diff --git a/main/kernel-scripts/APKBUILD b/main/kernel-scripts/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6993e36b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/kernel-scripts/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+pkgname=kernel-scripts
+pkgver=4.15.0
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Binary scripts needed to build kernel packages"
+url="http://kernel.org"
+depends=""
+makedepends="perl gmp-dev elfutils-dev bash sed bc linux-headers file openssl-dev"
+options="!check"
+arch="all"
+license="GPL-2.0"
+
+# Sources
+case $pkgver in
+	*.*.*)	_kernver=${pkgver%.*};;
+	*.*) _kernver=$pkgver;;
+esac
+source="https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${pkgver%%.*}.x/linux-$_kernver.tar.xz"
+if [ "${pkgver%.0}" = "$pkgver" ]; then
+	source="$source
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${pkgver%%.*}.x/patch-$pkgver.xz"
+fi
+
+# Arch
+_carch=${CARCH}
+case "$_carch" in
+aarch64*) _carch="arm64" ;;
+arm*) _carch="arm" ;;
+mips*) _carch="mips" ;;
+ppc*) _carch="powerpc" ;;
+s390*) _carch="s390" ;;
+esac
+
+builddir="$srcdir/linux-$_kernver"
+prepare() {
+	cd "$builddir"
+
+	# Apply patch
+	if [ "$_kernver" != "$pkgver" ]; then
+		msg "Applying patch-$pkgver.xz"
+		unxz -c < "$srcdir"/patch-$pkgver.xz | patch -p1 -N
+	fi
+}
+
+build() {
+	unset LDFLAGS
+	mkdir -p "$srcdir/build"
+	make -j1 -C "$builddir" O="$srcdir/build" ARCH="$_carch" \
+		HOSTCC="${CC:-gcc}" defconfig scripts
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd "$srcdir/build/scripts"
+	msg "Finding and installing binaries..."
+	local i
+	for i in $(find . -type f); do
+		local type="$(file -b --mime-type "$i")"
+		[ "$type" != "application/x-sharedlib" ] && continue
+		echo "$i"
+		install -Dm755 "$i" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/kernel-scripts/$i"
+	done
+}
+sha512sums="c00d92659df815a53dcac7dde145b742b1f20867d380c07cb09ddb3295d6ff10f8931b21ef0b09d7156923a3957b39d74d87c883300173b2e20690d2b4ec35ea  linux-4.15.tar.xz"
diff --git a/main/linux-postmarketos-lts/APKBUILD b/main/linux-postmarketos-lts/APKBUILD
index 5b1c345d2..9f304efc5 100644
--- a/main/linux-postmarketos-lts/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/linux-postmarketos-lts/APKBUILD
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ case $pkgver in
 	*.*.*)	_kernver=${pkgver%.*};;
 	*.*) _kernver=$pkgver;;
 esac
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 
 arch="all"
 pkgdesc="Linux for pmOS supported chipsets (LTS)"
 url="https://kernel.org/"
 depends="postmarketos-mkinitfs"
-makedepends="perl sed installkernel bash gmp-dev bc linux-headers elfutils-dev"
+makedepends="perl sed installkernel bash gmp-dev bc linux-headers elfutils-dev file"
 options="!strip !check !tracedeps"
 install=
 source="
@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ dev() {
 	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/lib/modules/${_abi_release}
 	ln -sf /usr/src/linux-headers-${_abi_release} \
 		"$subpkgdir"/lib/modules/${_abi_release}/build
+
+	# cross-compiling: delete binaries with host arch and replace them with
+	# symlinks to binaries with the target arch (packaged in kernel-scripts)
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_COMPILE" ]; then
+		msg "Symlinking binary scripts..."
