diff --git a/include/linux/raid/pq.h b/include/linux/raid/pq.h
index 4d57bba..3df9aa6 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/pq.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/pq.h
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_avx512x2;
 extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_avx512x4;
 extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_tilegx8;
 extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_s390vx8;
+extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_vpermxor1;
+extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_vpermxor2;
+extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_vpermxor4;
+extern const struct raid6_calls raid6_vpermxor8;
 
 struct raid6_recov_calls {
 	void (*data2)(int, size_t, int, int, void **);
diff --git a/lib/raid6/Makefile b/lib/raid6/Makefile
index 3057011..7775aad 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/Makefile
+++ b/lib/raid6/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ raid6_pq-y	+= algos.o recov.o tables.o int1.o int2.o int4.o \
 		   int8.o int16.o int32.o
 
 raid6_pq-$(CONFIG_X86) += recov_ssse3.o recov_avx2.o mmx.o sse1.o sse2.o avx2.o avx512.o recov_avx512.o
-raid6_pq-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC) += altivec1.o altivec2.o altivec4.o altivec8.o
+raid6_pq-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC) += altivec1.o altivec2.o altivec4.o altivec8.o \
+				vpermxor1.o vpermxor2.o vpermxor4.o vpermxor8.o
 raid6_pq-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON) += neon.o neon1.o neon2.o neon4.o neon8.o
 raid6_pq-$(CONFIG_TILEGX) += tilegx8.o
 raid6_pq-$(CONFIG_S390) += s390vx8.o recov_s390xc.o
@@ -88,6 +89,30 @@ $(obj)/altivec8.c:   UNROLL := 8
 $(obj)/altivec8.c:   $(src)/altivec.uc $(src)/unroll.awk FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,unroll)
 
+CFLAGS_vpermxor1.o += $(altivec_flags)
+targets += vpermxor1.c
+$(obj)/vpermxor1.c: UNROLL := 1
+$(obj)/vpermxor1.c: $(src)/vpermxor.uc $(src)/unroll.awk FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,unroll)
+
+CFLAGS_vpermxor2.o += $(altivec_flags)
+targets += vpermxor2.c
+$(obj)/vpermxor2.c: UNROLL := 2
+$(obj)/vpermxor2.c: $(src)/vpermxor.uc $(src)/unroll.awk FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,unroll)
+
+CFLAGS_vpermxor4.o += $(altivec_flags)
+targets += vpermxor4.c
+$(obj)/vpermxor4.c: UNROLL := 4
+$(obj)/vpermxor4.c: $(src)/vpermxor.uc $(src)/unroll.awk FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,unroll)
+
+CFLAGS_vpermxor8.o += $(altivec_flags)
+targets += vpermxor8.c
+$(obj)/vpermxor8.c: UNROLL := 8
+$(obj)/vpermxor8.c: $(src)/vpermxor.uc $(src)/unroll.awk FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,unroll)
+
 CFLAGS_neon1.o += $(NEON_FLAGS)
 targets += neon1.c
 $(obj)/neon1.c:   UNROLL := 1
diff --git a/lib/raid6/algos.c b/lib/raid6/algos.c
index 7857049..edd4f69 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/algos.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/algos.c
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ const struct raid6_calls * const raid6_algos[] = {
 	&raid6_altivec2,
 	&raid6_altivec4,
 	&raid6_altivec8,
+	&raid6_vpermxor1,
+	&raid6_vpermxor2,
+	&raid6_vpermxor4,
+	&raid6_vpermxor8,
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_TILEGX)
 	&raid6_tilegx8,
diff --git a/lib/raid6/altivec.uc b/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
index 682aae8..d20ed0d 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
+++ b/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
 
 #include <linux/raid/pq.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+
 #include <altivec.h>
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 # include <asm/cputable.h>
 # include <asm/switch_to.h>
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 /*
  * This is the C data type to use.  We use a vector of
diff --git a/lib/raid6/test/Makefile b/lib/raid6/test/Makefile
index 2c7b60e..9c333e9 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/test/Makefile
+++ b/lib/raid6/test/Makefile
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ altivec4.c: altivec.uc ../unroll.awk
 altivec8.c: altivec.uc ../unroll.awk
 	$(AWK) ../unroll.awk -vN=8 < altivec.uc > $@
 
