diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
index f19e890b99d2..53b26933b12c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -382,7 +382,9 @@ do {									\
    instruction set this cpu supports.  This could be done in userspace,
    but it's not easy, and we've already done it here.  */
 
-#define ELF_HWCAP	(0)
+#define ELF_HWCAP	(elf_hwcap)
+extern unsigned int elf_hwcap;
+#include <asm/hwcap.h>
 
 /*
  * This yields a string that ld.so will use to load implementation
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7484a7ca686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef _UAPI_ASM_HWCAP_H
+#define _UAPI_ASM_HWCAP_H
+
+/* HWCAP flags */
+#define HWCAP_MIPS_R6		(1 << 0)
+#define HWCAP_MIPS_MSA		(1 << 1)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_ASM_HWCAP_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index 987036761fb6..b6c1feed8b7b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <asm/spram.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
+/* Hardware capabilities */
+unsigned int elf_hwcap __read_mostly;
+
 /*
  * Get the FPU Implementation/Revision.
  */