diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 1d2c2e0022..c7927d19a0 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "gsutil"
 # Link to git-lfs if present
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "git-lfs"
 
+# Link to lz4c if present, used by linux <6.13 with CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4
+HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "lz4c"
+
 CCACHE ??= ""
 
 TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS = " --sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}"