diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index 4093d1ed6db2a0b3eebc2983337a1592b673d5bc..741e2956f3cfb60e679f7fff1460b6d1aae38e51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+#include <asm/x86_init.h>
+
 /*
  * Any setup quirks to be performed?
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14d11071675f87a74036d46b1cb1b396be1dc4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_PLATFORM_H
+#define _ASM_X86_PLATFORM_H
+
+/**
+ * struct x86_init_ops - functions for platform specific setup
+ *
+ */
+struct x86_init_ops {
+};
+
+extern struct x86_init_ops x86_init;
+
+extern void x86_init_noop(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 430d5b24af7b210faf695f0c3619a1d66ae8acf5..313ed6fca9b38fe892fa174f5edcf594752d11ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ GCOV_PROFILE_paravirt.o		:= n
 obj-y			:= process_$(BITS).o signal.o entry_$(BITS).o
 obj-y			+= traps.o irq.o irq_$(BITS).o dumpstack_$(BITS).o
 obj-y			+= time_$(BITS).o ioport.o ldt.o dumpstack.o
-obj-y			+= setup.o i8259.o irqinit.o
+obj-y			+= setup.o x86_init.o i8259.o irqinit.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_VISWS)	+= visws_quirks.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32)	+= probe_roms_32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32)	+= sys_i386_32.o i386_ksyms_32.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82d510c9c996e6eb5cf4407625bd7b53a4fe649e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+ *
+ *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
+ */
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+#include <asm/x86_init.h>
+
+void __cpuinit x86_init_noop(void) { }
+
+/*
+ * The platform setup functions are preset with the default functions
+ * for standard PC hardware.
+ */
+struct __initdata x86_init_ops x86_init = {
+};