diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
index d0d441c429ae..f79a08efe000 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ashldi3.S
 font.c
 lib1funcs.S
+hyp-stub.S
 piggy.gzip
 piggy.lzo
 piggy.lzma
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index bb267562e7ed..a517153a13ea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ FONTC	= $(srctree)/drivers/video/console/font_acorn_8x8.c
 OBJS		+= string.o
 CFLAGS_string.o	:= -Os
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT),y)
+OBJS		+= hyp-stub.o
+endif
+
 #
 # Architecture dependencies
 #
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS = $(subst -pg, , $(ORIG_CFLAGS))
 endif
 
 ccflags-y := -fpic -fno-builtin -I$(obj)
-asflags-y := -Wa,-march=all
+asflags-y := -Wa,-march=all -DZIMAGE
 
 # Supply kernel BSS size to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
 KBSS_SZ = $(shell $(CROSS_COMPILE)size $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
@@ -198,3 +202,6 @@ $(obj)/font.c: $(FONTC)
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux.lds: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds.in arch/arm/boot/Makefile $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
 	@sed "$(SEDFLAGS)" < $< > $@
+
+$(obj)/hyp-stub.S: $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+	$(call cmd,shipped)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index b8c64b80bafc..0749a6184abf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <asm/assembler.h>
 
 /*
  * Debugging stuff
@@ -132,7 +133,12 @@ start:
 		.word	start			@ absolute load/run zImage address
 		.word	_edata			@ zImage end address
  THUMB(		.thumb			)
-1:		mov	r7, r1			@ save architecture ID
+1:
+		mrs	r9, cpsr
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
+		bl	__hyp_stub_install	@ get into SVC mode, reversibly
+#endif
+		mov	r7, r1			@ save architecture ID
 		mov	r8, r2			@ save atags pointer
 
 #ifndef __ARM_ARCH_2__
@@ -148,9 +154,9 @@ start:
  ARM(		swi	0x123456	)	@ angel_SWI_ARM
  THUMB(		svc	0xab		)	@ angel_SWI_THUMB
 not_angel:
-		mrs	r2, cpsr		@ turn off interrupts to
-		orr	r2, r2, #0xc0		@ prevent angel from running
-		msr	cpsr_c, r2
+		safe_svcmode_maskall r0
+		msr	spsr_cxsf, r9		@ Save the CPU boot mode in
+						@ SPSR
 #else
 		teqp	pc, #0x0c000003		@ turn off interrupts
 #endif
@@ -350,6 +356,20 @@ dtb_check_done:
 		adr	r5, restart
 		bic	r5, r5, #31
 
+/* Relocate the hyp vector base if necessary */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
+		mrs	r0, spsr
+		and	r0, r0, #MODE_MASK
+		cmp	r0, #HYP_MODE
+		bne	1f
+
+		bl	__hyp_get_vectors
+		sub	r0, r0, r5
+		add	r0, r0, r10
+		bl	__hyp_set_vectors
+1:
+#endif
+
 		sub	r9, r6, r5		@ size to copy
 		add	r9, r9, #31		@ rounded up to a multiple
 		bic	r9, r9, #31		@ ... of 32 bytes
@@ -458,11 +478,29 @@ not_relocated:	mov	r0, #0
 		bl	decompress_kernel
 		bl	cache_clean_flush
 		bl	cache_off
-		mov	r0, #0			@ must be zero
 		mov	r1, r7			@ restore architecture number
 		mov	r2, r8			@ restore atags pointer
- ARM(		mov	pc, r4	)		@ call kernel
- THUMB(		bx	r4	)		@ entry point is always ARM
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
+		mrs	r0, spsr		@ Get saved CPU boot mode
+		and	r0, r0, #MODE_MASK
+		cmp	r0, #HYP_MODE		@ if not booted in HYP mode...
+		bne	__enter_kernel		@ boot kernel directly
+
+		adr	r12, .L__hyp_reentry_vectors_offset
+		ldr	r0, [r12]
+		add	r0, r0, r12
+
+		bl	__hyp_set_vectors
+		__HVC(0)			@ otherwise bounce to hyp mode
+
+		b	.			@ should never be reached
+
+		.align	2
+.L__hyp_reentry_vectors_offset:	.long	__hyp_reentry_vectors - .
+#else
+		b	__enter_kernel
+#endif
 
 		.align	2
 		.type	LC0, #object
@@ -1191,6 +1229,25 @@ memdump:	mov	r12, r0
 #endif
 
 		.ltorg
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT
+.align 5
+__hyp_reentry_vectors:
+		W(b)	.			@ reset
+		W(b)	.			@ undef
+		W(b)	.			@ svc
+		W(b)	.			@ pabort
+		W(b)	.			@ dabort
+		W(b)	__enter_kernel		@ hyp
+		W(b)	.			@ irq
+		W(b)	.			@ fiq
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT */
+
+__enter_kernel:
+		mov	r0, #0			@ must be 0
+ ARM(		mov	pc, r4	)		@ call kernel
+ THUMB(		bx	r4	)		@ entry point is always ARM
+
 reloc_code_end:
 
 		.align
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
index b03e9244e5ad..70609417deaf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 #include <asm/virt.h>
 
+#ifndef ZIMAGE
 /*
  * For the kernel proper, we need to find out the CPU boot mode long after
  * boot, so we need to store it in a writable variable.
@@ -59,6 +60,21 @@ ENTRY(__boot_cpu_mode)
 	strne	r7, [r5, r6]		@ record what happened and give up
 	.endm
 
+#else	/* ZIMAGE */
+
+	.macro	store_primary_cpu_mode	reg1:req, reg2:req, reg3:req
+	.endm
+
+/*
+ * The zImage loader only runs on one CPU, so we don't bother with mult-CPU
+ * consistency checking:
+ */
+	.macro	compare_cpu_mode_with_primary mode, reg1, reg2, reg3
+	cmp	\mode, \mode
+	.endm
+
+#endif /* ZIMAGE */
+
 /*
  * Hypervisor stub installation functions.
  *
@@ -174,9 +190,11 @@ ENTRY(__hyp_set_vectors)
 	bx	lr
 ENDPROC(__hyp_set_vectors)
 
+#ifndef ZIMAGE
 .align 2
 .L__boot_cpu_mode_offset:
 	.long	__boot_cpu_mode - .
+#endif
 
 .align 5
 __hyp_stub_vectors: