diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
index b38379f06194..be7a0b0e1f28 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ approach to detect races. KCSAN's primary purpose is to detect `data races`_.
 Usage
 -----
 
-KCSAN requires Clang version 11 or later.
+KCSAN is supported by both GCC and Clang. With GCC we require version 11 or
+later, and with Clang also require version 11 or later.
 
 To enable KCSAN configure the kernel with::
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
index 3f3b5bca7a8f..3d282d51849b 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN
 	bool
 
 config HAVE_KCSAN_COMPILER
-	def_bool CC_IS_CLANG && $(cc-option,-fsanitize=thread -mllvm -tsan-distinguish-volatile=1)
+	def_bool (CC_IS_CLANG && $(cc-option,-fsanitize=thread -mllvm -tsan-distinguish-volatile=1)) || \
+		 (CC_IS_GCC && $(cc-option,-fsanitize=thread --param tsan-distinguish-volatile=1))
 	help
 	  For the list of compilers that support KCSAN, please see
 	  <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst>.
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.kcsan b/scripts/Makefile.kcsan
index bd4da1af5953..dd66206f4578 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.kcsan
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.kcsan
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_KCSAN
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
 cc-param = -mllvm -$(1)
 else
-cc-param = --param -$(1)
+cc-param = --param $(1)
 endif
 
 # Keep most options here optional, to allow enabling more compilers if absence