diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 639d2d8..742c8f5 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@
 #define STACK_ALLOC(sp, len) ({ sp -= len ; sp; })
 #endif
 
+#ifndef ELF_BASE_PLATFORM
+/*
+ * AT_BASE_PLATFORM indicates the "real" hardware/microarchitecture.
+ * If the arch defines ELF_BASE_PLATFORM (in asm/elf.h), the value
+ * will be copied to the user stack in the same manner as AT_PLATFORM.
+ */
+#define ELF_BASE_PLATFORM NULL
+#endif
+
 static int
 create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 		unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long interp_load_addr)
@@ -142,7 +151,9 @@
 	elf_addr_t __user *envp;
 	elf_addr_t __user *sp;
 	elf_addr_t __user *u_platform;
+	elf_addr_t __user *u_base_platform;
 	const char *k_platform = ELF_PLATFORM;
+	const char *k_base_platform = ELF_BASE_PLATFORM;
 	int items;
 	elf_addr_t *elf_info;
 	int ei_index = 0;
@@ -172,6 +183,19 @@
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If this architecture has a "base" platform capability
+	 * string, copy it to userspace.
+	 */
+	u_base_platform = NULL;
+	if (k_base_platform) {
+		size_t len = strlen(k_base_platform) + 1;
+
+		u_base_platform = (elf_addr_t __user *)STACK_ALLOC(p, len);
+		if (__copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, len))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
 	/* Create the ELF interpreter info */
 	elf_info = (elf_addr_t *)current->mm->saved_auxv;
 	/* update AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE if the number of NEW_AUX_ENT() changes */
@@ -209,6 +233,10 @@
 		NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PLATFORM,
 			    (elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_platform);
 	}
+	if (k_base_platform) {
+		NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE_PLATFORM,
+			    (elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_base_platform);
+	}
 	if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD) {
 		NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EXECFD, bprm->interp_data);
 	}