diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..369f5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, VMware, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef ASM_X86__HYPERVISOR_H
+#define ASM_X86__HYPERVISOR_H
+
+extern unsigned long get_hypervisor_tsc_freq(void);
+extern void init_hypervisor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 5ca01e3..a570eaf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 	/* Index into per_cpu list: */
 	u16			cpu_index;
 #endif
+	unsigned int		x86_hyper_vendor;
 } __attribute__((__aligned__(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)));
 
 #define X86_VENDOR_INTEL	0
@@ -123,6 +124,9 @@
 
 #define X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN	0xff
 
+#define X86_HYPER_VENDOR_NONE  0
+#define X86_HYPER_VENDOR_VMWARE 1
+
 /*
  * capabilities of CPUs
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02dfea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, VMware, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef ASM_X86__VMWARE_H
+#define ASM_X86__VMWARE_H
+
+extern unsigned long vmware_get_tsc_khz(void);
+extern int vmware_platform(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index 82ec607..a5c04e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 obj-y			:= intel_cacheinfo.o addon_cpuid_features.o
 obj-y			+= proc.o capflags.o powerflags.o common.o
+obj-y			+= vmware.o hypervisor.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32)	+= bugs.o cmpxchg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_64)	+= bugs_64.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index b9c9ea0..b88595c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
@@ -703,6 +704,7 @@
 	detect_ht(c);
 #endif
 
+	init_hypervisor(c);
 	/*
 	 * On SMP, boot_cpu_data holds the common feature set between
 	 * all CPUs; so make sure that we indicate which features are
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bd5506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Common hypervisor code
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, VMware, Inc.
+ * Author : Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/vmware.h>
+
+static inline void __cpuinit
+detect_hypervisor_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (vmware_platform()) {
+		c->x86_hyper_vendor = X86_HYPER_VENDOR_VMWARE;
+	} else {
+		c->x86_hyper_vendor = X86_HYPER_VENDOR_NONE;
+	}
+}
+
+unsigned long get_hypervisor_tsc_freq(void)
+{
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_hyper_vendor == X86_HYPER_VENDOR_VMWARE)
+		return vmware_get_tsc_khz();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void __cpuinit init_hypervisor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	detect_hypervisor_vendor(c);
+}
+
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d1b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * VMware Detection code.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, VMware, Inc.
+ * Author : Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
+#include <asm/div64.h>
+
+#define CPUID_VMWARE_INFO_LEAF	0x40000000
+#define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_MAGIC	0x564D5868
+#define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT	0x5658
+
+#define VMWARE_PORT_CMD_GETVERSION	10
+#define VMWARE_PORT_CMD_GETHZ		45
+
+#define VMWARE_PORT(cmd, eax, ebx, ecx, edx)				\
+	__asm__("inl (%%dx)" :						\
+			"=a"(eax), "=c"(ecx), "=d"(edx), "=b"(ebx) :	\
+			"0"(VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_MAGIC),			\
+			"1"(VMWARE_PORT_CMD_##cmd),			\
+			"2"(VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT), "3"(0) :		\
+			"memory");
+
+static inline int __vmware_platform(void)
+{
+	uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+	VMWARE_PORT(GETVERSION, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);
+	return eax != (uint32_t)-1 && ebx == VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_MAGIC;
+}
+
+static unsigned long __vmware_get_tsc_khz(void)
+{
+        uint64_t tsc_hz;
+        uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+
+        VMWARE_PORT(GETHZ, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);
+
+        if (eax == (uint32_t)-1)
+                return 0;
+        tsc_hz = eax | (((uint64_t)ebx) << 32);
+        do_div(tsc_hz, 1000);
+        BUG_ON(tsc_hz >> 32);
+        return tsc_hz;
+}
+
+int vmware_platform(void)
+{
+	if (cpu_has_hypervisor) {
+		unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+		char hyper_vendor_id[13];
+
+		cpuid(CPUID_VMWARE_INFO_LEAF, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+		memcpy(hyper_vendor_id + 0, &ebx, 4);
+		memcpy(hyper_vendor_id + 4, &ecx, 4);
+		memcpy(hyper_vendor_id + 8, &edx, 4);
+		hyper_vendor_id[12] = '\0';
+		if (!strcmp(hyper_vendor_id, "VMwareVMware"))
+			return 1;
+	} else if (dmi_available && dmi_name_in_vendors("VMware") &&
+		   __vmware_platform())
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+unsigned long vmware_get_tsc_khz(void)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!vmware_platform());
+	return __vmware_get_tsc_khz();
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 0fa6790..f44dadf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 
 #include <mach_apic.h>
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 
 #include <asm/percpu.h>
 #include <asm/topology.h>
@@ -909,6 +910,12 @@
 
 	dmi_check_system(bad_bios_dmi_table);
 
+	/*
+	 * VMware detection requires dmi to be available, so this
+	 * needs to be done after dmi_scan_machine, for the BP.
+	 */
+	init_hypervisor(&boot_cpu_data);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	probe_roms();
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 62348e4..6dbf0bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <asm/vgtod.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 #include <asm/delay.h>
+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 
 unsigned int cpu_khz;           /* TSC clocks / usec, not used here */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_khz);
@@ -352,9 +353,15 @@
 {
 	u64 tsc1, tsc2, delta, ref1, ref2;
 	unsigned long tsc_pit_min = ULONG_MAX, tsc_ref_min = ULONG_MAX;
-	unsigned long flags, latch, ms, fast_calibrate;
+	unsigned long flags, latch, ms, fast_calibrate, tsc_khz;
 	int hpet = is_hpet_enabled(), i, loopmin;
 
+	tsc_khz = get_hypervisor_tsc_freq();
+	if (tsc_khz) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "TSC: Frequency read from the hypervisor\n");
+		return tsc_khz;
+	}
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	fast_calibrate = quick_pit_calibrate();
 	local_irq_restore(flags);