diff --git a/include/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm b/include/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
index c5d2e5dd871b..d2ee86b4c091 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
+++ b/include/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
@@ -1,45 +1 @@
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/kvm.h \
-		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/kvm.h),)
-header-y  += kvm.h
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/kvm_para.h \
-		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/kvm_para.h),)
-header-y  += kvm_para.h
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/a.out.h \
-		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/a.out.h),)
-header-y += a.out.h
-endif
-
-header-y += auxvec.h
-header-y += bitsperlong.h
-header-y += byteorder.h
-header-y += errno.h
-header-y += fcntl.h
-header-y += ioctl.h
-header-y += ioctls.h
-header-y += ipcbuf.h
-header-y += mman.h
-header-y += msgbuf.h
-header-y += param.h
-header-y += poll.h
-header-y += posix_types.h
-header-y += ptrace.h
-header-y += resource.h
-header-y += sembuf.h
-header-y += setup.h
-header-y += shmbuf.h
-header-y += sigcontext.h
-header-y += siginfo.h
-header-y += signal.h
-header-y += socket.h
-header-y += sockios.h
-header-y += stat.h
-header-y += statfs.h
-header-y += swab.h
-header-y += termbits.h
-header-y += termios.h
-header-y += types.h
-header-y += unistd.h
+include include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm b/include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcd50b759217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#
+# Headers that are optional in usr/include/asm/
+#
+opt-header += kvm.h
+opt-header += kvm_para.h
+opt-header += a.out.h
+
+#
+# Headers that are mandatory in usr/include/asm/
+#
+header-y += auxvec.h
+header-y += bitsperlong.h
+header-y += byteorder.h
+header-y += errno.h
+header-y += fcntl.h
+header-y += ioctl.h
+header-y += ioctls.h
+header-y += ipcbuf.h
+header-y += mman.h
+header-y += msgbuf.h
+header-y += param.h
+header-y += poll.h
+header-y += posix_types.h
+header-y += ptrace.h
+header-y += resource.h
+header-y += sembuf.h
+header-y += setup.h
+header-y += shmbuf.h
+header-y += sigcontext.h
+header-y += siginfo.h
+header-y += signal.h
+header-y += socket.h
+header-y += sockios.h
+header-y += stat.h
+header-y += statfs.h
+header-y += swab.h
+header-y += termbits.h
+header-y += termios.h
+header-y += types.h
+header-y += unistd.h
+
+header-y += $(foreach hdr,$(opt-header), \
+	      $(if \
+		$(wildcard \
+			$(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/uapi/asm/$(hdr) \
+			$(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/$(hdr) \
+		), \
+		$(hdr) \
+		))