diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index a063c7235fa994bbe010647b433140fee5ecb84f..48923c349ccb7137ac866f02b4d23c6aec518e85 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -465,6 +465,19 @@ config KEXEC
 	  interface is strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be
 	  made.
 
+config KEXEC_FILE
+	bool "kexec file based system call"
+	select KEXEC_CORE
+	select BUILD_BIN2C
+	depends on PPC64
+	depends on CRYPTO=y
+	depends on CRYPTO_SHA256=y
+	help
+	  This is a new version of the kexec system call. This call is
+	  file based and takes in file descriptors as system call arguments
+	  for kernel and initramfs as opposed to a list of segments as is the
+	  case for the older kexec call.
+
 config RELOCATABLE
 	bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
 	depends on (PPC64 && !COMPILE_TEST) || (FLATMEM && (44x || FSL_BOOKE))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index 2fc5d4db503ccd03dfb40923267a2b763500cd22..4b369d83fe9ce1ea72b3f2a93590fb132d534512 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -386,3 +386,4 @@ SYSCALL(mlock2)
 SYSCALL(copy_file_range)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(preadv2)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(pwritev2)
+SYSCALL(kexec_file_load)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index e8cdfec8d5125c531c45b7ffd250955ad68021af..eb1acee91a2034c30d4277fe040cd797279f13b4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 
 
-#define NR_syscalls		382
+#define NR_syscalls		383
 
 #define __NR__exit __NR_exit
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index e9f5f41aa55a1bc206749d56e75bd8edbb1d4068..2f26335a3c42a8141d29156f07105ca82761a98c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -392,5 +392,6 @@
 #define __NR_copy_file_range	379
 #define __NR_preadv2		380
 #define __NR_pwritev2		381
+#define __NR_kexec_file_load	382
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_POWERPC_UNISTD_H_ */