diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/hweight.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/hweight.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8be6f17d6a5c7c09aa421716f9b9d4a8cb915692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/hweight.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_HWEIGHT_H_
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_HWEIGHT_H_
+
+extern unsigned int hweight32(unsigned int w);
+extern unsigned int hweight16(unsigned int w);
+extern unsigned int hweight8(unsigned int w);
+extern unsigned long hweight64(__u64 w);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_HWEIGHT_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index f827e3c24ec0da771bd72178198df85da9612c15..b830c9a15541a7d27df986b3485d412bd756e14b 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK) += rwsem-spinlock.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM) += rwsem.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS) += semaphore-sleepers.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT) += find_next_bit.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT) += hweight.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LOCK_KERNEL) += kernel_lock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT) += smp_processor_id.o
 
diff --git a/lib/hweight.c b/lib/hweight.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..721a4b8b4fb8420b742e86cf84c08e030c946a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hweight.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+/**
+ * hweightN - returns the hamming weight of a N-bit word
+ * @x: the word to weigh
+ *
+ * The Hamming Weight of a number is the total number of bits set in it.
+ */
+
+unsigned int hweight32(unsigned int w)
+{
+	unsigned int res = (w & 0x55555555) + ((w >> 1) & 0x55555555);
+	res = (res & 0x33333333) + ((res >> 2) & 0x33333333);
+	res = (res & 0x0F0F0F0F) + ((res >> 4) & 0x0F0F0F0F);
+	res = (res & 0x00FF00FF) + ((res >> 8) & 0x00FF00FF);
+	return (res & 0x0000FFFF) + ((res >> 16) & 0x0000FFFF);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hweight32);
+
+unsigned int hweight16(unsigned int w)
+{
+	unsigned int res = (w & 0x5555) + ((w >> 1) & 0x5555);
+	res = (res & 0x3333) + ((res >> 2) & 0x3333);
+	res = (res & 0x0F0F) + ((res >> 4) & 0x0F0F);
+	return (res & 0x00FF) + ((res >> 8) & 0x00FF);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hweight16);
+
+unsigned int hweight8(unsigned int w)
+{
+	unsigned int res = (w & 0x55) + ((w >> 1) & 0x55);
+	res = (res & 0x33) + ((res >> 2) & 0x33);
+	return (res & 0x0F) + ((res >> 4) & 0x0F);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hweight8);
+
+unsigned long hweight64(__u64 w)
+{
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	return hweight32((unsigned int)(w >> 32)) + hweight32((unsigned int)w);
+#elif BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+	u64 res;
+	res = (w & 0x5555555555555555ul) + ((w >> 1) & 0x5555555555555555ul);
+	res = (res & 0x3333333333333333ul) + ((res >> 2) & 0x3333333333333333ul);
+	res = (res & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0Ful) + ((res >> 4) & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0Ful);
+	res = (res & 0x00FF00FF00FF00FFul) + ((res >> 8) & 0x00FF00FF00FF00FFul);
+	res = (res & 0x0000FFFF0000FFFFul) + ((res >> 16) & 0x0000FFFF0000FFFFul);
+	return (res & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFul) + ((res >> 32) & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFul);
+#else
+#error BITS_PER_LONG not defined
+#endif
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hweight64);