diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 9431e967aa455000e218dddc99681518418cebe8..2f96610a83e961fc3e6a539c09aac98e9e39bb56 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ endmenu
 
 source "fs/Kconfig"
 
+menu "Instrumentation Support"
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+
+source "arch/sparc/oprofile/Kconfig"
+
+endmenu
+
 source "arch/sparc/Kconfig.debug"
 
 source "security/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile
index 4cdbb2d59ed0a3e04c5e1d10a5bcf308c8ee7f22..f33c3817f01446810095d86727f79ad48eaa81ee 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ HEAD_Y := $(head-y)
 core-y += arch/sparc/kernel/ arch/sparc/mm/ arch/sparc/math-emu/
 libs-y += arch/sparc/prom/ arch/sparc/lib/
 
+drivers-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE)	+= arch/sparc/oprofile/
+
 # Export what is needed by arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
 # Renaming is done to avoid confusing pattern matching rules in 2.5.45 (multy-)
 INIT_Y		:= $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.o, $(init-y))
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c
index 7dcd1a16c6e4213167c0ac8db3a6759de6a05a9e..6c7aa51b590fd5c7d0d10d457698d9c9146a157b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return pc;
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(profile_pc);
+
 __volatile__ unsigned int *master_l10_counter;
 __volatile__ unsigned int *master_l10_limit;
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/oprofile/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/oprofile/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d8a84088471a1c011868aae0b44558d15c9f1c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sparc/oprofile/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+config PROFILING
+	bool "Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the extended profiling support mechanisms used
+	  by profilers such as OProfile.
+	  
+
+config OPROFILE
+	tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on PROFILING
+	help
+	  OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
+	  whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
+	  and applications.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
diff --git a/arch/sparc/oprofile/Makefile b/arch/sparc/oprofile/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e9feca1ca28bf5c6c57eb3ca0beb24186165e80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sparc/oprofile/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE) += oprofile.o
+
+DRIVER_OBJS = $(addprefix ../../../drivers/oprofile/, \
+		oprof.o cpu_buffer.o buffer_sync.o \
+		event_buffer.o oprofile_files.o \
+		oprofilefs.o oprofile_stats.o \
+		timer_int.o )
+
+oprofile-y				:= $(DRIVER_OBJS) init.o
diff --git a/arch/sparc/oprofile/init.c b/arch/sparc/oprofile/init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9ab815b95b5a773de179dfaec9ddf71ad1c6c6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sparc/oprofile/init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * @file init.c
+ *
+ * @remark Copyright 2002 OProfile authors
+ * @remark Read the file COPYING
+ *
+ * @author John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/oprofile.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+ 
+int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations * ops)
+{
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
+
+void oprofile_arch_exit(void)
+{
+}