diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 8130334329c0..527519b8a9f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ config MCORE2
 	  family in /proc/cpuinfo. Newer ones have 6 and older ones 15
 	  (not a typo)
 
+config MATOM
+	bool "Intel Atom"
+	---help---
+
+	  Select this for the Intel Atom platform. Intel Atom CPUs have an
+	  in-order pipelining architecture and thus can benefit from
+	  accordingly optimized code. Use a recent GCC with specific Atom
+	  support in order to fully benefit from selecting this option.
+
 config GENERIC_CPU
 	bool "Generic-x86-64"
 	depends on X86_64
@@ -295,7 +304,7 @@ config X86_CPU
 config X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	int
 	default "128" if MPSC
-	default "64" if GENERIC_CPU || MK8 || MCORE2 || X86_32
+	default "64" if GENERIC_CPU || MK8 || MCORE2 || MATOM || X86_32
 
 config X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES
 	int
@@ -310,7 +319,7 @@ config X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 	default "7" if MPENTIUM4 || MPSC
 	default "4" if X86_ELAN || M486 || M386 || MGEODEGX1
 	default "5" if MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK6 || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || MVIAC3_2 || MGEODE_LX
-	default "6" if MK7 || MK8 || MPENTIUMM || MCORE2 || MVIAC7 || X86_GENERIC || GENERIC_CPU
+	default "6" if MK7 || MK8 || MPENTIUMM || MCORE2 || MATOM || MVIAC7 || X86_GENERIC || GENERIC_CPU
 
 config X86_XADD
 	def_bool y
@@ -359,7 +368,7 @@ config X86_INTEL_USERCOPY
 
 config X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM
 	def_bool y
-	depends on MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MEFFICEON || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2
+	depends on MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIPC6 || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MEFFICEON || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2 || MATOM
 
 config X86_USE_3DNOW
 	def_bool y
@@ -387,7 +396,7 @@ config X86_P6_NOP
 
 config X86_TSC
 	def_bool y
-	depends on ((MWINCHIP3D || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MGEODEGX1 || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2) && !X86_NUMAQ) || X86_64
+	depends on ((MWINCHIP3D || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MGEODEGX1 || MGEODE_LX || MCORE2 || MATOM) && !X86_NUMAQ) || X86_64
 
 config X86_CMPXCHG64
 	def_bool y
@@ -397,7 +406,7 @@ config X86_CMPXCHG64
 # generates cmov.
 config X86_CMOV
 	def_bool y
-	depends on (MK8 || MK7 || MCORE2 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || X86_64)
+	depends on (MK8 || MK7 || MCORE2 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || MVIAC3_2 || MVIAC7 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || X86_64 || MATOM)
 
 config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
 	int
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 1b68659c41b4..8a4c24c96d08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ else
 
         cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2) += \
                 $(call cc-option,-march=core2,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic))
+	cflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM) += $(call cc-option,-march=atom) \
+		$(call cc-option,-mtune=atom,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic))
         cflags-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) += $(call cc-option,-mtune=generic)
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu b/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu
index 80177ec052f0..30e9a264f69d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MCYRIXIII)	+= $(call cc-option,-march=c3,-march=i486) $(align)-f
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC3_2)	+= $(call cc-option,-march=c3-2,-march=i686)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC7)		+= -march=i686
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MCORE2)		+= -march=i686 $(call tune,core2)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MATOM)		+= $(call cc-option,-march=atom,$(call cc-option,-march=core2,-march=i686)) \
+	$(call cc-option,-mtune=atom,$(call cc-option,-mtune=generic))
 
 # AMD Elan support
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_ELAN)	+= -march=i486
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
index 47d62743c4d5..e959c4afab59 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct mod_arch_specific {};
 #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "586MMX "
 #elif defined CONFIG_MCORE2
 #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "CORE2 "
+#elif defined CONFIG_MATOM
+#define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "ATOM "
 #elif defined CONFIG_M686
 #define MODULE_PROC_FAMILY "686 "
 #elif defined CONFIG_MPENTIUMII