diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index f2fa01eb206974901186185d3fdb2658f256c360..2c6e162479b0871c898797ae49f57230f155be0f 100755
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1152,6 +1152,10 @@ config SYNC_R4K
 config MIPS_MACHINE
 	def_bool n
 
+config IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK
+	bool "OpenWrt specific image command line hack"
+	default n
+
 config NO_IOPORT_MAP
 	def_bool n
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
index b075fb2463b3cc3aba008ccc180f459e8b10695d..ff028a9cf2502d21507e5cb13df12aeb1ddaec09 100755
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ FEXPORT(__kernel_entry)
 	j	kernel_entry
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK
+	.ascii	"CMDLINE:"
+EXPORT(__image_cmdline)
+	.fill	0x400
+#endif /* CONFIG_IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK */
+
 	__REF
 
 NESTED(kernel_entry, 16, sp)			# kernel entry point