diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e429d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_PGALLOC_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_PGALLOC_H
+/*
+ * an empty file is enough for a nommu architecture
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+#error need to implement an architecture specific asm/pgalloc.h
+#endif
+
+#define check_pgt_cache()          do { } while (0)
+
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_PGALLOC_H */