diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 7cb28720f90e..6fec8bfa6bac 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1178,6 +1178,10 @@ static int dump_seek(struct file *file, loff_t off)
  */
 static int maydump(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	/* The vma can be set up to tell us the answer directly.  */
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ALWAYSDUMP)
+		return 1;
+
 	/* Do not dump I/O mapped devices or special mappings */
 	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_RESERVED))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 76912231af41..2d2c08d5f473 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 #define VM_NONLINEAR	0x00800000	/* Is non-linear (remap_file_pages) */
 #define VM_MAPPED_COPY	0x01000000	/* T if mapped copy of data (nommu mmap) */
 #define VM_INSERTPAGE	0x02000000	/* The vma has had "vm_insert_page()" done on it */
+#define VM_ALWAYSDUMP	0x04000000	/* Always include in core dumps */
 
 #ifndef VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS		/* arch can override this */
 #define VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS