diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.40.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.40.1.bb
index a1aab94055..a8e346539a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.40.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.40.1.bb
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ EXTRA_OECONF:append = " --disable-hwclock-gplv3"
 # build host versions during development
 #
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "pcre2"
-PACKAGECONFIG:class-target ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'chfn-chsh pam lastlog2', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG:class-target ?= "\
+    libmount-mountfd-support \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'chfn-chsh pam lastlog2', '', d)} \
+"
 # inherit manpages requires this to be present, however util-linux does not have
 # configuration options, and installs manpages always
 PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = ""
@@ -107,6 +110,13 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[cryptsetup] = "--with-cryptsetup,--without-cryptsetup,cryptsetup"
 PACKAGECONFIG[chfn-chsh] = "--enable-chfn-chsh,--disable-chfn-chsh,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "--with-selinux,--without-selinux,libselinux"
 PACKAGECONFIG[lastlog2] = "--enable-liblastlog2,--disable-liblastlog2,sqlite3"
+# Using the new file descriptors based mount kernel API can cause rootfs remount failure with some older kernels.
+# Of currently supported LTS kernels, the old mount API should be used with:
+# - versions prior to 6.6.18 in the 6.6.y series.
+# - versions prior to 6.1.79 in the 6.1.y series.
+# - versions till at least 5.15.164 in the 5.15.y series.
+# - with 5.10.y, 5.4.y and 4.19.y series kernels, libmount seemed to use the old API regardless of this option.
+PACKAGECONFIG[libmount-mountfd-support] = "--enable-libmount-mountfd-support,--disable-libmount-mountfd-support"
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} CPU= CPUOPT= 'OPT=${CFLAGS}'"