diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
index 933787a46b4c..aacdae6f372d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ SYSCFLAGS_vsyscall-sysenter.so	= $(vsyscall-flags)
 SYSCFLAGS_vsyscall-int80.so	= $(vsyscall-flags)
 
 $(obj)/vsyscall-int80.so $(obj)/vsyscall-sysenter.so: \
-$(obj)/vsyscall-%.so: $(src)/vsyscall.lds $(obj)/vsyscall-%.o FORCE
+$(obj)/vsyscall-%.so: $(src)/vsyscall.lds \
+		      $(obj)/vsyscall-%.o $(obj)/vsyscall-note.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,syscall)
 
 # We also create a special relocatable object that should mirror the symbol
@@ -67,5 +68,6 @@ $(obj)/built-in.o: $(obj)/vsyscall-syms.o
 $(obj)/built-in.o: ld_flags += -R $(obj)/vsyscall-syms.o
 
 SYSCFLAGS_vsyscall-syms.o = -r
-$(obj)/vsyscall-syms.o: $(src)/vsyscall.lds $(obj)/vsyscall-sysenter.o FORCE
+$(obj)/vsyscall-syms.o: $(src)/vsyscall.lds \
+			$(obj)/vsyscall-sysenter.o $(obj)/vsyscall-note.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,syscall)
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-note.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-note.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4b5be4f3d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-note.S
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * This supplies .note.* sections to go into the PT_NOTE inside the vDSO text.
+ * Here we can supply some information useful to userland.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/uts.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(name, flags, vendor, type)			      \
+	.section name, flags;						      \
+	.balign 4;							      \
+	.long 1f - 0f;		/* name length */			      \
+	.long 3f - 2f;		/* data length */			      \
+	.long type;		/* note type */				      \
+0:	.asciz vendor;		/* vendor name */			      \
+1:	.balign 4;							      \
+2:
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_END						      \
+3:	.balign 4;		/* pad out section */			      \
+	.previous
+
+	ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(".note.kernel-version", "a", UTS_SYSNAME, 0)
+	.long LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+	ASM_ELF_NOTE_END
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S
index 3a8329d6536e..a7977707c8e5 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = VSYSCALL_BASE + 0x400;
 
   .text           : { *(.text) }		:text =0x90909090
-
+  .note		  : { *(.note.*) }		:text :note
   .eh_frame_hdr   : { *(.eh_frame_hdr) }	:text :eh_frame_hdr
   .eh_frame       : { KEEP (*(.eh_frame)) }	:text
   .dynamic        : { *(.dynamic) }		:text :dynamic
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ PHDRS
 {
   text PT_LOAD FILEHDR PHDRS FLAGS(5); /* PF_R|PF_X */
   dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
+  note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
   eh_frame_hdr 0x6474e550; /* PT_GNU_EH_FRAME, but ld doesn't match the name */
 }