diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 1c4119c60040..51a454bb40f9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ source "arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Kconfig"
 
 source "arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/Kconfig"
 
+source "arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig"
 source "arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/Kconfig"
 source "arch/arm/plat-s3c64xx/Kconfig"
 source "arch/arm/plat-s3c/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index a73caaf66763..df0d3a687f0a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ plat-$(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP)	:= omap
 plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_IOP)		:= iop
 plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_ORION)	:= orion
 plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_PXA)		:= pxa
-plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_S3C24XX)	:= s3c24xx s3c
-plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_S3C64XX)	:= s3c64xx s3c
-plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_S5PC1XX)	:= s5pc1xx s3c
+plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_S3C24XX)	:= s3c24xx s3c samsung
+plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_S3C64XX)	:= s3c64xx s3c samsung
+plat-$(CONFIG_PLAT_S5PC1XX)	:= s5pc1xx s3c samsung
 plat-$(CONFIG_ARCH_STMP3XXX)	:= stmp3xxx
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_EBSA110),y)
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..486a0d6301e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
+#
+# Copyright 2009 Simtec Electronics
+#
+# Licensed under GPLv2
+
+config PLAT_SAMSUNG
+	bool
+	depends on ARCH_S3C2410 || ARCH_S3C24A0 || ARCH_S3C64XX || ARCH_S5PC1XX
+	default y
+	help
+	  Base platform code for all Samsung SoC based systems
+
+if PLAT_SAMSUNG
+
+
+endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4478b9f7dc34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# arch/arm/plat-s3c64xx/Makefile
+#
+# Copyright 2009 Simtec Electronics
+#
+# Licensed under GPLv2
+
+obj-y				:=
+obj-m				:=
+obj-n				:= dummy.o
+obj-				:=
+