diff --git a/ipc/Makefile b/ipc/Makefile
index 4e1955e..9075e17 100644
--- a/ipc/Makefile
+++ b/ipc/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC_COMPAT) += compat.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC) += util.o msgutil.o msg.o sem.o shm.o ipcns_notifier.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC) += util.o msgutil.o msg.o sem.o shm.o ipcns_notifier.o syscall.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC_SYSCTL) += ipc_sysctl.o
 obj_mq-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat_mq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE) += mqueue.o msgutil.o $(obj_mq-y)
diff --git a/ipc/syscall.c b/ipc/syscall.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..355a3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipc/syscall.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * sys_ipc() is the old de-multiplexer for the SysV IPC calls.
+ *
+ * This is really horribly ugly, and new architectures should just wire up
+ * the individual syscalls instead.
+ */
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/ipc.h>
+#include <linux/shm.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE6(ipc, unsigned int, call, int, first, int, second,
+		unsigned long, third, void __user *, ptr, long, fifth)
+{
+	int version, ret;
+
+	version = call >> 16; /* hack for backward compatibility */
+	call &= 0xffff;
+
+	switch (call) {
+	case SEMOP:
+		return sys_semtimedop(first, (struct sembuf __user *)ptr,
+				      second, NULL);
+	case SEMTIMEDOP:
+		return sys_semtimedop(first, (struct sembuf __user *)ptr,
+				      second,
+				      (const struct timespec __user *)fifth);
+
+	case SEMGET:
+		return sys_semget(first, second, third);
+	case SEMCTL: {
+		union semun fourth;
+		if (!ptr)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (get_user(fourth.__pad, (void __user * __user *) ptr))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return sys_semctl(first, second, third, fourth);
+	}
+
+	case MSGSND:
+		return sys_msgsnd(first, (struct msgbuf __user *) ptr,
+				  second, third);
+	case MSGRCV:
+		switch (version) {
+		case 0: {
+			struct ipc_kludge tmp;
+			if (!ptr)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			if (copy_from_user(&tmp,
+					   (struct ipc_kludge __user *) ptr,
+					   sizeof(tmp)))
+				return -EFAULT;
+			return sys_msgrcv(first, tmp.msgp, second,
+					   tmp.msgtyp, third);
+		}
+		default:
+			return sys_msgrcv(first,
+					   (struct msgbuf __user *) ptr,
+					   second, fifth, third);
+		}
+	case MSGGET:
+		return sys_msgget((key_t) first, second);
+	case MSGCTL:
+		return sys_msgctl(first, second, (struct msqid_ds __user *)ptr);
+
+	case SHMAT:
+		switch (version) {
+		default: {
+			unsigned long raddr;
+			ret = do_shmat(first, (char __user *)ptr,
+				       second, &raddr);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+			return put_user(raddr, (unsigned long __user *) third);
+		}
+		case 1:
+			/*
+			 * This was the entry point for kernel-originating calls
+			 * from iBCS2 in 2.2 days.
+			 */
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	case SHMDT:
+		return sys_shmdt((char __user *)ptr);
+	case SHMGET:
+		return sys_shmget(first, second, third);
+	case SHMCTL:
+		return sys_shmctl(first, second,
+				   (struct shmid_ds __user *) ptr);
+	default:
+		return -ENOSYS;
+	}
+}
+#endif