diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
index 1952d3bb80c697..70fc21e0990920 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ GCC_PLUGINS_DIR = $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=plugin)
 
 plugin_cxxflags	= -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) -fPIC \
 		  -include $(srctree)/include/linux/compiler-version.h \
-		   -I $(GCC_PLUGINS_DIR)/include -I $(obj) -std=gnu++11 \
-		   -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables \
-		   -ggdb -Wno-narrowing -Wno-unused-variable \
-		   -Wno-format-diag
+		  -include $(objtree)/include/generated/utsrelease.h \
+		  -I $(GCC_PLUGINS_DIR)/include -I $(obj) -std=gnu++11 \
+		  -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables \
+		  -ggdb -Wno-narrowing -Wno-unused-variable \
+		  -Wno-format-diag
 
 plugin_ldflags	= -shared
 
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/latent_entropy_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/latent_entropy_plugin.c
index 589454bce93013..b279b6644f8a73 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/latent_entropy_plugin.c
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/latent_entropy_plugin.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ __visible int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
 static GTY(()) tree latent_entropy_decl;
 
 static struct plugin_info latent_entropy_plugin_info = {
-	.version	= "201606141920vanilla",
+	.version	= UTS_RELEASE,
 	.help		= "disable\tturn off latent entropy instrumentation\n",
 };
 
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c
index 334741a31d0ac3..1251132191afb4 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ __visible int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
 static int performance_mode;
 
 static struct plugin_info randomize_layout_plugin_info = {
-	.version	= "201402201816vanilla",
+	.version	= UTS_RELEASE,
 	.help		= "disable\t\t\tdo not activate plugin\n"
 			  "performance-mode\tenable cacheline-aware layout randomization\n"
 };
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/sancov_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/sancov_plugin.c
index 23bd023a283bd5..f3d629555b8407 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/sancov_plugin.c
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/sancov_plugin.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ __visible int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
 tree sancov_fndecl;
 
 static struct plugin_info sancov_plugin_info = {
-	.version	= "20160402",
+	.version	= UTS_RELEASE,
 	.help		= "sancov plugin\n",
 };
 
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c
index e9db7dcb3e5f4b..9f50c556af1224 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static bool verbose = false;
 static GTY(()) tree track_function_decl;
 
 static struct plugin_info stackleak_plugin_info = {
-	.version = "201707101337",
+	.version = UTS_RELEASE,
 	.help = "track-min-size=nn\ttrack stack for functions with a stack frame size >= nn bytes\n"
 		"arch=target_arch\tspecify target build arch\n"
 		"disable\t\tdo not activate the plugin\n"
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c
index 74e319288389d3..86b608a24ec04a 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 __visible int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
 
 static struct plugin_info structleak_plugin_info = {
-	.version	= "20190125vanilla",
+	.version	= UTS_RELEASE,
 	.help		= "disable\tdo not activate plugin\n"
 			  "byref\tinit structs passed by reference\n"
 			  "byref-all\tinit anything passed by reference\n"