diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
index c2d21d11c2d2..ecb4e84cb22c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
 #define ELF_NGREG	48	/* includes nip, msr, lr, etc. */
 #define ELF_NFPREG	33	/* includes fpscr */
+#define ELF_NVMX	34	/* includes all vector registers */
 
 typedef unsigned long elf_greg_t64;
 typedef elf_greg_t64 elf_gregset_t64[ELF_NGREG];
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index b216c397b84f..6e42137c0175 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ struct pt_regs_offset {
 	{.name = STR(gpr##num), .offset = offsetof(struct pt_regs, gpr[num])}
 #define REG_OFFSET_END {.name = NULL, .offset = 0}
 
+#define TVSO(f)	(offsetof(struct thread_vr_state, f))
+
 static const struct pt_regs_offset regoffset_table[] = {
 	GPR_OFFSET_NAME(0),
 	GPR_OFFSET_NAME(1),
@@ -1147,6 +1149,151 @@ static int tm_cfpr_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	target->thread.fp_state.fpscr = buf[32];
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * tm_cvmx_active - get active number of registers in CVMX
+ * @target:	The target task.
+ * @regset:	The user regset structure.
+ *
+ * This function checks for the active number of available
+ * regisers in checkpointed VMX category.
+ */
+static int tm_cvmx_active(struct task_struct *target,
+				const struct user_regset *regset)
+{
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (!MSR_TM_ACTIVE(target->thread.regs->msr))
+		return 0;
+
+	return regset->n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tm_cvmx_get - get CMVX registers
+ * @target:	The target task.
+ * @regset:	The user regset structure.
+ * @pos:	The buffer position.
+ * @count:	Number of bytes to copy.
+ * @kbuf:	Kernel buffer to copy from.
+ * @ubuf:	User buffer to copy into.
+ *
+ * This function gets in transaction checkpointed VMX registers.
+ *
+ * When the transaction is active 'vr_state' and 'vr_save' hold
+ * the checkpointed values for the current transaction to fall
+ * back on if it aborts in between. The userspace interface buffer
+ * layout is as follows.
+ *
+ * struct data {
+ *	vector128	vr[32];
+ *	vector128	vscr;
+ *	vector128	vrsave;
+ *};
+ */
+static int tm_cvmx_get(struct task_struct *target,
+			const struct user_regset *regset,
+			unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
+			void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TVSO(vscr) != TVSO(vr[32]));
+
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (!MSR_TM_ACTIVE(target->thread.regs->msr))
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	/* Flush the state */
+	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
+	flush_altivec_to_thread(target);
+	flush_tmregs_to_thread(target);
+
+	ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+					&target->thread.vr_state, 0,
+					33 * sizeof(vector128));
+	if (!ret) {
+		/*
+		 * Copy out only the low-order word of vrsave.
+		 */
+		union {
+			elf_vrreg_t reg;
+			u32 word;
+		} vrsave;
+		memset(&vrsave, 0, sizeof(vrsave));
+		vrsave.word = target->thread.vrsave;
+		ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &vrsave,
+						33 * sizeof(vector128), -1);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tm_cvmx_set - set CMVX registers
+ * @target:	The target task.
+ * @regset:	The user regset structure.
+ * @pos:	The buffer position.
+ * @count:	Number of bytes to copy.
+ * @kbuf:	Kernel buffer to copy into.
+ * @ubuf:	User buffer to copy from.
+ *
+ * This function sets in transaction checkpointed VMX registers.
+ *
+ * When the transaction is active 'vr_state' and 'vr_save' hold
+ * the checkpointed values for the current transaction to fall
+ * back on if it aborts in between. The userspace interface buffer
+ * layout is as follows.
+ *
+ * struct data {
+ *	vector128	vr[32];
+ *	vector128	vscr;
+ *	vector128	vrsave;
+ *};
+ */
+static int tm_cvmx_set(struct task_struct *target,
+			const struct user_regset *regset,
+			unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
+			const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TVSO(vscr) != TVSO(vr[32]));
+
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (!MSR_TM_ACTIVE(target->thread.regs->msr))
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
+	flush_altivec_to_thread(target);
+	flush_tmregs_to_thread(target);
+
+	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+					&target->thread.vr_state, 0,
+					33 * sizeof(vector128));
+	if (!ret && count > 0) {
+		/*
+		 * We use only the low-order word of vrsave.
+		 */
+		union {
+			elf_vrreg_t reg;
+			u32 word;
+		} vrsave;
+		memset(&vrsave, 0, sizeof(vrsave));
+		vrsave.word = target->thread.vrsave;
+		ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &vrsave,
+						33 * sizeof(vector128), -1);
+		if (!ret)
+			target->thread.vrsave = vrsave.word;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -1167,6 +1314,7 @@ enum powerpc_regset {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
 	REGSET_TM_CGPR,		/* TM checkpointed GPR registers */
 	REGSET_TM_CFPR,		/* TM checkpointed FPR registers */
+	REGSET_TM_CVMX,		/* TM checkpointed VMX registers */
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -1213,6 +1361,11 @@ static const struct user_regset native_regsets[] = {
 		.size = sizeof(double), .align = sizeof(double),
 		.active = tm_cfpr_active, .get = tm_cfpr_get, .set = tm_cfpr_set
 	},
+	[REGSET_TM_CVMX] = {
+		.core_note_type = NT_PPC_TM_CVMX, .n = ELF_NVMX,
+		.size = sizeof(vector128), .align = sizeof(vector128),
+		.active = tm_cvmx_active, .get = tm_cvmx_get, .set = tm_cvmx_set
+	},
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -1450,6 +1603,11 @@ static const struct user_regset compat_regsets[] = {
 		.size = sizeof(double), .align = sizeof(double),
 		.active = tm_cfpr_active, .get = tm_cfpr_get, .set = tm_cfpr_set
 	},
+	[REGSET_TM_CVMX] = {
+		.core_note_type = NT_PPC_TM_CVMX, .n = ELF_NVMX,
+		.size = sizeof(vector128), .align = sizeof(vector128),
+		.active = tm_cvmx_active, .get = tm_cvmx_get, .set = tm_cvmx_set
+	},
 #endif
 };