diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index a7fb05e52ee13c6f85b615750623c3e73e4dcdf6..7d9ab1540b6e22f2b0bd7841fa2c4c27d4a5af9c 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ typedef volatile unsigned char	vu_char;
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #if defined(CONFIG_PCI) && (defined(CONFIG_4xx) && !defined(CONFIG_AP1000))
diff --git a/include/linux/stringify.h b/include/linux/stringify.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..841cec8ed525e38eea1fea8c3246fa9e4bbde818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/stringify.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_STRINGIFY_H
+#define __LINUX_STRINGIFY_H
+
+/* Indirect stringification.  Doing two levels allows the parameter to be a
+ * macro itself.  For example, compile with -DFOO=bar, __stringify(FOO)
+ * converts to "bar".
+ */
+
+#define __stringify_1(x...)	#x
+#define __stringify(x...)	__stringify_1(x)
+
+#endif	/* !__LINUX_STRINGIFY_H */