--- /dev/null
+--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
++++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+@@ -886,6 +886,10 @@ config SYNC_R4K
+ config MIPS_MACHINE
+ def_bool n
+
++config IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK
++ bool "OpenWrt specific image command line hack"
++ default n
++
+ config NO_IOPORT
+ def_bool n
+
+--- a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
++++ b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
+@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ FEXPORT(__kernel_entry)
+ j kernel_entry
+ #endif
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK
++ .ascii "CMDLINE:"
++EXPORT(__image_cmdline)
++ .fill 0x400
++#endif /* CONFIG_IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK */
++
+ __REF
+
+ NESTED(kernel_entry, 16, sp) # kernel entry point