diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index cf2bd4242803..bbab134cd82d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ static const char *hwcap_str[] = {
 	"edsp",
 	"java",
 	"iwmmxt",
+	"crunch",
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
index d649b39711d4..6b26346191c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
@@ -477,4 +477,8 @@ void __init ep93xx_init_devices(void)
 
 	platform_device_register(&ep93xx_rtc_device);
 	platform_device_register(&ep93xx_ohci_device);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRUNCH
+	elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_CRUNCH;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/elf.h b/include/asm-arm/elf.h
index 642382d2c9f0..3679a8a8922e 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/elf.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/elf.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ typedef struct user_fp elf_fpregset_t;
 #define HWCAP_EDSP	128
 #define HWCAP_JAVA	256
 #define HWCAP_IWMMXT	512
+#define HWCAP_CRUNCH	1024
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__