diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index c4aee1fe5b..de8dc572de 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ for ARCH and optionally VARIANT, or #f if there is no such configuration."
        ("bc" ,bc)
        ("openssl" ,openssl)
        ("kmod" ,kmod)
+       ("elfutils" ,elfutils)  ; Needed to enable CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
        ("flex" ,flex)
        ("bison" ,bison)
        ;; On x86, build with GCC-7 for full retpoline support.