diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
index 8d1c8dcb87fd..d37bc7915935 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ static inline int arch_parse_elf_property(u32 type, const void *data,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int arch_setup_elf_property(struct arch_elf_state *arch)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int arch_elf_pt_proc(void *ehdr, void *phdr,
 				   struct file *f, bool is_interp,
 				   struct arch_elf_state *state)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 35de64559a59..4628d4dadd34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1965,6 +1965,8 @@ config X86_CET
 	select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
 	select ARCH_HAS_SHADOW_STACK
 	select ARCH_MAYBE_MKWRITE
+	select ARCH_USE_GNU_PROPERTY
+	select ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE
 	help
 	  Control-flow protection is a set of hardware features which place
 	  additional restrictions on indirect branches.  These help
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
index 66bdfe838d61..13701eaa521c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -390,6 +390,19 @@ extern int compat_arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 
 extern bool arch_syscall_is_vdso_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE
+struct arch_elf_state {
+	unsigned int gnu_property;
+};
+
+#define INIT_ARCH_ELF_STATE {	\
+	.gnu_property = 0,	\
+}
+
+#define arch_elf_pt_proc(ehdr, phdr, elf, interp, state) (0)
+#define arch_check_elf(ehdr, interp, interp_ehdr, state) (0)
+#endif
+
 /* Do not change the values. See get_align_mask() */
 enum align_flags {
 	ALIGN_VA_32	= BIT(0),
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index ad582f9ac5a6..19f138f7a209 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -835,3 +835,35 @@ unsigned long KSTK_ESP(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return task_pt_regs(task)->sp;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USE_GNU_PROPERTY
+int arch_parse_elf_property(u32 type, const void *data, size_t datasz,
+			    bool compat, struct arch_elf_state *state)
+{
+	if (type != GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_AND)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (datasz != sizeof(unsigned int))
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+
+	state->gnu_property = *(unsigned int *)data;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int arch_setup_elf_property(struct arch_elf_state *state)
+{
+	int r = 0;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_CET))
+		return r;
+
+	memset(&current->thread.cet, 0, sizeof(struct cet_status));
+
+	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
+		if (state->gnu_property & GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK)
+			r = cet_setup_shstk();
+	}
+
+	return r;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 950bc177238a..5d5f6a54a035 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,10 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 
 	set_binfmt(&elf_format);
 
+	retval = arch_setup_elf_property(&arch_state);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
 	retval = ARCH_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES(bprm, elf_ex, !!interpreter);
 	if (retval < 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
index c9a46c4e183b..be04d15e937f 100644
--- a/include/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/linux/elf.h
@@ -92,9 +92,15 @@ static inline int arch_parse_elf_property(u32 type, const void *data,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline int arch_setup_elf_property(struct arch_elf_state *arch)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #else
 extern int arch_parse_elf_property(u32 type, const void *data, size_t datasz,
 				   bool compat, struct arch_elf_state *arch);
+extern int arch_setup_elf_property(struct arch_elf_state *arch);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_ELF_PROT
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
index 30f68b42eeb5..24ba55ba8278 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
@@ -455,4 +455,13 @@ typedef struct elf64_note {
 /* Bits for GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI */
 #define GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI	(1U << 0)
 
+/* .note.gnu.property types for x86: */
+#define GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_AND		0xc0000002
+
+/* Bits for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_AND */
+#define GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT		0x00000001
+#define GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK	0x00000002
+#define GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_VALID (GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT | \
+					   GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK)
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_ELF_H */
