diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 3840b6f..fc66d42 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -657,9 +657,10 @@
   uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
   numbers.  The currently supported compression formats are gzip
   (magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A), LZMA
-  (magic number 5D 00), and XZ (magic number FD 37).  The uncompressed
-  payload is currently always ELF (magic number 7F 45 4C 46).
-  
+  (magic number 5D 00), XZ (magic number FD 37), and LZ4 (magic number
+  02 21).  The uncompressed payload is currently always ELF (magic
+  number 7F 45 4C 46).
+
 Field name:	payload_length
 Type:		read
 Offset/size:	0x24c/4
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 5ef7af0..0ac9be6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 	select HAVE_IDE if PCI || ISA || PCMCIA
 	select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
index f79a08e..47279aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 piggy.lzo
 piggy.lzma
 piggy.xzkern
+piggy.lz4
 vmlinux
 vmlinux.lds
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 48d0a44..7ac1610 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO)  = lzo
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA) = lzma
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ)   = xzkern
+suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4)  = lz4
 
 # Borrowed libfdt files for the ATAG compatibility mode
 
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
 		 font.o font.c head.o misc.o $(OBJS)
 
 # Make sure files are removed during clean
-extra-y       += piggy.gzip piggy.lzo piggy.lzma piggy.xzkern \
+extra-y       += piggy.gzip piggy.lzo piggy.lzma piggy.xzkern piggy.lz4 \
 		 lib1funcs.S ashldi3.S $(libfdt) $(libfdt_hdrs) \
 		 hyp-stub.S
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
index 24b0475..bd245d3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 #include "../../../../lib/decompress_unxz.c"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4
+#include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlz4.c"
+#endif
+
 int do_decompress(u8 *input, int len, u8 *output, void (*error)(char *x))
 {
 	return decompress(input, len, NULL, NULL, output, NULL, error);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lz4.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lz4.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d9a575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lz4.S
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.globl	input_data
+input_data:
+	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lz4"
+	.globl	input_data_end
+input_data_end:
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 265c672..b32ebf9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
 	select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
 	select PERF_EVENTS
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 5ef205c..dcd90df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 # create a compressed vmlinux image from the original vmlinux
 #
 
-targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo
+targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma \
+	vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC
@@ -63,12 +64,15 @@
 	$(call if_changed,xzkern)
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzo: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,lzo)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lz4: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,lz4)
 
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)	:= gz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2)	:= bz2
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)	:= lzma
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ)	:= xz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO) 	:= lzo
+suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4) 	:= lz4
 
 quiet_cmd_mkpiggy = MKPIGGY $@
       cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 7cb56c6..0319c88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@
 #include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlzo.c"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4
+#include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlz4.c"
+#endif
+
 static void scroll(void)
 {
 	int i;