diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index c18d55f8b951..cb5be081e499 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/rtas.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -944,6 +945,10 @@ struct option_vector6 {
 	u8 os_name;
 } __packed;
 
+struct option_vector7 {
+	u8 os_id[256];
+} __packed;
+
 struct ibm_arch_vec {
 	struct { u32 mask, val; } pvrs[14];
 
@@ -966,6 +971,9 @@ struct ibm_arch_vec {
 
 	u8 vec6_len;
 	struct option_vector6 vec6;
+
+	u8 vec7_len;
+	struct option_vector7 vec7;
 } __packed;
 
 static const struct ibm_arch_vec ibm_architecture_vec_template __initconst = {
@@ -1112,6 +1120,9 @@ static const struct ibm_arch_vec ibm_architecture_vec_template __initconst = {
 		.secondary_pteg = 0,
 		.os_name = OV6_LINUX,
 	},
+
+	/* option vector 7: OS Identification */
+	.vec7_len = VECTOR_LENGTH(sizeof(struct option_vector7)),
 };
 
 static struct ibm_arch_vec __prombss ibm_architecture_vec  ____cacheline_aligned;
@@ -1340,6 +1351,8 @@ static void __init prom_check_platform_support(void)
 	memcpy(&ibm_architecture_vec, &ibm_architecture_vec_template,
 	       sizeof(ibm_architecture_vec));
 
+	prom_strscpy_pad(ibm_architecture_vec.vec7.os_id, linux_banner, 256);
+
 	if (prop_len > 1) {
 		int i;
 		u8 vec[8];