diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 7124ab82dfa3..55432a8fc20d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -401,13 +401,40 @@ config ARC_HAS_DIV_REM
 	default y
 
 config ARC_HAS_ACCL_REGS
-	bool "Reg Pair ACCL:ACCH (FPU and/or MPY > 6)"
+	bool "Reg Pair ACCL:ACCH (FPU and/or MPY > 6 and/or DSP)"
 	default y
 	help
 	  Depending on the configuration, CPU can contain accumulator reg-pair
 	  (also referred to as r58:r59). These can also be used by gcc as GPR so
 	  kernel needs to save/restore per process
 
+config ARC_DSP_HANDLED
+	def_bool n
+
+choice
+	prompt "DSP support"
+	default ARC_DSP_NONE
+	help
+	  Depending on the configuration, CPU can contain DSP registers
+	  (ACC0_GLO, ACC0_GHI, DSP_BFLY0, DSP_CTRL, DSP_FFT_CTRL).
+	  Bellow is options describing how to handle these registers in
+	  interrupt entry / exit and in context switch.
+
+config ARC_DSP_NONE
+	bool "No DSP extension presence in HW"
+	help
+	  No DSP extension presence in HW
+
+config ARC_DSP_KERNEL
+	bool "DSP extension in HW, no support for userspace"
+	select ARC_HAS_ACCL_REGS
+	select ARC_DSP_HANDLED
+	help
+	  DSP extension presence in HW, no support for DSP-enabled userspace
+	  applications. We don't save / restore DSP registers and only do
+	  some minimal preparations so userspace won't be able to break kernel
+endchoice
+
 config ARC_IRQ_NO_AUTOSAVE
 	bool "Disable hardware autosave regfile on interrupts"
 	default n
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
index f7e432448e4b..135f6ec08a69 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@
 #define ARC_AUX_DPFP_2H         0x304
 #define ARC_AUX_DPFP_STAT       0x305
 
+/*
+ * DSP-related registers
+ */
+#define ARC_AUX_DSP_BUILD	0x7A
+#define ARC_AUX_ACC0_LO		0x580
+#define ARC_AUX_ACC0_GLO	0x581
+#define ARC_AUX_ACC0_HI		0x582
+#define ARC_AUX_ACC0_GHI	0x583
+#define ARC_AUX_DSP_BFLY0	0x598
+#define ARC_AUX_DSP_CTRL	0x59F
+#define ARC_AUX_DSP_FFT_CTRL	0x59E
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <soc/arc/aux.h>
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/dsp-impl.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/dsp-impl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..606620383eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/dsp-impl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Synopsys, Inc. (www.synopsys.com)
+ *
+ * Author: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com>
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_ARC_DSP_IMPL_H
+#define __ASM_ARC_DSP_IMPL_H
+
+#define DSP_CTRL_DISABLED_ALL		0
+
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+/* clobbers r5 register */
+.macro DSP_EARLY_INIT
+	lr	r5, [ARC_AUX_DSP_BUILD]
+	bmsk	r5, r5, 7
+	breq    r5, 0, 1f
+	mov	r5, DSP_CTRL_DISABLED_ALL
+	sr	r5, [ARC_AUX_DSP_CTRL]
+1:
+.endm
+
+/* clobbers r10, r11 registers pair */
+.macro DSP_SAVE_REGFILE_IRQ
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARC_DSP_KERNEL)
+	/*
+	 * Drop any changes to DSP_CTRL made by userspace so userspace won't be
+	 * able to break kernel - reset it to DSP_CTRL_DISABLED_ALL value
+	 */
+	mov	r10, DSP_CTRL_DISABLED_ALL
+	sr	r10, [ARC_AUX_DSP_CTRL]
+#endif /* ARC_DSP_KERNEL */
+.endm
+
+#else /* __ASEMBLY__ */
+
+#include <asm/asserts.h>
+
+static inline bool dsp_exist(void)
+{
+	struct bcr_generic bcr;
+
+	READ_BCR(ARC_AUX_DSP_BUILD, bcr);
+	return !!bcr.ver;
+}
+
+static inline void dsp_config_check(void)
+{
+	CHK_OPT_STRICT(CONFIG_ARC_DSP_HANDLED, dsp_exist());
+}
+
+#endif /* __ASEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* __ASM_ARC_DSP_IMPL_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-arcv2.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-arcv2.h
index 0b8b63d0bec1..dd6aa18b51ca 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-arcv2.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-arcv2.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define __ASM_ARC_ENTRY_ARCV2_H
 
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
+#include <asm/dsp-impl.h>
 #include <asm/irqflags-arcv2.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>	/* For THREAD_SIZE */
 
@@ -165,6 +166,8 @@
 	ST2	r58, r59, PT_r58
 #endif
 
+	/* clobbers r10, r11 registers pair */
+	DSP_SAVE_REGFILE_IRQ
 .endm
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/head.S b/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
index 6f41265f6250..6eb23f1545ee 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <asm/entry.h>
 #include <asm/arcregs.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
+#include <asm/dsp-impl.h>
 #include <asm/irqflags.h>
 
 .macro CPU_EARLY_SETUP
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@
 #endif
 	kflag	r5
 #endif
+	; Config DSP_CTRL properly, so kernel may use integer multiply,
+	; multiply-accumulate, and divide operations
+	DSP_EARLY_INIT
 .endm
 
 	.section .init.text, "ax",@progbits
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
index 820c0cfb0702..1ed1528d9045 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <asm/unwind.h>
 #include <asm/mach_desc.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
+#include <asm/dsp-impl.h>
 
 #define FIX_PTR(x)  __asm__ __volatile__(";" : "+r"(x))
 
@@ -440,6 +441,8 @@ static void arc_chk_core_config(void)
 		/* Accumulator Low:High pair (r58:59) present if DSP MPY or FPU */
 		present = cpu->extn_mpy.dsp | cpu->extn.fpu_sp | cpu->extn.fpu_dp;
 		CHK_OPT_STRICT(CONFIG_ARC_HAS_ACCL_REGS, present);
+
+		dsp_config_check();
 	}
 }