diff --git a/kexec/arch/ppc64/Makefile b/kexec/arch/ppc64/Makefile
index 9a6e475..37cd233 100644
--- a/kexec/arch/ppc64/Makefile
+++ b/kexec/arch/ppc64/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #
 # kexec ppc64 (linux booting linux)
 #
+include $(srcdir)/kexec/libfdt/Makefile.libfdt
+
 ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS =  kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-rel-ppc64.c
 ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-zImage-ppc64.c
 ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c
 ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c
 ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/ppc64/crashdump-ppc64.c
+ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/ppc64/fdt.c
+ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS += $(LIBFDT_SRCS:%=kexec/libfdt/%)
 
 ppc64_ARCH_REUSE_INITRD =
 
@@ -13,6 +17,8 @@ ppc64_FS2DT	    = kexec/fs2dt.c
 ppc64_FS2DT_INCLUDE = -include $(srcdir)/kexec/arch/ppc64/crashdump-ppc64.h \
                       -include $(srcdir)/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.h
 
+ppc64_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/kexec/libfdt
+
 dist += kexec/arch/ppc64/Makefile $(ppc64_KEXEC_SRCS)			\
 	kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.h kexec/arch/ppc64/crashdump-ppc64.h \
 	kexec/arch/ppc64/include/arch/options.h
diff --git a/kexec/arch/ppc64/fdt.c b/kexec/arch/ppc64/fdt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc6d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kexec/arch/ppc64/fdt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * ppc64 fdt fixups
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation (version 2 of the License).
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <arch/fdt.h>
+#include <libfdt.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/*
+ * Let the kernel know it booted from kexec, as some things (e.g.
+ * secondary CPU release) may work differently.
+ */
+static int fixup_kexec_prop(void *fdt)
+{
+	int err, nodeoffset;
+
+	nodeoffset = fdt_subnode_offset(fdt, 0, "chosen");
+	if (nodeoffset < 0)
+		nodeoffset = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, "chosen");
+	if (nodeoffset < 0) {
+		printf("%s: add /chosen %s\n", __func__,
+		       fdt_strerror(nodeoffset));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	err = fdt_setprop(fdt, nodeoffset, "linux,booted-from-kexec",
+			  NULL, 0);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		printf("%s: couldn't write linux,booted-from-kexec: %s\n",
+		       __func__, fdt_strerror(err));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * For now, assume that the added content fits in the file.
+ * This should be the case when flattening from /proc/device-tree,
+ * and when passing in a dtb, dtc can be told to add padding.
+ */
+int fixup_dt(char **fdt, off_t *size)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	*size += 4096;
+	*fdt = realloc(*fdt, *size);
+	if (!*fdt) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: out of memory\n", __func__);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = fdt_open_into(*fdt, *fdt, *size);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: fdt_open_into: %s\n", __func__,
+			fdt_strerror(ret));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = fixup_kexec_prop(*fdt);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/kexec/arch/ppc64/include/arch/fdt.h b/kexec/arch/ppc64/include/arch/fdt.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14f8be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kexec/arch/ppc64/include/arch/fdt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef KEXEC_ARCH_PPC64_FDT
+#define KEXEC_ARCH_PPC64_FDT
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+int fixup_dt(char **fdt, off_t *size);
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c b/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c
index adcee4c..ddd3de8 100644
--- a/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c
+++ b/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include "kexec-ppc64.h"
 #include "../../fs2dt.h"
 #include "crashdump-ppc64.h"
+#include <libfdt.h>
+#include <arch/fdt.h>
 #include <arch/options.h>
 
 uint64_t initrd_base, initrd_size;
@@ -242,6 +244,11 @@ int elf_ppc64_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
 		/* create from fs2dt */
 		create_flatten_tree(&seg_buf, &seg_size, cmdline);
 	}
+
+	result = fixup_dt(&seg_buf, &seg_size);
+	if (result < 0)
+		return result;
+
 	my_dt_offset = add_buffer(info, seg_buf, seg_size, seg_size,
 				0, 0, max_addr, -1);
 
