diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
index 7aea9cd3e8..6ebc0f13ea 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
@@ -71,14 +71,25 @@ HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 TARGET_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
 HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 
-KERNEL_CC = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}gcc ${HOST_CC_KERNEL_ARCH} \
+KERNEL_CC:toolchain-gcc = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}gcc ${HOST_CC_KERNEL_ARCH} \
  -fuse-ld=bfd ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} \
  -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} \
  -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} \
 "
-KERNEL_LD = "${HOST_PREFIX}ld.bfd ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
-KERNEL_AR = "${HOST_PREFIX}ar ${HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
-KERNEL_OBJCOPY = "${HOST_PREFIX}objcopy ${HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_LD:toolchain-gcc = "${HOST_PREFIX}ld.bfd ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_AR:toolchain-gcc = "${HOST_PREFIX}ar ${HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_OBJCOPY:toolchain-gcc = "${HOST_PREFIX}objcopy ${HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 # Code in package.py can't handle options on KERNEL_STRIP
-KERNEL_STRIP = "${HOST_PREFIX}strip"
+KERNEL_STRIP:toolchain-gcc = "${HOST_PREFIX}strip"
+
+
+KERNEL_CC:toolchain-clang = "${CCACHE}clang ${HOST_CC_KERNEL_ARCH} \
+ ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} \
+ -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} \
+ -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} \
+"
+KERNEL_LD:toolchain-clang = "ld.lld ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_AR:toolchain-clang = "llvm-ar ${HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_OBJCOPY:toolchain-clang = "llvm-objcopy ${HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_STRIP:toolchain-clang = "llvm-strip"
 TOOLCHAIN = "gcc"