diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index f6a68e178fc52952f31e4e95e7123af44252a919..513a0589e81dd799a351a113899f23d929b0a537 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ config GENERIC_LOCKBREAK
 	default y
 	depends on SMP && PREEMPT
 
+config PGSTE
+	bool
+	default y if KVM
+
 mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration"
 
 config S390
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 7141147e6b639a2035e4542c167ac7d8a3b50c59..2f35133ebc18abd6d77b9812e0d4509b190a811e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -316,7 +316,11 @@ static int __init early_parse_ipldelay(char *p)
 early_param("ipldelay", early_parse_ipldelay);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_S390_SWITCH_AMODE
+#ifdef CONFIG_PGSTE
+unsigned int switch_amode = 1;
+#else
 unsigned int switch_amode = 0;
+#endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(switch_amode);
 
 static void set_amode_and_uaccess(unsigned long user_amode,
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
index fd072013f88ce11658adab8b7db4818a6479f50b..5c1aea97cd1229b2e231c7dd838ee71663087316 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -30,11 +30,27 @@
 #define TABLES_PER_PAGE	4
 #define FRAG_MASK	15UL
 #define SECOND_HALVES	10UL
+
+void clear_table_pgstes(unsigned long *table)
+{
+	clear_table(table, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY, PAGE_SIZE/4);
+	memset(table + 256, 0, PAGE_SIZE/4);
+	clear_table(table + 512, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY, PAGE_SIZE/4);
+	memset(table + 768, 0, PAGE_SIZE/4);
+}
+
 #else
 #define ALLOC_ORDER	2
 #define TABLES_PER_PAGE	2
 #define FRAG_MASK	3UL
 #define SECOND_HALVES	2UL
+
+void clear_table_pgstes(unsigned long *table)
+{
+	clear_table(table, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY, PAGE_SIZE/2);
+	memset(table + 256, 0, PAGE_SIZE/2);
+}
+
 #endif
 
 unsigned long *crst_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, int noexec)
@@ -153,7 +169,7 @@ unsigned long *page_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	unsigned long *table;
 	unsigned long bits;
 
-	bits = mm->context.noexec ? 3UL : 1UL;
+	bits = (mm->context.noexec || mm->context.pgstes) ? 3UL : 1UL;
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	page = NULL;
 	if (!list_empty(&mm->context.pgtable_list)) {
@@ -170,7 +186,10 @@ unsigned long *page_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		pgtable_page_ctor(page);
 		page->flags &= ~FRAG_MASK;
 		table = (unsigned long *) page_to_phys(page);
-		clear_table(table, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (mm->context.pgstes)
+			clear_table_pgstes(table);
+		else
+			clear_table(table, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY, PAGE_SIZE);
 		spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 		list_add(&page->lru, &mm->context.pgtable_list);
 	}
@@ -191,7 +210,7 @@ void page_table_free(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *table)
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long bits;
 
-	bits = mm->context.noexec ? 3UL : 1UL;
+	bits = (mm->context.noexec || mm->context.pgstes) ? 3UL : 1UL;
 	bits <<= (__pa(table) & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) / 256 / sizeof(unsigned long);
 	page = pfn_to_page(__pa(table) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
@@ -228,3 +247,43 @@ void disable_noexec(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	mm->context.noexec = 0;
 	update_mm(mm, tsk);
 }
+
+/*
+ * switch on pgstes for its userspace process (for kvm)
+ */
+int s390_enable_sie(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	int rc;
+
+	task_lock(tsk);
+
+	rc = 0;
+	if (tsk->mm->context.pgstes)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	rc = -EINVAL;
+	if (!tsk->mm || atomic_read(&tsk->mm->mm_users) > 1 ||
+	    tsk->mm != tsk->active_mm || tsk->mm->ioctx_list)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	tsk->mm->context.pgstes = 1;	/* dirty little tricks .. */
+	mm = dup_mm(tsk);
+	tsk->mm->context.pgstes = 0;
+
+	rc = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!mm)
+		goto unlock;
+	mmput(tsk->mm);
+	tsk->mm = tsk->active_mm = mm;
+	preempt_disable();
+	update_mm(mm, tsk);
+	cpu_set(smp_processor_id(), mm->cpu_vm_mask);
+	preempt_enable();
+	rc = 0;
+unlock:
+	task_unlock(tsk);
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(s390_enable_sie);
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/mmu.h b/include/asm-s390/mmu.h
index 1698e29c5b20fc5b38831bfe0a4b7de80b1487ba..5dd5e7b3476ff1e431fc034f04fe4241a1ea7878 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/mmu.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/mmu.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned long asce_bits;
 	unsigned long asce_limit;
 	int noexec;
+	int pgstes;
 } mm_context_t;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/mmu_context.h b/include/asm-s390/mmu_context.h
index b5a34c6f91a932c0841933c6db88da84ed5a7318..4c2fbf48c9c43fe2fa0a7384bc55c576d6dfc23c 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/mmu_context.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/mmu_context.h
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ static inline int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk,
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	mm->context.asce_bits |= _ASCE_TYPE_REGION3;
 #endif
-	mm->context.noexec = s390_noexec;
+	if (current->mm->context.pgstes) {
+		mm->context.noexec = 0;
+		mm->context.pgstes = 1;
+	} else {
+		mm->context.noexec = s390_noexec;
+		mm->context.pgstes = 0;
+	}
 	mm->context.asce_limit = STACK_TOP_MAX;
 	crst_table_init((unsigned long *) mm->pgd, pgd_entry_type(mm));
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h b/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
index 65154dc9a9e538aea84f867c8aab6ac19cdeba3e..8e9a629dc199e9a5912f5f7d2348070f3b34592d 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ static inline pte_t mk_swap_pte(unsigned long type, unsigned long offset)
 
 extern int add_shared_memory(unsigned long start, unsigned long size);
 extern int remove_shared_memory(unsigned long start, unsigned long size);
+extern int s390_enable_sie(void);
 
 /*
  * No page table caches to initialise
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index d0bd97044abd67ce71411e9c7a061dc2adc3b386..9a4f3e63e3bf0a88833d779a0b214aa997419c6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1798,6 +1798,8 @@ extern void mmput(struct mm_struct *);
 extern struct mm_struct *get_task_mm(struct task_struct *task);
 /* Remove the current tasks stale references to the old mm_struct */
 extern void mm_release(struct task_struct *, struct mm_struct *);
+/* Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from tsk->mm */
+extern struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 extern int  copy_thread(int, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, struct task_struct *, struct pt_regs *);
 extern void flush_thread(void);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index cb46befdd3a060bd3b6d96fc64acaadbf74c4e39..c674aa8d3c31e4af9a59abac87b2425faab135ff 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
  * Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from the
  * mm structure of the passed in task structure.
  */
-static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
+struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm = current->mm;
 	int err;