diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f44bb5567c5b..96d924eb7b64 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1030,6 +1030,10 @@ running once the system is up.
 		irqmask=0xMMMM		[IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned
 					automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel
 					exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way.
+		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[IA-32] Specify the physical address
+					of the PIRQ table (normally generated
+					by the BIOS) if it is outside the
+					F0000h-100000h range.
 		lastbus=N		[IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful
 					if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses
 					and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are.
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/common.c b/arch/i386/pci/common.c
index 720975e1af50..2a2e79fbfef8 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/common.c
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ unsigned int pci_probe = PCI_PROBE_BIOS | PCI_PROBE_CONF1 | PCI_PROBE_CONF2 |
 
 int pci_routeirq;
 int pcibios_last_bus = -1;
-struct pci_bus *pci_root_bus = NULL;
+unsigned long pirq_table_addr;
+struct pci_bus *pci_root_bus;
 struct pci_raw_ops *raw_pci_ops;
 
 static int pci_read(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int where, int size, u32 *value)
@@ -188,6 +189,9 @@ char * __devinit  pcibios_setup(char *str)
 	} else if (!strcmp(str, "biosirq")) {
 		pci_probe |= PCI_BIOS_IRQ_SCAN;
 		return NULL;
+	} else if (!strncmp(str, "pirqaddr=", 9)) {
+		pirq_table_addr = simple_strtoul(str+9, NULL, 0);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/irq.c b/arch/i386/pci/irq.c
index 83458f81e661..78ca1ecbb907 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/irq.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/irq.c
@@ -57,6 +57,35 @@ struct irq_router_handler {
 
 int (*pcibios_enable_irq)(struct pci_dev *dev) = NULL;
 
+/*
+ *  Check passed address for the PCI IRQ Routing Table signature
+ *  and perform checksum verification.
+ */
+
+static inline struct irq_routing_table * pirq_check_routing_table(u8 *addr)
+{
+	struct irq_routing_table *rt;
+	int i;
+	u8 sum;
+
+	rt = (struct irq_routing_table *) addr;
+	if (rt->signature != PIRQ_SIGNATURE ||
+	    rt->version != PIRQ_VERSION ||
+	    rt->size % 16 ||
+	    rt->size < sizeof(struct irq_routing_table))
+		return NULL;
+	sum = 0;
+	for (i=0; i < rt->size; i++)
+		sum += addr[i];
+	if (!sum) {
+		DBG("PCI: Interrupt Routing Table found at 0x%p\n", rt);
+		return rt;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
+
 /*
  *  Search 0xf0000 -- 0xfffff for the PCI IRQ Routing Table.
  */
@@ -65,23 +94,17 @@ static struct irq_routing_table * __init pirq_find_routing_table(void)
 {
 	u8 *addr;
 	struct irq_routing_table *rt;
-	int i;
-	u8 sum;
 
-	for(addr = (u8 *) __va(0xf0000); addr < (u8 *) __va(0x100000); addr += 16) {
-		rt = (struct irq_routing_table *) addr;
-		if (rt->signature != PIRQ_SIGNATURE ||
-		    rt->version != PIRQ_VERSION ||
-		    rt->size % 16 ||
-		    rt->size < sizeof(struct irq_routing_table))
-			continue;
-		sum = 0;
-		for(i=0; i<rt->size; i++)
-			sum += addr[i];
-		if (!sum) {
-			DBG("PCI: Interrupt Routing Table found at 0x%p\n", rt);
+	if (pirq_table_addr) {
+		rt = pirq_check_routing_table((u8 *) __va(pirq_table_addr));
+		if (rt)
+			return rt;
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "PCI: PIRQ table NOT found at pirqaddr\n");
+	}
+	for(addr = (u8 *) __va(0xf0000); addr < (u8 *) __va(0x100000); addr += 16) {
+		rt = pirq_check_routing_table(addr);
+		if (rt)
 			return rt;
-		}
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/pci.h b/arch/i386/pci/pci.h
index a8fc80ca69f3..a80f0f55ff51 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/pci.h
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/pci.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define PCI_ASSIGN_ALL_BUSSES	0x4000
 
 extern unsigned int pci_probe;
+extern unsigned long pirq_table_addr;
 
 /* pci-i386.c */