diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild
index b24089c..48af742 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-include include/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
-
-# 7-Oct-12: Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com>. Some of these
-# headers, beyond those specified in the generic set are needed by user code.
-
-header-y += page.h
-header-y += cachectl.h
-
 generic-y += auxvec.h
 generic-y += bugs.h
 generic-y += bitsperlong.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
index d111d0c..dfe1f8a 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -5,37 +5,11 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
-
 #ifndef __ASM_ARC_PAGE_H
 #define __ASM_ARC_PAGE_H
 
-/* PAGE_SHIFT determines the page size */
-#if defined(CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_16K)
-#define PAGE_SHIFT 14
-#elif defined(CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_4K)
-#define PAGE_SHIFT 12
-#else
-/*
- * Default 8k
- * done this way (instead of under CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_8K) because adhoc
- * user code (busybox appletlib.h) expects PAGE_SHIFT to be defined w/o
- * using the correct uClibc header and in their build our autoconf.h is
- * not available
- */
-#define PAGE_SHIFT 13
-#endif
+#include <uapi/asm/page.h>
 
-#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
-#define PAGE_SIZE	(1 << PAGE_SHIFT)
-#define PAGE_OFFSET	(0x80000000)
-#else
-#define PAGE_SIZE	(1UL << PAGE_SHIFT)	/* Default 8K */
-#define PAGE_OFFSET	(0x80000000UL)	/* Kernel starts at 2G onwards */
-#endif
-
-#define PAGE_MASK	(~(PAGE_SIZE-1))
-
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -129,6 +103,4 @@
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h
index df5b952..8ae783d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
  *
  * Amit Bhor, Sameer Dhavale: Codito Technologies 2004
  */
-
 #ifndef __ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
 #define __ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <uapi/asm/ptrace.h>
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -128,39 +127,4 @@
 #define orig_r8_IS_IRQ1			0x0010
 #define orig_r8_IS_IRQ2			0x0020
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
-#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-/*
- * Userspace ABI: Register state needed by
- *  -ptrace (gdbserver)
- *  -sigcontext (SA_SIGNINFO signal frame)
- *
- * This is to decouple pt_regs from user-space ABI, to be able to change it
- * w/o affecting the ABI.
- * Although the layout (initial padding) is similar to pt_regs to have some
- * optimizations when copying pt_regs to/from user_regs_struct.
- *
- * Also, sigcontext only care about the scratch regs as that is what we really
- * save/restore for signal handling.
-*/
-struct user_regs_struct {
-
-	struct scratch {
-		long pad;
-		long bta, lp_start, lp_end, lp_count;
-		long status32, ret, blink, fp, gp;
-		long r12, r11, r10, r9, r8, r7, r6, r5, r4, r3, r2, r1, r0;
-		long sp;
-	} scratch;
-	struct callee {
-		long pad;
-		long r25, r24, r23, r22, r21, r20;
-		long r19, r18, r17, r16, r15, r14, r13;
-	} callee;
-	long efa;	/* break pt addr, for break points in delay slots */
-	long stop_pc;	/* give dbg stop_pc directly after checking orig_r8 */
-};
-#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
-
 #endif /* __ASM_PTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h
index fc97411..229e506 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
-
 #ifndef __ASMARC_SETUP_H
 #define __ASMARC_SETUP_H
 
+
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <uapi/asm/setup.h>
 
 #define COMMAND_LINE_SIZE 256
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2736244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# UAPI Header export list
+include include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
+header-y += page.h
+header-y += setup.h
+header-y += byteorder.h
+header-y += cachectl.h
+header-y += ptrace.h
+header-y += sigcontext.h
+header-y += signal.h
+header-y += swab.h
+header-y += unistd.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/byteorder.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arc/include/asm/byteorder.h
rename to arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/cachectl.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/cachectl.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arc/include/asm/cachectl.h
rename to arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/cachectl.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/page.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5d41e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/page.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PAGE_H
+#define _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PAGE_H
+
+/* PAGE_SHIFT determines the page size */
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_16K)
+#define PAGE_SHIFT 14
+#elif defined(CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_4K)
+#define PAGE_SHIFT 12
+#else
+/*
+ * Default 8k
+ * done this way (instead of under CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_8K) because adhoc
+ * user code (busybox appletlib.h) expects PAGE_SHIFT to be defined w/o
+ * using the correct uClibc header and in their build our autoconf.h is
+ * not available
+ */
+#define PAGE_SHIFT 13
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+#define PAGE_SIZE	(1 << PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define PAGE_OFFSET	(0x80000000)
+#else
+#define PAGE_SIZE	(1UL << PAGE_SHIFT)	/* Default 8K */
+#define PAGE_OFFSET	(0x80000000UL)	/* Kernel starts at 2G onwards */
+#endif
+
+#define PAGE_MASK	(~(PAGE_SIZE-1))
+
+
+#endif /* _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PAGE_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6afa4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Amit Bhor, Sameer Dhavale: Codito Technologies 2004
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
+#define _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
+
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+/*
+ * Userspace ABI: Register state needed by
+ *  -ptrace (gdbserver)
+ *  -sigcontext (SA_SIGNINFO signal frame)
+ *
+ * This is to decouple pt_regs from user-space ABI, to be able to change it
+ * w/o affecting the ABI.
+ * Although the layout (initial padding) is similar to pt_regs to have some
+ * optimizations when copying pt_regs to/from user_regs_struct.
+ *
+ * Also, sigcontext only care about the scratch regs as that is what we really
+ * save/restore for signal handling.
+*/
+struct user_regs_struct {
+
+	struct scratch {
+		long pad;
+		long bta, lp_start, lp_end, lp_count;
+		long status32, ret, blink, fp, gp;
+		long r12, r11, r10, r9, r8, r7, r6, r5, r4, r3, r2, r1, r0;
+		long sp;
+	} scratch;
+	struct callee {
+		long pad;
+		long r25, r24, r23, r22, r21, r20;
+		long r19, r18, r17, r16, r15, r14, r13;
+	} callee;
+	long efa;	/* break pt addr, for break points in delay slots */
+	long stop_pc;	/* give dbg stop_pc directly after checking orig_r8 */
+};
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/setup.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/setup.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6d4e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/setup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+ * setup.h is part of userspace header ABI so UAPI scripts have to generate it
+ * even if there's nothing to export - causing empty <uapi/asm/setup.h>
+ * However to prevent "patch" from discarding it we add this placeholder
+ * comment
+ */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/sigcontext.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arc/include/asm/sigcontext.h
rename to arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/signal.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arc/include/asm/signal.h
rename to arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/swab.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arc/include/asm/swab.h
rename to arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arc/include/asm/unistd.h
rename to arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h