+		depends="$depends kernel-scripts"
+		cd "$dir/scripts"
+		local i
+		for i in $(find . -type f); do
+			local type="$(file -b --mime-type "$i")"
+			[ "$type" != "application/x-sharedlib" ] && continue
+			local native="/usr/bin/kernel-scripts/$(echo "$i" | cut -d '/' -f 2-)"
+			ln -svf "$native" "$i"
+		done
+	fi
 }
 
 sha512sums="bf67ff812cc3cb7e5059e82cc5db0d9a7c5637f7ed9a42e4730c715bf7047c81ed3a571225f92a33ef0b6d65f35595bc32d773356646df2627da55e9bc7f1f1a  linux-4.9.tar.xz
diff --git a/main/linux-postmarketos-mainline/APKBUILD b/main/linux-postmarketos-mainline/APKBUILD
index 62e2f887c..4e9d807cf 100644
--- a/main/linux-postmarketos-mainline/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/linux-postmarketos-mainline/APKBUILD
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ _kernver=${pkgver%_rc*}
 _mainver=${_kernver%.*}
 _patchlevel=${_kernver/$_mainver./}
 _basever=${_mainver}.$((_patchlevel-1))
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 
 arch="all"
 pkgdesc="Linux for pmOS supported chipsets (mainline, more bleeding-edge than stable)"
 url="https://kernel.org/"
 depends="postmarketos-mkinitfs"
-makedepends="perl sed installkernel bash gmp-dev bc linux-headers elfutils-dev libressl-dev"
+makedepends="perl sed installkernel bash gmp-dev bc linux-headers elfutils-dev libressl-dev file"
 options="!strip !check !tracedeps"
 install=
 source="
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ dev() {
 	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/lib/modules/${_abi_release}
 	ln -sf /usr/src/linux-headers-${_abi_release} \
 		"$subpkgdir"/lib/modules/${_abi_release}/build
+
+	# cross-compiling: delete binaries with host arch and replace them with
+	# symlinks to binaries with the target arch (packaged in kernel-scripts)
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_COMPILE" ]; then
+		msg "Symlinking binary scripts..."
+		depends="$depends kernel-scripts"
+		cd "$dir/scripts"
+		local i
+		for i in $(find . -type f); do
+			local type="$(file -b --mime-type "$i")"
+			[ "$type" != "application/x-sharedlib" ] && continue
+			local native="/usr/bin/kernel-scripts/$(echo "$i" | cut -d '/' -f 2-)"
+			ln -svf "$native" "$i"
+		done
+	fi
 }
 sha512sums="77e43a02d766c3d73b7e25c4aafb2e931d6b16e870510c22cef0cdb05c3acb7952b8908ebad12b10ef982c6efbe286364b1544586e715cf38390e483927904d8  linux-4.14.tar.xz
 5d05754adc696f180405acda79e2678075f99d12252fc1f7e6af46f5ab39076de926db6de900c28b2e05dd3753df60d3515bb805b71d3bff991a5ed040b91167  linux-v4.14-v4.15-rc6.patch
diff --git a/main/linux-postmarketos-stable/APKBUILD b/main/linux-postmarketos-stable/APKBUILD
index f53ee4768..2d5128872 100644
--- a/main/linux-postmarketos-stable/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/linux-postmarketos-stable/APKBUILD
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ case $pkgver in
 	*.*.*)	_kernver=${pkgver%.*};;
 	*.*) _kernver=$pkgver;;
 esac
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 
 arch="all"
 pkgdesc="Linux for pmOS supported chipsets (stable)"
 url="https://kernel.org/"
 depends="postmarketos-mkinitfs"
-makedepends="perl sed installkernel bash gmp-dev bc linux-headers elfutils-dev"
+makedepends="perl sed installkernel bash gmp-dev bc linux-headers elfutils-dev file"
 options="!strip !check !tracedeps"
 install=
 source="
@@ -175,6 +175,21 @@ dev() {
 	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/lib/modules/${_abi_release}
 	ln -sf /usr/src/linux-headers-${_abi_release} \
 		"$subpkgdir"/lib/modules/${_abi_release}/build
+
+	# cross-compiling: delete binaries with host arch and replace them with
+	# symlinks to binaries with the target arch (packaged in kernel-scripts)
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_COMPILE" ]; then
+		msg "Symlinking binary scripts..."
+		depends="$depends kernel-scripts"
+		cd "$dir/scripts"
+		local i
+		for i in $(find . -type f); do
+			local type="$(file -b --mime-type "$i")"
+			[ "$type" != "application/x-sharedlib" ] && continue
+			local native="/usr/bin/kernel-scripts/$(echo "$i" | cut -d '/' -f 2-)"
+			ln -svf "$native" "$i"
+		done
+	fi
 }
 
 sha512sums="77e43a02d766c3d73b7e25c4aafb2e931d6b16e870510c22cef0cdb05c3acb7952b8908ebad12b10ef982c6efbe286364b1544586e715cf38390e483927904d8  linux-4.14.tar.xz