diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
index b57e6a43a37a..986954fb9513 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ header-y += msr.h
 header-y += mtrr.h
 header-y += posix_types_32.h
 header-y += posix_types_64.h
+header-y += posix_types_x32.h
 header-y += prctl.h
 header-y += processor-flags.h
 header-y += ptrace-abi.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types.h
index bb7133dc155d..3427b7798dbc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types.h
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #else
 # ifdef __i386__
 #  include "posix_types_32.h"
-# else
+# elif defined(__LP64__)
 #  include "posix_types_64.h"
+# else
+#  include "posix_types_x32.h"
 # endif
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types_x32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types_x32.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85f9bdafa93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types_x32.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_POSIX_TYPES_X32_H
+#define _ASM_X86_POSIX_TYPES_X32_H
+
+/*
+ * This file is only used by user-level software, so you need to
+ * be a little careful about namespace pollution etc.  Also, we cannot
+ * assume GCC is being used.
+ *
+ * These types should generally match the ones used by the 64-bit kernel,
+ *
+ */
+
+typedef long long __kernel_long_t;
+typedef unsigned long long __kernel_ulong_t;
+#define __kernel_long_t __kernel_long_t
+
+#include <asm/posix_types_64.h>
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_POSIX_TYPES_X32_H */