diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 60042e5..42eed57 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
 extern int memcmp(const void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
 #endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCMP
+extern int bcmp(const void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
 extern void * memchr(const void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index ed83562..1cd9757 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -772,6 +772,26 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCMP
+/**
+ * bcmp - returns 0 if and only if the buffers have identical contents.
+ * @a: pointer to first buffer.
+ * @b: pointer to second buffer.
+ * @len: size of buffers.
+ *
+ * The sign or magnitude of a non-zero return value has no particular
+ * meaning, and architectures may implement their own more efficient bcmp(). So
+ * while this particular implementation is a simple (tail) call to memcmp, do
+ * not rely on anything but whether the return value is zero or non-zero.
+ */
+#undef bcmp
+int bcmp(const void *a, const void *b, size_t len)
+{
+	return memcmp(a, b, len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bcmp);
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSCAN
 /**
  * memscan - Find a character in an area of memory.