diff --git a/include/asm-cris/a.out.h b/include/asm-cris/a.out.h
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/include/asm-cris/a.out.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef __CRIS_A_OUT_H__
+#define __CRIS_A_OUT_H__
+
+/* we don't support a.out binaries on Linux/CRIS anyway, so this is
+ * not really used but still needed because binfmt_elf.c for some reason
+ * wants to know about a.out even if there is no interpreter available...
+ */
+
+/* grabbed from the intel stuff  */   
+#define STACK_TOP TASK_SIZE
+
+
+struct exec
+{
+  unsigned long a_info;		/* Use macros N_MAGIC, etc for access */
+  unsigned a_text;		/* length of text, in bytes */
+  unsigned a_data;		/* length of data, in bytes */
+  unsigned a_bss;		/* length of uninitialized data area for file, in bytes */
+  unsigned a_syms;		/* length of symbol table data in file, in bytes */
+  unsigned a_entry;		/* start address */
+  unsigned a_trsize;		/* length of relocation info for text, in bytes */
+  unsigned a_drsize;		/* length of relocation info for data, in bytes */
+};
+
+
+#define N_TRSIZE(a)	((a).a_trsize)
+#define N_DRSIZE(a)	((a).a_drsize)
+#define N_SYMSIZE(a)	((a).a_syms)
+
+
+#endif