diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
index a722ede726dbdf558e4a979122129c3a9fd51737..5a4c76eada483adc99331e1a8b38c9ecc2975b73 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcat);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlen);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcmp);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncmp);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial_copy_generic);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
index c4c622d8e6ac253cbda0dffe6098401e7fa3fab5..49eb1f1a2bb4f5a240ff45a0d807bae129718155 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ _GLOBAL(strcmp)
 	beq	1b
 	blr
 
+_GLOBAL(strncmp)
+	PPC_LCMPI r5,0
+	beqlr
+	mtctr	r5
+	addi	r5,r3,-1
+	addi	r4,r4,-1
+1:	lbzu	r3,1(r5)
+	cmpwi	1,r3,0
+	lbzu	r0,1(r4)
+	subf.	r3,r0,r3
+	beqlr	1
+	bdnzt	eq,1b
+	blr
+
 _GLOBAL(strlen)
 	addi	r4,r3,-1
 1:	lbzu	r0,1(r4)
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/string.h b/include/asm-powerpc/string.h
index aa40f92c298d66ef2de5341bc62bf1a9fbe28806..e40010abcaf134f53bbcf639bf6999b856a42a2a 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/string.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/string.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRLEN
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCMP
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ extern char * strcpy(char *,const char *);
 extern char * strncpy(char *,const char *, __kernel_size_t);
 extern __kernel_size_t strlen(const char *);
 extern int strcmp(const char *,const char *);
+extern int strncmp(const char *, const char *, __kernel_size_t);
 extern char * strcat(char *, const char *);
 extern void * memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
 extern void * memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);