diff --git a/linux-user/mips64/target_signal.h b/linux-user/mips64/target_signal.h
index 799f7a668c..f1f0ed7f70 100644
--- a/linux-user/mips64/target_signal.h
+++ b/linux-user/mips64/target_signal.h
@@ -67,4 +67,8 @@ typedef struct target_sigaltstack {
 #define TARGET_MINSIGSTKSZ    2048
 #define TARGET_SIGSTKSZ       8192
 
+#if defined(TARGET_ABI_MIPSO32)
+/* compare linux/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c:setup_frame() */
+#define TARGET_ARCH_HAS_SETUP_FRAME
+#endif
 #endif /* MIPS64_TARGET_SIGNAL_H */