diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cf944a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2004, 2007-2010, 2011-2012 Synopsys, Inc. (www.synopsys.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+
+void ptrace_disable(struct task_struct *child)
+{
+}
+
+long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
+		 unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
+{
+	int ret = -EIO;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+const struct user_regset_view *task_user_regset_view(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return (const struct user_regset_view *)NULL;
+}