diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
index a536271ba084..e5ba56c01ee0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -759,10 +759,57 @@ static int dsp_active(struct task_struct *target,
 	return cpu_has_dsp ? NUM_DSP_REGS + 1 : -ENODEV;
 }
 
+/* Copy the FP mode setting to the supplied NT_MIPS_FP_MODE buffer.  */
+static int fp_mode_get(struct task_struct *target,
+		       const struct user_regset *regset,
+		       unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
+		       void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
+{
+	int fp_mode;
+
+	fp_mode = mips_get_process_fp_mode(target);
+	return user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &fp_mode, 0,
+				   sizeof(fp_mode));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copy the supplied NT_MIPS_FP_MODE buffer to the FP mode setting.
+ *
+ * We optimize for the case where `count % sizeof(int) == 0', which
+ * is supposed to have been guaranteed by the kernel before calling
+ * us, e.g. in `ptrace_regset'.  We enforce that requirement, so
+ * that we can safely avoid preinitializing temporaries for partial
+ * mode writes.
+ */
+static int fp_mode_set(struct task_struct *target,
+		       const struct user_regset *regset,
+		       unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
+		       const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
+{
+	int fp_mode;
+	int err;
+
+	BUG_ON(count % sizeof(int));
+
+	if (pos + count > sizeof(fp_mode))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	err = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &fp_mode, 0,
+				 sizeof(fp_mode));
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (count > 0)
+		err = mips_set_process_fp_mode(target, fp_mode);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 enum mips_regset {
 	REGSET_GPR,
 	REGSET_FPR,
 	REGSET_DSP,
+	REGSET_FP_MODE,
 };
 
 struct pt_regs_offset {
@@ -877,6 +924,14 @@ static const struct user_regset mips_regsets[] = {
 		.set		= dsp32_set,
 		.active		= dsp_active,
 	},
+	[REGSET_FP_MODE] = {
+		.core_note_type	= NT_MIPS_FP_MODE,
+		.n		= 1,
+		.size		= sizeof(int),
+		.align		= sizeof(int),
+		.get		= fp_mode_get,
+		.set		= fp_mode_set,
+	},
 };
 
 static const struct user_regset_view user_mips_view = {
@@ -917,6 +972,14 @@ static const struct user_regset mips64_regsets[] = {
 		.set		= dsp64_set,
 		.active		= dsp_active,
 	},
+	[REGSET_FP_MODE] = {
+		.core_note_type	= NT_MIPS_FP_MODE,
+		.n		= 1,
+		.size		= sizeof(int),
+		.align		= sizeof(int),
+		.get		= fp_mode_get,
+		.set		= fp_mode_set,
+	},
 };
 
 static const struct user_regset_view user_mips64_view = {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
index e326c99b3881..c5358e0ae7c5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
 #define NT_ARC_V2	0x600		/* ARCv2 accumulator/extra registers */
 #define NT_VMCOREDD	0x700		/* Vmcore Device Dump Note */
 #define NT_MIPS_DSP	0x800		/* MIPS DSP ASE registers */
+#define NT_MIPS_FP_MODE	0x801		/* MIPS floating-point mode */
 
 /* Note header in a PT_NOTE section */
 typedef struct elf32_note {