diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 9632659..a1e1436 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
 /* PG_owner_priv_1 users should have descriptive aliases */
 #define PG_checked		PG_owner_priv_1 /* Used by some filesystems */
 
+/*
+ * Marks tail portion of a compound page. We currently do not reclaim
+ * compound pages so we can reuse a flag only used for reclaim here.
+ */
+#define PG_tail			PG_reclaim
+
 #if (BITS_PER_LONG > 32)
 /*
  * 64-bit-only flags build down from bit 31
@@ -241,6 +247,14 @@
 #define __SetPageCompound(page)	__set_bit(PG_compound, &(page)->flags)
 #define __ClearPageCompound(page) __clear_bit(PG_compound, &(page)->flags)
 
+/*
+ * Note: PG_tail is an alias of another page flag. The result of PageTail()
+ * is only valid if PageCompound(page) is true.
+ */
+#define PageTail(page)	test_bit(PG_tail, &(page)->flags)
+#define __SetPageTail(page)	__set_bit(PG_tail, &(page)->flags)
+#define __ClearPageTail(page)	__clear_bit(PG_tail, &(page)->flags)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 #define PageSwapCache(page)	test_bit(PG_swapcache, &(page)->flags)
 #define SetPageSwapCache(page)	set_bit(PG_swapcache, &(page)->flags)