diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
index 1861173bd4f6..e7e520d90f03 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -21,12 +21,26 @@
 #include <asm/intrinsics.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/kdebug.h>
 
 extern spinlock_t timerlist_lock;
 
 fpswa_interface_t *fpswa_interface;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fpswa_interface);
 
+struct notifier_block *ia64die_chain;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_notifier_lock);
+
+int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&die_notifier_lock, flags);
+	err = notifier_chain_register(&ia64die_chain, nb);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&die_notifier_lock, flags);
+	return err;
+}
+
 void __init
 trap_init (void)
 {
@@ -137,6 +151,10 @@ ia64_bad_break (unsigned long break_num, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	switch (break_num) {
 	      case 0: /* unknown error (used by GCC for __builtin_abort()) */
+		if (notify_die(DIE_BREAK, "break 0", regs, break_num, TRAP_BRKPT, SIGTRAP)
+			       	== NOTIFY_STOP) {
+			return;
+		}
 		die_if_kernel("bugcheck!", regs, break_num);
 		sig = SIGILL; code = ILL_ILLOPC;
 		break;
@@ -189,6 +207,15 @@ ia64_bad_break (unsigned long break_num, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		sig = SIGILL; code = __ILL_BNDMOD;
 		break;
 
+	      case 0x80200:
+	      case 0x80300:
+		if (notify_die(DIE_BREAK, "kprobe", regs, break_num, TRAP_BRKPT, SIGTRAP)
+			       	== NOTIFY_STOP) {
+			return;
+		}
+		sig = SIGTRAP; code = TRAP_BRKPT;
+		break;
+
 	      default:
 		if (break_num < 0x40000 || break_num > 0x100000)
 			die_if_kernel("Bad break", regs, break_num);
@@ -548,7 +575,11 @@ ia64_fault (unsigned long vector, unsigned long isr, unsigned long ifa,
 #endif
 			break;
 		      case 35: siginfo.si_code = TRAP_BRANCH; ifa = 0; break;
-		      case 36: siginfo.si_code = TRAP_TRACE; ifa = 0; break;
+		      case 36:
+			      if (notify_die(DIE_SS, "ss", &regs, vector,
+					     vector, SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
+				      return;
+			      siginfo.si_code = TRAP_TRACE; ifa = 0; break;
 		}
 		siginfo.si_signo = SIGTRAP;
 		siginfo.si_errno = 0;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c b/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
index 4174ec999dde..ff62551eb3a1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/kdebug.h>
 
 extern void die (char *, struct pt_regs *, long);
 
@@ -102,6 +103,13 @@ ia64_do_page_fault (unsigned long address, unsigned long isr, struct pt_regs *re
 		goto bad_area_no_up;
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * This is to handle the kprobes on user space access instructions
+	 */
+	if (notify_die(DIE_PAGE_FAULT, "page fault", regs, code, TRAP_BRKPT,
+					SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
+		return;
+
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	vma = find_vma_prev(mm, address, &prev_vma);
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/break.h b/include/asm-ia64/break.h
index 97c7b2d79600..8167828edc4b 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/break.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/break.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  * OS-specific debug break numbers:
  */
 #define __IA64_BREAK_KDB		0x80100
+#define __IA64_BREAK_KPROBE		0x80200
+#define __IA64_BREAK_JPROBE		0x80300
 
 /*
  * OS-specific break numbers:
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/kdebug.h b/include/asm-ia64/kdebug.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d376e1663f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/kdebug.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#ifndef _IA64_KDEBUG_H
+#define _IA64_KDEBUG_H 1
+/*
+ * include/asm-ia64/kdebug.h
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Intel Corporation, 2005
+ *
+ * 2005-Apr     Rusty Lynch <rusty.lynch@intel.com> and Anil S Keshavamurthy
+ *              <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> adopted from
+ *              include/asm-x86_64/kdebug.h
+ */
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+
+struct pt_regs;
+
+struct die_args {
+	struct pt_regs *regs;
+	const char *str;
+	long err;
+	int trapnr;
+	int signr;
+};
+
+int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+extern struct notifier_block *ia64die_chain;
+
+enum die_val {
+	DIE_BREAK = 1,
+	DIE_SS,
+	DIE_PAGE_FAULT,
+};
+
+static inline int notify_die(enum die_val val, char *str, struct pt_regs *regs,
+			     long err, int trap, int sig)
+{
+	struct die_args args = {
+		.regs   = regs,
+		.str    = str,
+		.err    = err,
+		.trapnr = trap,
+		.signr  = sig
+	};
+
+	return notifier_call_chain(&ia64die_chain, val, &args);
+}
+
+#endif