diff --git a/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild b/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
index 876c71f866de..84e09feb4d54 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 include include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
 
 header-y += byteorder.h
+header-y += ech.h
 header-y += ptrace.h
 header-y += resource.h
 header-y += sigcontext.h
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/ech.h b/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/ech.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac94d1cf9be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/ech.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef _UAPI_METAG_ECH_H
+#define _UAPI_METAG_ECH_H
+
+/*
+ * These bits can be set in the top half of the D0.8 register when DSP context
+ * switching is enabled, in order to support partial DSP context save/restore.
+ */
+
+#define TBICTX_XEXT_BIT	0x1000	/* Enable extended context save */
+#define TBICTX_XTDP_BIT	0x0800	/* DSP accumulators/RAM/templates */
+#define TBICTX_XHL2_BIT	0x0400	/* Hardware loops */
+#define TBICTX_XAXX_BIT	0x0200	/* Extended AX registers (A*.4-7) */
+#define TBICTX_XDX8_BIT	0x0100	/* Extended DX registers (D*.8-15) */
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_METAG_ECH_H */