diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
index 7cba96e7587b..4cf0bddb7d92 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ CFLAGS_sclp_early_core.o += -I$(srctree)/drivers/s390/char
 
 obj-y	:= head.o als.o startup.o mem_detect.o ipl_parm.o ipl_report.o
 obj-y	+= string.o ebcdic.o sclp_early_core.o mem.o ipl_vmparm.o cmdline.o
-obj-y	+= ctype.o text_dma.o
+obj-y	+= version.o ctype.o text_dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROTECTED_VIRTUALIZATION_GUEST)	+= uv.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)	+= machine_kexec_reloc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)	+= kaslr.o
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/boot.h b/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
index ad57c2205a71..082905d97309 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ void print_missing_facilities(void);
 unsigned long get_random_base(unsigned long safe_addr);
 
 extern int kaslr_enabled;
+extern const char kernel_version[];
 
 unsigned long read_ipl_report(unsigned long safe_offset);
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/head.S b/arch/s390/boot/head.S
index 028aab03a9e7..2087bed6e60f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/head.S
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/head.S
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_kdump)
 	.quad	0			# INITRD_SIZE
 	.quad	0			# OLDMEM_BASE
 	.quad	0			# OLDMEM_SIZE
+	.quad	kernel_version		# points to kernel version string
 
 	.org	COMMAND_LINE
 	.byte	"root=/dev/ram0 ro"
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/version.c b/arch/s390/boot/version.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d32e58bdda6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <generated/utsrelease.h>
+#include <generated/compile.h>
+#include "boot.h"
+
+const char kernel_version[] = UTS_RELEASE
+	" (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") " UTS_VERSION;
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/setup.h
index 82deb8fc8319..c5cfff7b1f91 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #define INITRD_SIZE_OFFSET	0x10410
 #define OLDMEM_BASE_OFFSET	0x10418
 #define OLDMEM_SIZE_OFFSET	0x10420
+#define KERNEL_VERSION_OFFSET	0x10428
 #define COMMAND_LINE_OFFSET	0x10480
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ struct parmarea {
 	unsigned long initrd_size;			/* 0x10410 */
 	unsigned long oldmem_base;			/* 0x10418 */
 	unsigned long oldmem_size;			/* 0x10420 */
-	char pad1[0x10480 - 0x10428];			/* 0x10428 - 0x10480 */
+	unsigned long kernel_version;			/* 0x10428 */
+	char pad1[0x10480 - 0x10430];			/* 0x10430 - 0x10480 */
 	char command_line[ARCH_COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];	/* 0x10480 */
 };