diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h
index a898a2b6e10c..59ab4dffa377 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #define X86_CR4_OSXMMEXCPT 0x00000400 /* enable unmasked SSE exceptions */
 #define X86_CR4_VMXE	0x00002000 /* enable VMX virtualization */
 #define X86_CR4_OSXSAVE 0x00040000 /* enable xsave and xrestore */
+#define X86_CR4_SMEP	0x00100000 /* enable SMEP support */
 
 /*
  * x86-64 Task Priority Register, CR8