diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf3e075..10812e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@
 HOSTCFLAGS   = -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
 HOSTCXXFLAGS = -O2
 
+ifeq ($(shell $(HOSTCC) -v 2>&1 | grep -c "clang version"), 1)
+HOSTCFLAGS  += -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-parameter \
+		-Wno-missing-field-initializers -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
+endif
+
 # Decide whether to build built-in, modular, or both.
 # Normally, just do built-in.
 
@@ -324,6 +329,14 @@
 
 export quiet Q KBUILD_VERBOSE
 
+ifneq ($(CC),)
+ifeq ($(shell $(CC) -v 2>&1 | grep -c "clang version"), 1)
+COMPILER := clang
+else
+COMPILER := gcc
+endif
+export COMPILER
+endif
 
 # Look for make include files relative to root of kernel src
 MAKEFLAGS += --include-dir=$(srctree)
@@ -383,7 +396,7 @@
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common \
 		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
-		   -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
+		   $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__
@@ -623,9 +636,24 @@
 endif
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag)
 
+ifeq ($(COMPILER),clang)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Qunused-arguments,)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-unknown-warning-option,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-variable)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-invalid-specifier)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, gnu)
+# Quiet clang warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, tautological-compare)
+# CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the
+# source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names.
+# See modpost pattern 2
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -mno-global-merge,)
+else
+
 # This warning generated too much noise in a regular build.
 # Use make W=1 to enable this warning (see scripts/Makefile.build)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
+endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls