diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index f3355b6812df1a439e5d53ad24df6375cc3ad940..bb3bf38f03dac1e055dc973ce65d49d14defbe42 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,22 @@ INSTALL_PATH
 INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map
 images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values.
 
+INSTALLKERNEL
+--------------------------------------------------
+Install script called when using "make install".
+The default name is "installkernel".
+
+The script will be called with the following arguments:
+    $1 - kernel version
+    $2 - kernel image file
+    $3 - kernel map file
+    $4 - default install path (use root directory if blank)
+
+The implmentation of "make install" is architecture specific
+and it may differ from the above.
+
+INSTALLKERNEL is provided to enable the possibility to
+specify a custom installer when cross compiling a kernel.
 
 MODLIB
 --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 433493a2b77baacc36152f30f88fd2b1e7f83db4..305d00594adc5a99a93d16587f73ffb9028bb6b7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ OBJCOPY		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
 OBJDUMP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
 AWK		= awk
 GENKSYMS	= scripts/genksyms/genksyms
+INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
 DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
 KALLSYMS	= scripts/kallsyms
 PERL		= perl
@@ -353,7 +354,8 @@ KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)
 
 export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION
 export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
-export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP MAKE AWK GENKSYMS PERL UTS_MACHINE
+export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP
+export MAKE AWK GENKSYMS INSTALLKERNEL PERL UTS_MACHINE
 export HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS
 
 export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS LDFLAGS
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 7350557a81e0b7067f05130e747b9d342474f734..68c6ab0749daa3d02111c7fdfb7f69b13486a84a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ define archhelp
   echo  '                  (supply initrd image via make variable INITRD=<path>)'
   echo  '  install       - Install uncompressed kernel'
   echo  '  zinstall      - Install compressed kernel'
-  echo  '                  Install using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or'
-  echo  '                  (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or'
+  echo  '                  Install using (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
+  echo  '                  (distribution) /sbin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
   echo  '                  install to $$(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
 endef
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/install.sh b/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
index 9f9bed207345603d2d99471dcbfeef90ca2d1b70..06ea7d42ce8e6bb9f72633a14abd2ace113fa712 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/install.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #
 
 # User may have a custom install script
-if [ -x ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
-if [ -x /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 
 if [ "$(basename $2)" = "zImage" ]; then
 # Compressed install
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Makefile b/arch/blackfin/Makefile
index 6f9533c3d752b6d718ad4712a8de66624ffb49ba..f063b772934bbcf75461276d680feba35c5e1574 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Makefile
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Makefile
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ define archhelp
   echo  '* vmImage.gz      - Kernel-only image for U-Boot (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/vmImage.gz)'
   echo  '  vmImage.lzma    - Kernel-only image for U-Boot (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/vmImage.lzma)'
   echo  '  install         - Install kernel using'
-  echo  '                     (your) ~/bin/$(CROSS_COMPILE)installkernel or'
-  echo  '                     (distribution) PATH: $(CROSS_COMPILE)installkernel or'
+  echo  '                     (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
+  echo  '                     (distribution) PATH: $(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
   echo  '                     install to $$(INSTALL_PATH)'
 endef
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/boot/install.sh b/arch/blackfin/boot/install.sh
index 9560a6b291009db0b04b9256d5bd241a35700b38..e2c6e40902b7e45961c5878b782f7c941cc8d3b8 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/blackfin/boot/install.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ verify "$3"
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
-if which ${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	exec ${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if which ${INSTALLKERNEL} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	exec ${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"
 fi
 
 # Default install - same as make zlilo
diff --git a/arch/ia64/install.sh b/arch/ia64/install.sh
index 929e780026d13bbd35786c54fc2433857d101954..0e932f5dcd1a6021b6de9b6826dbfddb771b0088 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/install.sh
+++ b/arch/ia64/install.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x ~/bin/installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/installkernel "$@"; fi
-if [ -x /sbin/installkernel ]; then exec /sbin/installkernel "$@"; fi
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 
 # Default install - same as make zlilo
 
diff --git a/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/install.sh b/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/install.sh
index 6d72e9e72697c9c3132750527f8abeacc2c97786..16e5a0a134375ec3c7f6f785801bed0d1a45c798 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/install.sh
+++ b/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/install.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x /sbin/installkernel ]; then
-  exec /sbin/installkernel "$@"
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then
+  exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"
 fi
 
