diff --git a/include/asm-x86/mman.h b/include/asm-x86/mman.h
index c1682b542daf..90bc4108a4fd 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/mman.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/mman.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define MAP_NORESERVE	0x4000		/* don't check for reservations */
 #define MAP_POPULATE	0x8000		/* populate (prefault) pagetables */
 #define MAP_NONBLOCK	0x10000		/* do not block on IO */
+#define MAP_STACK	0x20000		/* give out an address that is best suited for process/thread stacks */
 
 #define MCL_CURRENT	1		/* lock all current mappings */
 #define MCL_FUTURE	2		/* lock all future mappings */