diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index ede2f7e477c2..0b1b0df973eb 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # List of files in the vdso, has to be asm only for now
 
-obj-vdso32 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o
+obj-vdso32 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o note.o
 
 # Build rules
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/note.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/note.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4b5be4f3d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/note.S
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * This supplies .note.* sections to go into the PT_NOTE inside the vDSO text.
+ * Here we can supply some information useful to userland.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/uts.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(name, flags, vendor, type)			      \
+	.section name, flags;						      \
+	.balign 4;							      \
+	.long 1f - 0f;		/* name length */			      \
+	.long 3f - 2f;		/* data length */			      \
+	.long type;		/* note type */				      \
+0:	.asciz vendor;		/* vendor name */			      \
+1:	.balign 4;							      \
+2:
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_END						      \
+3:	.balign 4;		/* pad out section */			      \
+	.previous
+
+	ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(".note.kernel-version", "a", UTS_SYSNAME, 0)
+	.long LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+	ASM_ELF_NOTE_END
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
index cca27bd03a57..11290c902ba3 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ SECTIONS
   .gnu.version_d  : { *(.gnu.version_d) }
   .gnu.version_r  : { *(.gnu.version_r) }
 
+  .note		  : { *(.note.*) } 			:text	:note
+
   . = ALIGN (16);
   .text :
   {
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
 PHDRS
 {
   text PT_LOAD FILEHDR PHDRS FLAGS(5); /* PF_R|PF_X */
+  note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
   dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
   eh_frame_hdr 0x6474e550; /* PT_GNU_EH_FRAME, but ld doesn't match the name */
 }
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
index bd3f70b1a384..ab39988452cc 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # List of files in the vdso, has to be asm only for now
 
-obj-vdso64 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o
+obj-vdso64 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o note.o
 
 # Build rules
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/note.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/note.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc2a509f7e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/note.S
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "../vdso32/note.S"
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
index 942c815c7bc7..9cb28181da80 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ SECTIONS
   .gnu.version_d  : { *(.gnu.version_d) }
   .gnu.version_r  : { *(.gnu.version_r) }
 
+  .note		  : { *(.note.*) }		:text	:note
+
   . = ALIGN (16);
   .text           :
   {
     *(.text .stub .text.* .gnu.linkonce.t.*)
     *(.sfpr .glink)
-  }
+  }						:text
   PROVIDE (__etext = .);
   PROVIDE (_etext = .);
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ SECTIONS
 PHDRS
 {
   text PT_LOAD FILEHDR PHDRS FLAGS(5); /* PF_R|PF_X */
+  note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
   dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
   eh_frame_hdr 0x6474e550; /* PT_GNU_EH_FRAME, but ld doesn't match the name */
 }