 if [ "$2" = "zImage" ]; then
diff --git a/arch/m68k/install.sh b/arch/m68k/install.sh
index 9c6bae6112e3ff16a4863a3d09e99d2fa8a500f7..57d640d4382c3883e79961e92c04d8f79aaeadaf 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/install.sh
+++ b/arch/m68k/install.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ verify "$3"
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
-if [ -x /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 
 # Default install - same as make zlilo
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile
index da6f66901c92191c2069ba2dbd8144951584936b..55cca1dac431bc80c1e9ea5f34274be2022e4494 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ define archhelp
 	@echo  '* vmlinux	- Uncompressed kernel image (./vmlinux)'
 	@echo  '  palo		- Bootable image (./lifimage)'
 	@echo  '  install	- Install kernel using'
-	@echo  '		  (your) ~/bin/installkernel or'
-	@echo  '		  (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or'
+	@echo  '		  (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
+	@echo  '		  (distribution) /sbin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
 	@echo  '		  copy to $$(INSTALL_PATH)'
 endef
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/install.sh b/arch/parisc/install.sh
index 9632b3e164c719f0a9e0adc06e8e6d79b121f6a9..e593fc8d58bcd8ef6ccab425aba077a9a91597b7 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/install.sh
+++ b/arch/parisc/install.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x ~/bin/installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/installkernel "$@"; fi
-if [ -x /sbin/installkernel ]; then exec /sbin/installkernel "$@"; fi
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 
 # Default install
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 952a3963e9e8b607e15fb7ffc21d8f8d5482dd8b..13e3fd852d636302d26d24f0491dac32d44759c5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ define archhelp
   @echo '  simpleImage.<dt> - Firmware independent image.'
   @echo '  treeImage.<dt>  - Support for older IBM 4xx firmware (not U-Boot)'
   @echo '  install         - Install kernel using'
-  @echo '                    (your) ~/bin/installkernel or'
-  @echo '                    (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or'
+  @echo '                    (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
+  @echo '                    (distribution) /sbin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
   @echo '                    install to $$(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
   @echo '  *_defconfig     - Select default config from arch/$(ARCH)/configs'
   @echo ''
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/install.sh b/arch/powerpc/boot/install.sh
index 98312d169c859926932356cd7018a57ffed23e9f..b6a256bc96ee2c08c0dbc073c35d15118919efd3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/install.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ set -e
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
-if [ -x /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 
 # Default install
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/install.sh b/arch/s390/boot/install.sh
index d4026f62cb06d2ef804c63d63aa23079fd24325b..aed3069699bd5abf94ffbeb71a7db756b210b12f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/install.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
-if [ -x /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 
 # Default install - same as make zlilo
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/install.sh b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/install.sh
index 90589f0fec1249fad44a41cae898852c97cbd0f0..f9f41818b17e7e0ae9b4f0dcb00f2dfedd3080b6 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/install.sh
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/install.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x /sbin/installkernel ]; then
-  exec /sbin/installkernel "$@"
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then
+  exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"
 fi
 
 if [ "$2" = "zImage" ]; then
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 7983c420eaf2a304843b9b0563b4811626720c71..a012ee8ef803302642a5eac1daa791fe8f7c617a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ archclean:
 define archhelp
   echo  '* bzImage      - Compressed kernel image (arch/x86/boot/bzImage)'
   echo  '  install      - Install kernel using'
-  echo  '                  (your) ~/bin/installkernel or'
-  echo  '                  (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or'
+  echo  '                  (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
+  echo  '                  (distribution) /sbin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
   echo  '                  install to $$(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
   echo  '  fdimage      - Create 1.4MB boot floppy image (arch/x86/boot/fdimage)'
   echo  '  fdimage144   - Create 1.4MB boot floppy image (arch/x86/boot/fdimage)'
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/install.sh b/arch/x86/boot/install.sh
index 8d60ee15dfd9b2e5e4ff3808976ea8143e94c05a..d13ec1c386407b294d8baf4bdb1c4d07f11ab691 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/install.sh
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/install.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ verify "$3"
 
 # User may have a custom install script
 
-if [ -x ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec ~/bin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
-if [ -x /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel ]; then exec /sbin/${CROSS_COMPILE}installkernel "$@"; fi
+if [ -x ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
+if [ -x /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} ]; then exec /sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} "$@"; fi
 
 # Default install - same as make zlilo