diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
index 19d9d96eb8d357129e4db6b4cfeb521d44cabfa7..3d6b4100dac1a913588ff2698036de94126ace9a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ struct machdep_calls {
 	int		(*set_dabr)(unsigned long dabr,
 				    unsigned long dabrx);
 
+	/* Set DAWR for this platform, leave empty for default implemenation */
+	int		(*set_dawr)(unsigned long dawr,
+				    unsigned long dawrx);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32	/* XXX for now */
 	/* A general init function, called by ppc_init in init/main.c.
 	   May be NULL. */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index c16c1c2abeeabf86264a0ca29b9ee6d46c58302a..8d56452e1dbd36bff6bd3ad48f0b073717a48f9a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -407,10 +407,33 @@ static inline int set_dabr(struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk)
 	return __set_dabr(dabr, dabrx);
 }
 
+static inline int set_dawr(struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk)
+{
+	unsigned long dawr, dawrx;
+
+	dawr = brk->address;
+
+	dawrx  = (brk->type & (HW_BRK_TYPE_READ | HW_BRK_TYPE_WRITE)) \
+		                   << (63 - 58); //* read/write bits */
+	dawrx |= ((brk->type & (HW_BRK_TYPE_TRANSLATE)) >> 2) \
+		                   << (63 - 59); //* translate */
+	dawrx |= (brk->type & (HW_BRK_TYPE_PRIV_ALL)) \
+		                   >> 3; //* PRIM bits */
+
+	if (ppc_md.set_dawr)
+		return ppc_md.set_dawr(dawr, dawrx);
+	mtspr(SPRN_DAWR, dawr);
+	mtspr(SPRN_DAWRX, dawrx);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int set_break(struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk)
 {
 	__get_cpu_var(current_brk) = *brk;
 
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DAWR))
+		return set_dawr(brk);
+
 	return set_dabr(brk);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 1890730354bb23070452d3b9a111719e7cab5792..b1f60d162bb617618d56654855b63598380d7f8c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/eeh.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
 
 #include "plpar_wrappers.h"
 #include "pseries.h"
@@ -500,6 +501,14 @@ static int pseries_set_xdabr(unsigned long dabr, unsigned long dabrx)
 	return plpar_hcall_norets(H_SET_XDABR, dabr, dabrx);
 }
 
+static int pseries_set_dawr(unsigned long dawr, unsigned long dawrx)
+{
+	/* PAPR says we can't set HYP */
+	dawrx &= ~DAWRX_HYP;
+
+	return  plapr_set_watchpoint0(dawr, dawrx);
+}
+
 #define CMO_CHARACTERISTICS_TOKEN 44
 #define CMO_MAXLENGTH 1026
 
@@ -606,6 +615,9 @@ static void __init pSeries_init_early(void)
 	else if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_DABR))
 		ppc_md.set_dabr = pseries_set_dabr;
 
+	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SET_MODE))
+		ppc_md.set_dawr = pseries_set_dawr;
+
 	pSeries_cmo_feature_init();
 	iommu_init_early_pSeries();