diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
index 65c3f2474f5e3333142952b4dc7a1f445bcaedb4..29035e86a59db0d4c46ab315a9350780dbfe2999 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -293,4 +293,13 @@
 	.macro	ldrusr, reg, ptr, inc, cond=al, rept=1, abort=9001f
 	usracc	ldr, \reg, \ptr, \inc, \cond, \rept, \abort
 	.endm
+
+/* Utility macro for declaring string literals */
+	.macro	string name:req, string
+	.type \name , #object
+\name:
+	.asciz "\string"
+	.size \name , . - \name
+	.endm
+
 #endif /* __ASM_ASSEMBLER_H__ */