static bool module_enabled;
 static bool modversions;
 /* Is CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL set? */
 static bool all_versions;
+/* Is CONFIG_EXTENDED_MODVERSIONS set? */
+static bool extended_modversions;
 /* If we are modposting external module set to 1 */
 static bool external_module;
 /* Only warn about unresolved symbols */
@@ -1805,6 +1807,49 @@ static void add_exported_symbols(struct buffer *buf, struct module *mod)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Record CRCs for unresolved symbols, supporting long names
+ */
+static void add_extended_versions(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
+{
+	struct symbol *s;
+
+	if (!extended_modversions)
+		return;
+
+	buf_printf(b, "\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "static const u32 ____version_ext_crcs[]\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "__used __section(\"__version_ext_crcs\") = {\n");
+	list_for_each_entry(s, &mod->unresolved_symbols, list) {
+		if (!s->module)
+			continue;
+		if (!s->crc_valid) {
+			warn("\"%s\" [%s.ko] has no CRC!\n",
+				s->name, mod->name);
+			continue;
+		}
+		buf_printf(b, "\t0x%08x,\n", s->crc);
+	}
+	buf_printf(b, "};\n");
+
+	buf_printf(b, "static const char ____version_ext_names[]\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "__used __section(\"__version_ext_names\") =\n");
+	list_for_each_entry(s, &mod->unresolved_symbols, list) {
+		if (!s->module)
+			continue;
+		if (!s->crc_valid)
+			/*
+			 * We already warned on this when producing the crc
+			 * table.
+			 * We need to skip its name too, as the indexes in
+			 * both tables need to align.
+			 */
+			continue;
+		buf_printf(b, "\t\"%s\\0\"\n", s->name);
+	}
+	buf_printf(b, ";\n");
+}
+
 /**
  * Record CRCs for unresolved symbols
  **/
@@ -1828,9 +1873,14 @@ static void add_versions(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (strlen(s->name) >= MODULE_NAME_LEN) {
-			error("too long symbol \"%s\" [%s.ko]\n",
-			      s->name, mod->name);
-			break;
+			if (extended_modversions) {
+				/* this symbol will only be in the extended info */
+				continue;
+			} else {
+				error("too long symbol \"%s\" [%s.ko]\n",
+				      s->name, mod->name);
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 		buf_printf(b, "\t{ 0x%08x, \"%s\" },\n",
 			   s->crc, s->name);
@@ -1961,6 +2011,7 @@ static void write_mod_c_file(struct module *mod)
 	add_header(&buf, mod);
 	add_exported_symbols(&buf, mod);
 	add_versions(&buf, mod);
+	add_extended_versions(&buf, mod);
 	add_depends(&buf, mod);
 
 	buf_printf(&buf, "\n");
@@ -2126,7 +2177,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	LIST_HEAD(dump_lists);
 	struct dump_list *dl, *dl2;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ei:MmnT:to:au:WwENd:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ei:MmnT:to:au:WwENd:x")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'e':
 			external_module = true;
@@ -2175,6 +2226,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'd':
 			missing_namespace_deps = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'x':
+			extended_modversions = true;
+			break;
 		default:
 			exit(1);
 		}