diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 6784129328f6..a607769a25af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ archscripts: scripts_basic
 archheaders:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/entry/syscalls all
 
+###
+# <asm/cpufeaturemasks.h> header generation
+
+cpufeaturemasks.hdr := arch/x86/include/generated/asm/cpufeaturemasks.h
+cpufeaturemasks.awk := $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk
+cpufeatures_hdr := $(srctree)/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+targets += $(cpufeaturemasks.hdr)
+quiet_cmd_gen_featuremasks = GEN     $@
+      cmd_gen_featuremasks = $(AWK) -f $(cpufeaturemasks.awk) $(cpufeatures_hdr) $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) > $@
+
+$(cpufeaturemasks.hdr): $(cpufeaturemasks.awk) $(cpufeatures_hdr) $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) FORCE
+	$(shell mkdir -p $(dir $@))
+	$(call if_changed,gen_featuremasks)
+archprepare: $(cpufeaturemasks.hdr)
+
 ###
 # Kernel objects
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
index 0aae4d4ed615..f82de8de5dc6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 # include "boot.h"
 #endif
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeaturemasks.h>
 #include <asm/intel-family.h>
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
-#include <asm/required-features.h>
 #include <asm/msr-index.h>
+
 #include "string.h"
 #include "msr.h"
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
index d75237ba7ce9..0cabdacb2a2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "bitops.h"
 
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
-#include <asm/required-features.h>
 #include <asm/msr-index.h>
 #include "cpuflags.h"
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
index da0ccc5de538..22d730b227e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "../include/asm/required-features.h"
-#include "../include/asm/disabled-features.h"
 #include "../include/asm/cpufeatures.h"
 #include "../include/asm/vmxfeatures.h"
 #include "../kernel/cpu/capflags.c"
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ int main(void)
 	int i, j;
 	const char *str;
 
+	printf("#include <asm/cpufeaturemasks.h>\n\n");
 	printf("static const char x86_cap_strs[] =\n");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
index 58f4ddecc5fa..4566000e15c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ generated-y += syscalls_x32.h
 generated-y += unistd_32_ia32.h
 generated-y += unistd_64_x32.h
 generated-y += xen-hypercalls.h
+generated-y += cpufeaturemasks.h
 
 generic-y += early_ioremap.h
 generic-y += fprobe.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index e955da397e0e..d54db88fae93 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <asm/asm.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeaturemasks.h>
 
 enum cpuid_leafs
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 8770dc185fe9..c0462be0c5f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H
 #define _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H
 
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_REQUIRED_FEATURES_H
-#include <asm/required-features.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_DISABLED_FEATURES_H
-#include <asm/disabled-features.h>
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Defines x86 CPU feature bits
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S b/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S
index 1258a5872d12..37ad43792452 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm/cpufeatures.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeaturemasks.h>
 #include <asm/msr-index.h>
 
+#define SSE_MASK	\
+	(REQUIRED_MASK0 & ((1<<(X86_FEATURE_XMM & 31)) | (1<<(X86_FEATURE_XMM2 & 31))))
+
 SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(verify_cpu)
 	pushf				# Save caller passed flags
 	push	$0			# Kill any dangerous flags
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk b/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..59757ca3897a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/awk
+#
+# Convert cpufeatures.h to a list of compile-time masks
+# Note: this blithely assumes that each word has at least one
+# feature defined in it; if not, something else is wrong!
+#
+
+BEGIN {
+	printf "#ifndef _ASM_X86_CPUFEATUREMASKS_H\n";
+	printf "#define _ASM_X86_CPUFEATUREMASKS_H\n\n";
+
+	file = 0
+}
+
+FNR == 1 {
+	++file;
+
+	# arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+	if (file == 1)
+		FS = "[ \t()*+]+";
+
+	# .config
+	if (file == 2)
+		FS = "=";
+}
+
+# Create a dictionary of sorts, containing all defined feature bits
+file == 1 && $1 ~ /^#define$/ && $2 ~ /^X86_FEATURE_/ {
+	nfeat = $3 * $4 + $5;
+	feat = $2;
+	sub(/^X86_FEATURE_/, "", feat);
+	feats[nfeat] = feat;
+}
+file == 1 && $1 ~ /^#define$/ && $2 == "NCAPINTS" {
+	ncapints = int($3);
+}
+
+# Create a dictionary featstat[REQUIRED|DISABLED, FEATURE_NAME] = on | off
+file == 2 && $1 ~ /^CONFIG_X86_(REQUIRED|DISABLED)_FEATURE_/ {
+	on = ($2 == "y");
+	if (split($1, fs, "CONFIG_X86_|_FEATURE_") == 3)
+		featstat[fs[2], fs[3]] = on;
+}
+
+END {
+	sets[1] = "REQUIRED";
+	sets[2] = "DISABLED";
+
+	for (ns in sets) {
+		s = sets[ns];
+
+		printf "/*\n";
+		printf " * %s features:\n", s;
+		printf " *\n";
+		fstr = "";
+		for (i = 0; i < ncapints; i++) {
+			mask = 0;
+			for (j = 0; j < 32; j++) {
+				feat = feats[i*32 + j];
+				if (featstat[s, feat]) {
+					nfstr = fstr " " feat;
+					if (length(nfstr) > 72) {
+						printf " *   %s\n", fstr;
+						nfstr = " " feat;
+					}
+					fstr = nfstr;
+					mask += (2 ^ j);
+				}
+			}
+			masks[i] = mask;
+		}
+		printf " *   %s\n */\n", fstr;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ncapints; i++)
+			printf "#define %s_MASK%d\t0x%08xU\n", s, i, masks[i];
+
+		printf "#define %s_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != %d)\n\n", s, ncapints;
+	}
+
+	printf "#endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATUREMASKS_H */\n";
+}