diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
index 87a8d1ef64e433ea09dc7e0aacaf792ebf6aa1d5..9605e062840fc6d2323e4fabb09cb604b444e384 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ extern unsigned int xstate_size;
 extern void free_thread_xstate(struct task_struct *);
 extern struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep;
 
+/* arch/sh/mm/alignment.c */
+extern int get_unalign_ctl(struct task_struct *, unsigned long addr);
+extern int set_unalign_ctl(struct task_struct *, unsigned int val);
+
+#define GET_UNALIGN_CTL(tsk, addr)	get_unalign_ctl((tsk), (addr))
+#define SET_UNALIGN_CTL(tsk, val)	set_unalign_ctl((tsk), (val))
+
 /* arch/sh/mm/init.c */
 extern unsigned int mem_init_done;
 
@@ -114,6 +121,11 @@ extern unsigned int mem_init_done;
 const char *get_cpu_subtype(struct sh_cpuinfo *c);
 extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
 
+/* thread_struct flags */
+#define SH_THREAD_UAC_NOPRINT	(1 << 0)
+#define SH_THREAD_UAC_SIGBUS	(1 << 1)
+#define SH_THREAD_UAC_MASK	(SH_THREAD_UAC_NOPRINT | SH_THREAD_UAC_SIGBUS)
+
 /* processor boot mode configuration */
 #define MODE_PIN0 (1 << 0)
 #define MODE_PIN1 (1 << 1)
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_32.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_32.h
index 488f0a906a41641eac16d828a1808334a54a68d4..572b4eb094932ca80e9024728a83eedb63fbf9ea 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_32.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_32.h
@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long sp;
 	unsigned long pc;
 
+	/* Various thread flags, see SH_THREAD_xxx */
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	/* Save middle states of ptrace breakpoints */
-	struct perf_event	*ptrace_bps[HBP_NUM];
+	struct perf_event *ptrace_bps[HBP_NUM];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SH_DSP
 	/* Dsp status information */
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 
 #define INIT_THREAD  {						\
 	.sp = sizeof(init_stack) + (long) &init_stack,		\
+	.flags = 0,						\
 }
 
 /* Forward declaration, a strange C thing */
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_64.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_64.h
index 7b1560f03d14b062aa927c6e36d40391e50a846c..621bc4618c6b2ed168dfb4c90d911bc2c6d423f7 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_64.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor_64.h
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ union thread_xstate {
 struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long sp;
 	unsigned long pc;
+
+	/* Various thread flags, see SH_THREAD_xxx */
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	/* This stores the address of the pt_regs built during a context
 	   switch, or of the register save area built for a kernel mode
 	   exception.  It is used for backtracing the stack of a sleeping task
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	.trap_no	= 0,			\
 	.error_code	= 0,			\
 	.address	= 0,			\
+	.flags		= 0,			\
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c b/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c
index 00fb9e3f057c972cb09a07920b468a59ac505a39..b2595b8548ee353b4c5099be26ba6fa940565cb7 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/alignment.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
 
 static unsigned long se_user;
 static unsigned long se_sys;
@@ -59,9 +60,36 @@ void inc_unaligned_kernel_access(void)
 	se_sys++;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This defaults to the global policy which can be set from the command
+ * line, while processes can overload their preferences via prctl().
+ */
 unsigned int unaligned_user_action(void)
 {
-	return se_usermode;
+	unsigned int action = se_usermode;
+
+	if (current->thread.flags & SH_THREAD_UAC_SIGBUS) {
+		action &= ~UM_FIXUP;
+		action |= UM_SIGNAL;
+	}
+
+	if (current->thread.flags & SH_THREAD_UAC_NOPRINT)
+		action &= ~UM_WARN;
+
+	return action;
+}
+
+int get_unalign_ctl(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return put_user(tsk->thread.flags & SH_THREAD_UAC_MASK,
+			(unsigned int __user *)addr);
+}
+
+int set_unalign_ctl(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int val)
+{
+	tsk->thread.flags = (tsk->thread.flags & ~SH_THREAD_UAC_MASK) |
+			    (val & SH_THREAD_UAC_MASK);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void unaligned_fixups_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, insn_size_t insn,