diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index f4f268c2b826..cb81741d3b0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ Protocol:       2.12+
 	- If 1, the kernel supports the 64-bit EFI handoff entry point
           given at handover_offset + 0x200.
 
+  Bit 4 (read): XLF_EFI_KEXEC
+	- If 1, the kernel supports kexec EFI boot with EFI runtime support.
+
 Field name:	cmdline_size
 Type:		read
 Offset/size:	0x238/4
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 9ec06a1f6d61..ec3b8ba68096 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -391,7 +391,14 @@ xloadflags:
 #else
 # define XLF23 0
 #endif
-			.word XLF0 | XLF1 | XLF23
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_EFI) && defined(CONFIG_KEXEC)
+# define XLF4 XLF_EFI_KEXEC
+#else
+# define XLF4 0
+#endif
+
+			.word XLF0 | XLF1 | XLF23 | XLF4
 
 cmdline_size:   .long   COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1     #length of the command line,
                                                 #added with boot protocol
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
index 64fe421aab65..225b0988043a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G	(1<<1)
 #define XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_32		(1<<2)
 #define XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_64		(1<<3)
+#define XLF_EFI_KEXEC			(1<<4)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__