diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ptrace32.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ptrace32.c
index 5ababea1307a..8c6fb9d8352b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ptrace32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ptrace32.c
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_ptrace(long request, u32 pid, u32 addr, u32 data)
 	case PTRACE_KILL:
 	case PTRACE_CONT:
 	case PTRACE_SINGLESTEP:
+	case PTRACE_SINGLEBLOCK:
 	case PTRACE_DETACH:
 	case PTRACE_SYSCALL:
 	case PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS:
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ptrace-abi.h b/include/asm-x86/ptrace-abi.h
index 7524e1233833..adce6b51df2e 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/ptrace-abi.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/ptrace-abi.h
@@ -78,4 +78,6 @@
 # define PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP 32
 #endif
 
+#define PTRACE_SINGLEBLOCK	33	/* resume execution until next branch */
+
 #endif