diff --git a/data/quirks.yml b/data/quirks.yml
index 6c989e9..4d94273 100644
--- a/data/quirks.yml
+++ b/data/quirks.yml
@@ -15,18 +15,38 @@ quirks:
   # against the host architecture, whose dependency closure conflicts with
   # the `:native` python3. Resolve it against the build architecture
   # until the control is fixed upstream.
+  # The resolute and stonking kernels declare the host-tool libraries
+  # unqualified (libelf-dev for resolve_btfids, libdw-dev for
+  # gendwarfksyms, libssl-dev for sign-file), unlike the Debian control,
+  # which carries the same names qualified `:native`.  The dpkg cross
+  # rules resolve an unqualified Multi-Arch: same name against the host
+  # architecture only, so a cross build installs no build-architecture
+  # variants and the kernel's host-side tools cannot link.  Inject the
+  # build-architecture variants until the control is fixed upstream.
   linux:
     deb:
       - series: [resolute]
         dependencies:
           replace:
             llvm-21-dev: llvm-21-dev:native <!stage1>
+      - series: [resolute, stonking]
+        dependencies:
+          inject:
+            - libelf-dev:native
+            - libdw-dev:native
+            - libssl-dev:native
   linux-riscv:
     deb:
       - series: [resolute]
         dependencies:
           replace:
             llvm-21-dev: llvm-21-dev:native <!stage1>
+      - series: [resolute, stonking]
+        dependencies:
+          inject:
+            - libelf-dev:native
+            - libdw-dev:native
+            - libssl-dev:native
 
   # Add more packages and their quirks as needed
   # example-package:
diff --git a/src/quirks.rs b/src/quirks.rs
index 769d162..36e0039 100644
--- a/src/quirks.rs
+++ b/src/quirks.rs
@@ -265,15 +265,62 @@ mod tests {
     fn linux_dependency_quirks_are_series_scoped() {
         for package in ["linux", "linux-riscv"] {
             let rules = get_deb_dependency_quirks(package, "resolute");
-            assert_eq!(rules.len(), 1, "the resolute entry applies");
+            assert_eq!(rules.len(), 2, "the resolute entries apply");
             assert_eq!(
                 rules[0].replace.get("llvm-21-dev").map(String::as_str),
                 Some("llvm-21-dev:native <!stage1>")
             );
+            // Only the stonking entry exists there: the llvm-21-dev
+            // replacement above is a resolute-only packaging state.
+            let rules = get_deb_dependency_quirks(package, "stonking");
+            assert_eq!(rules.len(), 1);
+            assert!(rules[0].replace.is_empty());
             assert!(get_deb_dependency_quirks(package, "noble").is_empty());
         }
     }
 
+    /// The kernels of the series whose control dropped the Debian-style
+    /// `:native` qualifiers on the host-tool libraries inject the
+    /// build-architecture variants: the dpkg cross rules resolve the
+    /// unqualified Multi-Arch: same names against the host architecture
+    /// only, leaving nothing for the kernel's host-side tools to link.
+    #[test]
+    fn linux_injects_native_host_tool_libraries_for_cross() {
+        for series in ["resolute", "stonking"] {
+            let mut clauses = vec![vec![parse("libelf-dev <!stage1>")]];
+            crate::quirks::apply_dependency_quirks("linux", series, &mut clauses, &opts()).unwrap();
+            let injected: Vec<&PkgRelation> = clauses[1..]
+                .iter()
+                .flatten()
+                .filter(|rel| {
+                    ["libelf-dev", "libdw-dev", "libssl-dev"].contains(&rel.package.as_str())
+                })
+                .collect();
+            assert_eq!(
+                injected.len(),
+                3,
+                "one :native clause per host-tool library"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                injected
+                    .iter()
+                    .all(|rel| rel.arch_qualifier.as_deref() == Some("native"))
+            );
+            // The declared dependency itself is untouched: the host
+            // (target) variant still installs for the checker.
+            assert_eq!(clauses[0][0].arch_qualifier, None);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Other kernel series keep their declared dependencies untouched.
+    #[test]
+    fn noble_linux_dependencies_are_not_rewritten() {
+        let mut clauses = vec![vec![parse("libelf-dev")]];
+        crate::quirks::apply_dependency_quirks("linux", "noble", &mut clauses, &opts()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(clauses.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(clauses[0][0].arch_qualifier, None);
+    }
+
     /// `replace` rewrites exactly the dependencies whose declared name
     /// matches, wholesale: the replacement carries its own qualifier and
     /// restrictions.