diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 826b6e1..e7848a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	aic79xx=	[HW,SCSI]
 			See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
 
+	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
+			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
+			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
+			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
+
 	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-84]
 			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
 			Possible values are:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c b/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
index b270d62..62820ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ static unsigned long ai_dword;
 static unsigned long ai_multi;
 static int ai_usermode;
 
+core_param(alignment, ai_usermode, int, 0600);
+
 #define UM_WARN		(1 << 0)
 #define UM_FIXUP	(1 << 1)
 #define UM_SIGNAL	(1 << 2)