+--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
++++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+@@ -545,8 +545,28 @@ static void __init resource_init(void)
+ }
+ }
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK
++static void __init process__image_cmdline(void)
++{
++ extern char __image_cmdline[];
++
++ if (__image_cmdline[0] == '\0')
++ return;
++
++ if (__image_cmdline[0] == '-') {
++ strlcpy(arcs_cmdline, __image_cmdline, sizeof(arcs_cmdline));
++ } else {
++ strlcat(arcs_cmdline, " ", sizeof(arcs_cmdline));
++ strlcat(arcs_cmdline, __image_cmdline, sizeof(arcs_cmdline));
++ }
++}
++#else
++static void inline process__image_cmdline(void) {}
++#endif
++
+ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
+ {
++ process__image_cmdline();
+ cpu_probe();
+ prom_init();
+
+--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
++++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+@@ -771,6 +771,10 @@ 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
+@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ 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