diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index 00d44c6..d5be3f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES)		+= kprobes.o kprobes-decode.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATAGS_PROC)	+= atags.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT)	+= sys_oabi-compat.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_THUMBEE)	+= thumbee.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRUNCH)		+= crunch.o crunch-bits.o
 AFLAGS_crunch-bits.o		:= -Wa,-mcpu=ep9312
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 3278e71..6604b47 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
   DEFINE(TI_TP_VALUE,		offsetof(struct thread_info, tp_value));
   DEFINE(TI_FPSTATE,		offsetof(struct thread_info, fpstate));
   DEFINE(TI_VFPSTATE,		offsetof(struct thread_info, vfpstate));
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_THUMBEE
+  DEFINE(TI_THUMBEE_STATE,	offsetof(struct thread_info, thumbee_state));
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWMMXT
   DEFINE(TI_IWMMXT_STATE,	offsetof(struct thread_info, fpstate.iwmmxt));
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c b/arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df3f6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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.  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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+#include <asm/thread_notify.h>
+
+/*
+ * Access to the ThumbEE Handler Base register
+ */
+static inline unsigned long teehbr_read()
+{
+	unsigned long v;
+	asm("mrc	p14, 6, %0, c1, c0, 0\n" : "=r" (v));
+	return v;
+}
+
+static inline void teehbr_write(unsigned long v)
+{
+	asm("mcr	p14, 6, %0, c1, c0, 0\n" : : "r" (v));
+}
+
+static int thumbee_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long cmd, void *t)
+{
+	struct thread_info *thread = t;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case THREAD_NOTIFY_FLUSH:
+		thread->thumbee_state = 0;
+		break;
+	case THREAD_NOTIFY_SWITCH:
+		current_thread_info()->thumbee_state = teehbr_read();
+		teehbr_write(thread->thumbee_state);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block thumbee_notifier_block = {
+	.notifier_call	= thumbee_notifier,
+};
+
+static int __init thumbee_init(void)
+{
+	unsigned long pfr0;
+	unsigned int cpu_arch = cpu_architecture();
+
+	if (cpu_arch < CPU_ARCH_ARMv7)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* processor feature register 0 */
+	asm("mrc	p15, 0, %0, c0, c1, 0\n" : "=r" (pfr0));
+	if ((pfr0 & 0x0000f000) != 0x00001000)
+		return 0;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "ThumbEE CPU extension supported.\n");
+	elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_THUMBEE;
+	thread_register_notifier(&thumbee_notifier_block);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(thumbee_init);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 76348f0..084fe8d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -572,6 +572,13 @@
 
 	  If you don't know what this all is, saying Y is a safe choice.
 
+config ARM_THUMBEE
+	bool "Enable ThumbEE CPU extension"
+	depends on CPU_V7
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you have a CPU with the ThumbEE extension and code to
+	  make use of it. Say N for code that can run on CPUs without ThumbEE.
+
 config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 	bool "Build big-endian kernel"
 	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/hwcap.h b/include/asm-arm/hwcap.h
index 01a1391..81f4c89 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/hwcap.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/hwcap.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define HWCAP_JAVA	256
 #define HWCAP_IWMMXT	512
 #define HWCAP_CRUNCH	1024
+#define HWCAP_THUMBEE	2048
 
 #if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
 /*
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h b/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
index 4178435..f5a6647 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 	struct crunch_state	crunchstate;
 	union fp_state		fpstate __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 	union vfp_state		vfpstate;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_THUMBEE
+	unsigned long		thumbee_state;	/* ThumbEE Handler Base register */
+#endif
 	struct restart_block	restart_block;
 };