diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index a907fbede6c3673e8bf19e51bc079b05ce87cb13..d38655f2be7088e3bce8d63476ec525fdf347511 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ extern int compat_ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child,
 				 compat_long_t request,
 				 compat_ulong_t addr, compat_ulong_t data);
 
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PTRACE
+extern long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, compat_long_t request,
+			       compat_ulong_t addr, compat_ulong_t data);
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
+				  compat_long_t addr, compat_long_t data);
+#endif	/* __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PTRACE */
+
 /*
  * epoll (fs/eventpoll.c) compat bits follow ...
  */
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index ed1c3d56c2cde16f3db6f4725f1cdd8d41b2e383..e6e9b8be4b053c5f0074bdeca6f1a4ac9517e8fb 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -644,4 +644,50 @@ int compat_ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, compat_long_t request,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PTRACE
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
+				  compat_long_t addr, compat_long_t data)
+{
+	struct task_struct *child;
+	long ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * This lock_kernel fixes a subtle race with suid exec
+	 */
+	lock_kernel();
+	if (request == PTRACE_TRACEME) {
+		ret = ptrace_traceme();
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	child = ptrace_get_task_struct(pid);
+	if (IS_ERR(child)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(child);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (request == PTRACE_ATTACH) {
+		ret = ptrace_attach(child);
+		/*
+		 * Some architectures need to do book-keeping after
+		 * a ptrace attach.
+		 */
+		if (!ret)
+			arch_ptrace_attach(child);
+		goto out_put_task_struct;
+	}
+
+	ret = ptrace_check_attach(child, request == PTRACE_KILL);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = compat_arch_ptrace(child, request, addr, data);
+
+ out_put_task_struct:
+	put_task_struct(child);
+ out:
+	unlock_kernel();
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif /* __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PTRACE */
+
 #endif	/* CONFIG_COMPAT */