diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
index 7140b6b..78de680 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-include include/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
 
-header-y += elf.h
 header-y += ucontext.h
 
 generic-y += atomic.h
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/elf.h
index 225a7ff..f4aa8a5 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -15,60 +15,12 @@
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  */
-
 #ifndef __ASM_OPENRISC_ELF_H
 #define __ASM_OPENRISC_ELF_H
 
-/*
- * This files is partially exported to userspace.  This allows us to keep
- * the ELF bits in one place which should assist in keeping the kernel and
- * userspace in sync.
- */
-
-/*
- * ELF register definitions..
- */
-
-/* for struct user_regs_struct definition */
-#include <asm/ptrace.h>
-
-/* The OR1K relocation types... not all relevant for module loader */
-#define R_OR32_NONE	0
-#define R_OR32_32	1
-#define R_OR32_16	2
-#define R_OR32_8	3
-#define R_OR32_CONST	4
-#define R_OR32_CONSTH	5
-#define R_OR32_JUMPTARG	6
-#define R_OR32_VTINHERIT 7
-#define R_OR32_VTENTRY	8
-
-typedef unsigned long elf_greg_t;
-
-/*
- * Note that NGREG is defined to ELF_NGREG in include/linux/elfcore.h, and is
- * thus exposed to user-space.
- */
-#define ELF_NGREG (sizeof(struct user_regs_struct) / sizeof(elf_greg_t))
-typedef elf_greg_t elf_gregset_t[ELF_NGREG];
-
-/* A placeholder; OR32 does not have fp support yes, so no fp regs for now.  */
-typedef unsigned long elf_fpregset_t;
-
-/* This should be moved to include/linux/elf.h */
-#define EM_OR32         0x8472
-#define EM_OPENRISC     92     /* OpenRISC 32-bit embedded processor */
-
-/*
- * These are used to set parameters in the core dumps.
- */
-#define ELF_ARCH	EM_OR32
-#define ELF_CLASS	ELFCLASS32
-#define ELF_DATA	ELFDATA2MSB
-
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <uapi/asm/elf.h>
 
 /*
  * This is used to ensure we don't load something for the wrong architecture.
@@ -113,5 +65,4 @@
 #define SET_PERSONALITY(ex) \
 	set_personality(PER_LINUX | (current->personality & (~PER_MASK)))
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 8555c0c..6ca1726 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -15,25 +15,12 @@
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  */
-
 #ifndef __ASM_OPENRISC_PTRACE_H
 #define __ASM_OPENRISC_PTRACE_H
 
-#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-/*
- * This is the layout of the regset returned by the GETREGSET ptrace call
- */
-struct user_regs_struct {
-	/* GPR R0-R31... */
-	unsigned long gpr[32];
-	unsigned long pc;
-	unsigned long sr;
-};
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <asm/spr_defs.h>
+#include <uapi/asm/ptrace.h>
 
 /*
  * Make kernel PTrace/register structures opaque to userspace... userspace can
@@ -134,6 +121,4 @@
 #define PT_ORIG_GPR11 132
 #define PT_SYSCALLNO  136
 
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #endif /* __ASM_OPENRISC_PTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
index baebb3d..80761eb 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 # UAPI Header export list
 include include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
 
+header-y += byteorder.h
+header-y += elf.h
+header-y += kvm_para.h
+header-y += param.h
+header-y += ptrace.h
+header-y += sigcontext.h
+header-y += unistd.h
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/byteorder.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/openrisc/include/asm/byteorder.h
rename to arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f02ea58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * OpenRISC Linux
+ *
+ * Linux architectural port borrowing liberally from similar works of
+ * others.  All original copyrights apply as per the original source
+ * declaration.
+ *
+ * OpenRISC implementation:
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Matjaz Breskvar <phoenix@bsemi.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Jonas Bonn <jonas@southpole.se>
+ * et al.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI__ASM_OPENRISC_ELF_H
+#define _UAPI__ASM_OPENRISC_ELF_H
+
+/*
+ * This files is partially exported to userspace.  This allows us to keep
+ * the ELF bits in one place which should assist in keeping the kernel and
+ * userspace in sync.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * ELF register definitions..
+ */
+
+/* for struct user_regs_struct definition */
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+
+/* The OR1K relocation types... not all relevant for module loader */
+#define R_OR32_NONE	0
+#define R_OR32_32	1
+#define R_OR32_16	2
+#define R_OR32_8	3
+#define R_OR32_CONST	4
+#define R_OR32_CONSTH	5
+#define R_OR32_JUMPTARG	6
+#define R_OR32_VTINHERIT 7
+#define R_OR32_VTENTRY	8
+
+typedef unsigned long elf_greg_t;
+
+/*
+ * Note that NGREG is defined to ELF_NGREG in include/linux/elfcore.h, and is
+ * thus exposed to user-space.
+ */
+#define ELF_NGREG (sizeof(struct user_regs_struct) / sizeof(elf_greg_t))
+typedef elf_greg_t elf_gregset_t[ELF_NGREG];
+
+/* A placeholder; OR32 does not have fp support yes, so no fp regs for now.  */
+typedef unsigned long elf_fpregset_t;
+
+/* This should be moved to include/linux/elf.h */
+#define EM_OR32         0x8472
+#define EM_OPENRISC     92     /* OpenRISC 32-bit embedded processor */
+
+/*
+ * These are used to set parameters in the core dumps.
+ */
+#define ELF_ARCH	EM_OR32
+#define ELF_CLASS	ELFCLASS32
+#define ELF_DATA	ELFDATA2MSB
+
+#endif /* _UAPI__ASM_OPENRISC_ELF_H */
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/openrisc/include/asm/kvm_para.h
rename to arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/param.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/param.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/openrisc/include/asm/param.h
rename to arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/param.h
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9760bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * OpenRISC Linux
+ *
+ * Linux architectural port borrowing liberally from similar works of
+ * others.  All original copyrights apply as per the original source
+ * declaration.
+ *
+ * OpenRISC implementation:
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Matjaz Breskvar <phoenix@bsemi.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Jonas Bonn <jonas@southpole.se>
+ * et al.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI__ASM_OPENRISC_PTRACE_H
+#define _UAPI__ASM_OPENRISC_PTRACE_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+/*
+ * This is the layout of the regset returned by the GETREGSET ptrace call
+ */
+struct user_regs_struct {
+	/* GPR R0-R31... */
+	unsigned long gpr[32];
+	unsigned long pc;
+	unsigned long sr;
+};
+#endif
+
+
+#endif /* _UAPI__ASM_OPENRISC_PTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/sigcontext.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/openrisc/include/asm/sigcontext.h
rename to arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/openrisc/include/asm/unistd.h
rename to arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h