+vpermxor1.c: vpermxor.uc ../unroll.awk
+	$(AWK) ../unroll.awk -vN=1 < vpermxor.uc > $@
+
+vpermxor2.c: vpermxor.uc ../unroll.awk
+	$(AWK) ../unroll.awk -vN=2 < vpermxor.uc > $@
+
+vpermxor4.c: vpermxor.uc ../unroll.awk
+	$(AWK) ../unroll.awk -vN=4 < vpermxor.uc > $@
+
+vpermxor8.c: vpermxor.uc ../unroll.awk
+	$(AWK) ../unroll.awk -vN=8 < vpermxor.uc > $@
+
 int1.c: int.uc ../unroll.awk
 	$(AWK) ../unroll.awk -vN=1 < int.uc > $@
 
@@ -122,7 +134,7 @@ tables.c: mktables
 	./mktables > tables.c
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.o *.a mktables mktables.c *.uc int*.c altivec*.c neon*.c tables.c raid6test
+	rm -f *.o *.a mktables mktables.c *.uc int*.c altivec*.c vpermxor*.c neon*.c tables.c raid6test
 	rm -f tilegx*.c
 
 spotless: clean
diff --git a/lib/raid6/vpermxor.uc b/lib/raid6/vpermxor.uc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31a324d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/raid6/vpermxor.uc
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017, Matt Brown, IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * 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; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * vpermxor$#.c
+ *
+ * Based on H. Peter Anvin's paper - The mathematics of RAID-6
+ *
+ * $#-way unrolled portable integer math RAID-6 instruction set
+ * This file is postprocessed using unroll.awk
+ *
+ * vpermxor$#.c makes use of the vpermxor opcode to optimise the RAID6 Q
+ * syndrome calculations.
+ * This can be run on systems which have both Altivec and the vpermxor opcode.
+ *
+ * This instruction was introduced in POWER8 - ISA v2.07.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/raid/pq.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+
+#include <altivec.h>
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <asm/cputable.h>
+#include <asm/switch_to.h>
+#endif
+
+typedef vector unsigned char unative_t;
+#define NSIZE sizeof(unative_t)
+
+static const vector unsigned char gf_low = {0x1e, 0x1c, 0x1a, 0x18, 0x16, 0x14,
+					    0x12, 0x10, 0x0e, 0x0c, 0x0a, 0x08,
+					    0x06, 0x04, 0x02,0x00};
+static const vector unsigned char gf_high = {0xfd, 0xdd, 0xbd, 0x9d, 0x7d, 0x5d,
+					     0x3d, 0x1d, 0xe0, 0xc0, 0xa0, 0x80,
+					     0x60, 0x40, 0x20, 0x00};
+
+static void noinline raid6_vpermxor$#_gen_syndrome_real(int disks, size_t bytes,
+							void **ptrs)
+{
+	u8 **dptr = (u8 **)ptrs;
+	u8 *p, *q;
+	int d, z, z0;
+	unative_t wp$$, wq$$, wd$$;
+
+	z0 = disks - 3;		/* Highest data disk */
+	p = dptr[z0+1];		/* XOR parity */
+	q = dptr[z0+2];		/* RS syndrome */
+
+	for (d = 0; d < bytes; d += NSIZE*$#) {
+		wp$$ = wq$$ = *(unative_t *)&dptr[z0][d+$$*NSIZE];
+
+		for (z = z0-1; z>=0; z--) {
+			wd$$ = *(unative_t *)&dptr[z][d+$$*NSIZE];
+			/* P syndrome */
+			wp$$ = vec_xor(wp$$, wd$$);
+
+			/*Q syndrome */
+			asm("vpermxor %0,%1,%2,%3":"=v"(wq$$):"v"(gf_high), "v"(gf_low), "v"(wq$$));
+			wq$$ = vec_xor(wq$$, wd$$);
+		}
+		*(unative_t *)&p[d+NSIZE*$$] = wp$$;
+		*(unative_t *)&q[d+NSIZE*$$] = wq$$;
+	}
+}
+
+static void raid6_vpermxor$#_gen_syndrome(int disks, size_t bytes, void **ptrs)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+	enable_kernel_altivec();
+
+	raid6_vpermxor$#_gen_syndrome_real(disks, bytes, ptrs);
+
+	disable_kernel_altivec();
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
+int raid6_have_altivec_vpermxor(void);
+#if $# == 1
+int raid6_have_altivec_vpermxor(void)
+{
+	/* Check if CPU has both altivec and the vpermxor instruction*/
+# ifdef __KERNEL__
+	return (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC_COMP) &&
+		cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S));
+# else
+	return 1;
+#endif
+
+}
+#endif
+
+const struct raid6_calls raid6_vpermxor$# = {
+	raid6_vpermxor$#_gen_syndrome,
+	NULL,
+	raid6_have_altivec_vpermxor,
+	"vpermxor$#",
+	0
+};
+#endif
