diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
index ee67a2bc91bbe88e5787651897f15b91f0bce1d3..5a4863c76b5f9565a2950557064ef1cf22b88764 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct pt_regs {
 #define PT_DAR	41
 #define PT_DSISR 42
 #define PT_RESULT 43
+#define PT_DSCR 44
 #define PT_REGS_COUNT 44
 
 #define PT_FPR0	48	/* each FP reg occupies 2 slots in this space */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index d4afcccf12384b647924f909d186b55243c4a7ea..245c1b6a08589d216d3389308c565668b720b597 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -179,6 +179,30 @@ static int set_user_msr(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long msr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+static unsigned long get_user_dscr(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return task->thread.dscr;
+}
+
+static int set_user_dscr(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long dscr)
+{
+	task->thread.dscr = dscr;
+	task->thread.dscr_inherit = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static unsigned long get_user_dscr(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
+static int set_user_dscr(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long dscr)
+{
+	return -EIO;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * We prevent mucking around with the reserved area of trap
  * which are used internally by the kernel.
@@ -200,6 +224,9 @@ unsigned long ptrace_get_reg(struct task_struct *task, int regno)
 	if (regno == PT_MSR)
 		return get_user_msr(task);
 
+	if (regno == PT_DSCR)
+		return get_user_dscr(task);
+
 	if (regno < (sizeof(struct pt_regs) / sizeof(unsigned long)))
 		return ((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[regno];
 
@@ -218,6 +245,8 @@ int ptrace_put_reg(struct task_struct *task, int regno, unsigned long data)
 		return set_user_msr(task, data);
 	if (regno == PT_TRAP)
 		return set_user_trap(task, data);
+	if (regno == PT_DSCR)
+		return set_user_dscr(task, data);
 
 	if (regno <= PT_MAX_PUT_REG) {
 		((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[regno] = data;