diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
index 1549172aa258..e703c646163b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #define ELF_NFPREG	33	/* includes fpscr */
 #define ELF_NVMX	34	/* includes all vector registers */
 #define ELF_NVSX	32	/* includes all VSX registers */
+#define ELF_NTMSPRREG	3	/* include tfhar, tfiar, texasr */
 
 typedef unsigned long elf_greg_t64;
 typedef elf_greg_t64 elf_gregset_t64[ELF_NGREG];
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index df6afe7da4da..f654224d2653 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct pt_regs_offset {
 
 #define TVSO(f)	(offsetof(struct thread_vr_state, f))
 #define TFSO(f)	(offsetof(struct thread_fp_state, f))
+#define TSO(f)	(offsetof(struct thread_struct, f))
 
 static const struct pt_regs_offset regoffset_table[] = {
 	GPR_OFFSET_NAME(0),
@@ -1412,7 +1413,136 @@ static int tm_cvsx_set(struct task_struct *target,
 
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif
+
+/**
+ * tm_spr_active - get active number of registers in TM SPR
+ * @target:	The target task.
+ * @regset:	The user regset structure.
+ *
+ * This function checks the active number of available
+ * regisers in the transactional memory SPR category.
+ */
+static int tm_spr_active(struct task_struct *target,
+			 const struct user_regset *regset)
+{
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return regset->n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tm_spr_get - get the TM related SPR registers
+ * @target:	The target task.
+ * @regset:	The user regset structure.
+ * @pos:	The buffer position.
+ * @count:	Number of bytes to copy.
+ * @kbuf:	Kernel buffer to copy from.
+ * @ubuf:	User buffer to copy into.
+ *
+ * This function gets transactional memory related SPR registers.
+ * The userspace interface buffer layout is as follows.
+ *
+ * struct {
+ *	u64		tm_tfhar;
+ *	u64		tm_texasr;
+ *	u64		tm_tfiar;
+ * };
+ */
+static int tm_spr_get(struct task_struct *target,
+		      const struct user_regset *regset,
+		      unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
+		      void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Build tests */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TSO(tm_tfhar) + sizeof(u64) != TSO(tm_texasr));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TSO(tm_texasr) + sizeof(u64) != TSO(tm_tfiar));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TSO(tm_tfiar) + sizeof(u64) != TSO(ckpt_regs));
+
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* Flush the states */
+	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
+	flush_altivec_to_thread(target);
+	flush_tmregs_to_thread(target);
+
+	/* TFHAR register */
+	ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				&target->thread.tm_tfhar, 0, sizeof(u64));
+
+	/* TEXASR register */
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				&target->thread.tm_texasr, sizeof(u64),
+				2 * sizeof(u64));
+
+	/* TFIAR register */
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				&target->thread.tm_tfiar,
+				2 * sizeof(u64), 3 * sizeof(u64));
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tm_spr_set - set the TM related SPR registers
+ * @target:	The target task.
+ * @regset:	The user regset structure.
+ * @pos:	The buffer position.
+ * @count:	Number of bytes to copy.
+ * @kbuf:	Kernel buffer to copy into.
+ * @ubuf:	User buffer to copy from.
+ *
+ * This function sets transactional memory related SPR registers.
+ * The userspace interface buffer layout is as follows.
+ *
+ * struct {
+ *	u64		tm_tfhar;
+ *	u64		tm_texasr;
+ *	u64		tm_tfiar;
+ * };
+ */
+static int tm_spr_set(struct task_struct *target,
+		      const struct user_regset *regset,
+		      unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
+		      const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Build tests */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TSO(tm_tfhar) + sizeof(u64) != TSO(tm_texasr));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TSO(tm_texasr) + sizeof(u64) != TSO(tm_tfiar));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(TSO(tm_tfiar) + sizeof(u64) != TSO(ckpt_regs));
+
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* Flush the states */
+	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
+	flush_altivec_to_thread(target);
+	flush_tmregs_to_thread(target);
+
+	/* TFHAR register */
+	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				&target->thread.tm_tfhar, 0, sizeof(u64));
+
+	/* TEXASR register */
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				&target->thread.tm_texasr, sizeof(u64),
+				2 * sizeof(u64));
+
+	/* TFIAR register */
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				&target->thread.tm_tfiar,
+				 2 * sizeof(u64), 3 * sizeof(u64));
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif	/* CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM */
 
 /*
  * These are our native regset flavors.
@@ -1434,6 +1564,7 @@ enum powerpc_regset {
 	REGSET_TM_CFPR,		/* TM checkpointed FPR registers */
 	REGSET_TM_CVMX,		/* TM checkpointed VMX registers */
 	REGSET_TM_CVSX,		/* TM checkpointed VSX registers */
+	REGSET_TM_SPR,		/* TM specific SPR registers */
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -1490,6 +1621,11 @@ static const struct user_regset native_regsets[] = {
 		.size = sizeof(double), .align = sizeof(double),
 		.active = tm_cvsx_active, .get = tm_cvsx_get, .set = tm_cvsx_set
 	},
+	[REGSET_TM_SPR] = {
+		.core_note_type = NT_PPC_TM_SPR, .n = ELF_NTMSPRREG,
+		.size = sizeof(u64), .align = sizeof(u64),
+		.active = tm_spr_active, .get = tm_spr_get, .set = tm_spr_set
+	},
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -1737,6 +1873,11 @@ static const struct user_regset compat_regsets[] = {
 		.size = sizeof(double), .align = sizeof(double),
 		.active = tm_cvsx_active, .get = tm_cvsx_get, .set = tm_cvsx_set
 	},
+	[REGSET_TM_SPR] = {
+		.core_note_type = NT_PPC_TM_SPR, .n = ELF_NTMSPRREG,
+		.size = sizeof(u64), .align = sizeof(u64),
+		.active = tm_spr_active, .get = tm_spr_get, .set = tm_spr_set
+	},
 #endif
 };