diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
index d7cf60f87604460505dfa36a4fa7e727b1d0dc29..5a90292afbad1ea3681ac06aa9f6096cabf6ab5e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct ppc_cache_info {
 	u32 log_block_size;
 	u32 blocks_per_page;
 	u32 sets;
+	u32 assoc;
 };
 
 struct ppc64_caches {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h
index 730c27ed10e19dfeb39a4882d643968e6bfcf2b9..93b9b84568e8175e4010b6544bb490685730408f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -136,6 +136,25 @@ extern int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPU_BASE */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+
+#define get_cache_geometry(level) \
+	(ppc64_caches.level.assoc << 16 | ppc64_caches.level.line_size)
+
+#define ARCH_DLINFO_CACHE_GEOMETRY					\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L1I_CACHESIZE, ppc64_caches.l1i.size);		\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY, get_cache_geometry(l1i));	\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L1D_CACHESIZE, ppc64_caches.l1i.size);		\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY, get_cache_geometry(l1i));	\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L2_CACHESIZE, ppc64_caches.l2.size);		\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY, get_cache_geometry(l2));	\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L3_CACHESIZE, ppc64_caches.l3.size);		\
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY, get_cache_geometry(l3))
+
+#else
+#define ARCH_DLINFO_CACHE_GEOMETRY
+#endif
+
 /*
  * The requirements here are:
  * - keep the final alignment of sp (sp & 0xf)
@@ -156,6 +175,7 @@ do {									\
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ICACHEBSIZE, icache_bsize);			\
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_UCACHEBSIZE, ucache_bsize);			\
 	VDSO_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, current->mm->context.vdso_base);	\
+	ARCH_DLINFO_CACHE_GEOMETRY;					\
 } while (0)
 
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_ELF_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
index ce17d2c9eb4ecc2549330a0a08c606d087151263..be6e94ecec4231dabe73ae89cb3901e29e77c9a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -16,6 +16,37 @@
  */
 #define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR		33
 
-#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 6 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
+/*
+ * AT_*CACHEBSIZE above represent the cache *block* size which is
+ * the size that is affected by the cache management instructions.
+ *
+ * It doesn't nececssarily matches the cache *line* size which is
+ * more of a performance tuning hint. Additionally the latter can
+ * be different for the different cache levels.
+ *
+ * The set of entries below represent more extensive information
+ * about the caches, in the form of two entry per cache type,
+ * one entry containing the cache size in bytes, and the other
+ * containing the cache line size in bytes in the bottom 16 bits
+ * and the cache associativity in the next 16 bits.
+ *
+ * The associativity is such that if N is the 16-bit value, the
+ * cache is N way set associative. A value if 0xffff means fully
+ * associative, a value of 1 means directly mapped.
+ *
+ * For all these fields, a value of 0 means that the information
+ * is not known.
+ */
+
+#define AT_L1I_CACHESIZE	40
+#define AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY	41
+#define AT_L1D_CACHESIZE	42
+#define AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY	43
+#define AT_L2_CACHESIZE		44
+#define AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY	45
+#define AT_L3_CACHESIZE		46
+#define AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY	47
+
+#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH	14 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 364fbffd7e834d4d01b78764f9219fe8a2c4fca0..b9855f1b290af32b4392cf8ad35e0c13d8e1db54 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -411,6 +411,11 @@ static void init_cache_info(struct ppc_cache_info *info, u32 size, u32 lsize,
 	info->block_size = bsize;
 	info->log_block_size = __ilog2(bsize);
 	info->blocks_per_page = PAGE_SIZE / bsize;
+
+	if (sets == 0)
+		info->assoc = 0xffff;
+	else
+		info->assoc = size / (sets * lsize);
 }
 
 static bool __init parse_cache_info(struct device_node *np,