diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 846dd7607854..da1707c3904b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -350,12 +350,22 @@ AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 CFLAGS_GCOV	= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
 
 
+# Use USERINCLUDE when you must reference the UAPI directories only.
+USERINCLUDE    := \
+		-I$(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi \
+		-Iarch/$(hdr-arch)/include/generated/uapi \
+		-I$(srctree)/include/uapi \
+		-Iinclude/generated/uapi \
+                -include $(srctree)/include/linux/kconfig.h
+
 # Use LINUXINCLUDE when you must reference the include/ directory.
 # Needed to be compatible with the O= option
-LINUXINCLUDE    := -I$(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include \
-                   -Iarch/$(hdr-arch)/include/generated -Iinclude \
-                   $(if $(KBUILD_SRC), -I$(srctree)/include) \
-                   -include $(srctree)/include/linux/kconfig.h
+LINUXINCLUDE    := \
+		-I$(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include \
+		-Iarch/$(hdr-arch)/include/generated \
+		$(if $(KBUILD_SRC), -I$(srctree)/include) \
+		-Iinclude \
+		$(USERINCLUDE)
 
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/Makefile b/arch/cris/Makefile
index 29c2ceb38a76..39dc7d00083e 100644
--- a/arch/cris/Makefile
+++ b/arch/cris/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ mach-$(CONFIG_ETRAXFS) := fs
 
 ifneq ($(arch-y),)
 SARCH := arch-$(arch-y)
-inc := -Iarch/cris/include/$(SARCH)
+inc := -Iarch/cris/include/uapi/$(SARCH)
+inc += -Iarch/cris/include/$(SARCH)
+inc += -Iarch/cris/include/uapi/$(SARCH)/arch
 inc += -Iarch/cris/include/$(SARCH)/arch
 else
 SARCH :=
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 097091059aaa..133f7de2a13d 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ USER_CFLAGS = $(patsubst $(KERNEL_DEFINES),,$(patsubst -D__KERNEL__,,\
 include $(srctree)/$(ARCH_DIR)/Makefile-os-$(OS)
 
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/$(HOST_DIR)/include \
-		   -I$(HOST_DIR)/include/generated
+		   -I$(srctree)/$(HOST_DIR)/include/uapi \
+		   -I$(HOST_DIR)/include/generated \
+		   -I$(HOST_DIR)/include/generated/uapi
 
 # -Derrno=kernel_errno - This turns all kernel references to errno into
 # kernel_errno to separate them from the libc errno.  This allows -fno-common
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index f7535bedc33f..ce03476d8c8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ setup-y		+= video-bios.o
 targets		+= $(setup-y)
 hostprogs-y	:= mkcpustr tools/build
 
-HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include $(LINUXINCLUDE) \
+HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include $(USERINCLUDE) \
 	            -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__
 
 $(obj)/cpu.o: $(obj)/cpustr.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ $(obj)/cpustr.h: $(obj)/mkcpustr FORCE
 
 # How to compile the 16-bit code.  Note we always compile for -march=i386,
 # that way we can complain to the user if the CPU is insufficient.
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(LINUXINCLUDE) -g -Os -D_SETUP -D__KERNEL__ \
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(USERINCLUDE) -g -Os -D_SETUP -D__KERNEL__ \
 		   -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING \
 		   -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \
 		   -march=i386 -mregparm=3 \
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
index 919257f526f2..4579eff0ef4d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "../include/asm/required-features.h"
+#include "../include/asm/cpufeature.h"
 #include "../kernel/cpu/capflags.c"
 
 int main(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 16cae425d1f8..8c297aa53eef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURE_H
 #define _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURE_H
 
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_REQUIRED_FEATURES_H
 #include <asm/required-features.h>
+#endif
 
 #define NCAPINTS	10	/* N 32-bit words worth of info */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.pl b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.pl
index c7b3fe2d72e0..091972ef49de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.pl
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.pl
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 open(IN, "< $in\0")   or die "$0: cannot open: $in: $!\n";
 open(OUT, "> $out\0") or die "$0: cannot create: $out: $!\n";
 
-print OUT "#include <asm/cpufeature.h>\n\n";
+print OUT "#ifndef _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURE_H\n";
+print OUT "#include <asm/cpufeature.h>\n";
+print OUT "#endif\n";
+print OUT "\n";
 print OUT "const char * const x86_cap_flags[NCAPINTS*32] = {\n";
 
 %features = ();