diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 78def5b..1a444ef 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@
 		# other kernel modules and will look at this
 		# file to do symbol lookups
 		cp ${B}/Module.symvers ${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}/
+		# 5.10+ kernels have module.lds that we need to copy for external module builds
+		if [ -e "${B}/scripts/module.lds" ]; then
+			install -Dm 0644 ${B}/scripts/module.lds ${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}/scripts/module.lds
+		fi
 	else
 		bbnote "no modules to compile"
 	fi
@@ -586,7 +590,7 @@
 
 inherit cml1
 
-KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND_append = " HOSTLDFLAGS='${BUILD_LDFLAGS}'"
+KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND_append = " LD='${KERNEL_LD}' HOSTLDFLAGS='${BUILD_LDFLAGS}'"
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install do_configure