diff --git a/libgo/go/internal/cpu/cpu_arm.go b/libgo/go/internal/cpu/cpu_arm.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1d5a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgo/go/internal/cpu/cpu_arm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package cpu
+
+// arm doesn't have a 'cpuid' equivalent, so we rely on HWCAP/HWCAP2.
+// These are linknamed in runtime/os_(linux|freebsd)_arm.go and are
+// initialized by archauxv().
+// These should not be changed after they are initialized.
+var HWCap uint
+var HWCap2 uint
+
+// HWCAP/HWCAP2 bits. These are exposed by Linux and FreeBSD.
+const (
+	hwcap_VFPv4 = 1 << 16
+	hwcap_IDIVA = 1 << 17
+)
+
+func doinit() {
+	options = []option{
+		{Name: "vfpv4", Feature: &ARM.HasVFPv4},
+		{Name: "idiva", Feature: &ARM.HasIDIVA},
+	}
+
+	// HWCAP feature bits
+	ARM.HasVFPv4 = isSet(HWCap, hwcap_VFPv4)
+	ARM.HasIDIVA = isSet(HWCap, hwcap_IDIVA)
+}
+
+func isSet(hwc uint, value uint) bool {
+	return hwc&value != 0
+}
diff --git a/libgo/go/runtime/os_linux_arm.go b/libgo/go/runtime/os_linux_arm.go
index 56c29f5..8de9d11 100644
--- a/libgo/go/runtime/os_linux_arm.go
+++ b/libgo/go/runtime/os_linux_arm.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 package runtime
 
+import "internal/cpu"
+
 var randomNumber uint32
 
 func archauxv(tag, val uintptr) {
@@ -14,5 +16,9 @@
 		// it as a byte array.
 		randomNumber = uint32(startupRandomData[4]) | uint32(startupRandomData[5])<<8 |
 			uint32(startupRandomData[6])<<16 | uint32(startupRandomData[7])<<24
+	case _AT_HWCAP:
+		cpu.HWCap = uint(val)
+	case _AT_HWCAP2:
+		cpu.HWCap2 = uint(val)
 	}
 }