diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
index 95f8a4380e11..7a5449dfcb29 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 struct sigcontext {
 	struct user_regs_struct regs;
+	struct user_regs_arcv2 v2abi;
 };
 
 #endif /* _ASM_ARC_SIGCONTEXT_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
index b3ccb9e5ffe4..cb2f88502baf 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -61,6 +61,41 @@ struct rt_sigframe {
 	unsigned int sigret_magic;
 };
 
+static int save_arcv2_regs(struct sigcontext *mctx, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+#ifndef CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT
+	struct user_regs_arcv2 v2abi;
+
+	v2abi.r30 = regs->r30;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_ACCL_REGS
+	v2abi.r58 = regs->r58;
+	v2abi.r59 = regs->r59;
+#else
+	v2abi.r58 = v2abi.r59 = 0;
+#endif
+	err = __copy_to_user(&mctx->v2abi, &v2abi, sizeof(v2abi));
+#endif
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int restore_arcv2_regs(struct sigcontext *mctx, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+#ifndef CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT
+	struct user_regs_arcv2 v2abi;
+
+	err = __copy_from_user(&v2abi, &mctx->v2abi, sizeof(v2abi));
+
+	regs->r30 = v2abi.r30;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_ACCL_REGS
+	regs->r58 = v2abi.r58;
+	regs->r59 = v2abi.r59;
+#endif
+#endif
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int
 stash_usr_regs(struct rt_sigframe __user *sf, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	       sigset_t *set)
@@ -94,6 +129,10 @@ stash_usr_regs(struct rt_sigframe __user *sf, struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	err = __copy_to_user(&(sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.scratch), &uregs.scratch,
 			     sizeof(sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.scratch));
+
+	if (is_isa_arcv2())
+		err |= save_arcv2_regs(&(sf->uc.uc_mcontext), regs);
+
 	err |= __copy_to_user(&sf->uc.uc_sigmask, set, sizeof(sigset_t));
 
 	return err ? -EFAULT : 0;
@@ -109,6 +148,10 @@ static int restore_usr_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, struct rt_sigframe __user *sf)
 	err |= __copy_from_user(&uregs.scratch,
 				&(sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.scratch),
 				sizeof(sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.scratch));
+
+	if (is_isa_arcv2())
+		err |= restore_arcv2_regs(&(sf->uc.uc_mcontext), regs);
+
 	if (err)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 33ce59d91461..e2146a8da195 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	.init.ramfs : { INIT_RAM_FS }
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	_stext = .;
 
 	HEAD_TEXT_SECTION
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
@@ -83,6 +82,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.text : {
 		_text = .;
+		_stext = .;
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		CPUIDLE_TEXT