diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 350dfb08aee3..1eaf3d81f5c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -830,4 +830,8 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
 	 /* OTHER_WRITABLE?  Generally considered a bad idea. */		\
 	 BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) & 2) +					\
 	 (perms))
+
+/* To identify board information in panic logs, set this */
+extern char *mach_panic_string;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 4b150bc0c6c1..f07bfc9fe613 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 #define PANIC_TIMER_STEP 100
 #define PANIC_BLINK_SPD 18
 
+/* Machine specific panic information string */
+char *mach_panic_string;
+
 int panic_on_oops = CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE;
 static unsigned long tainted_mask;
 static int pause_on_oops;
@@ -413,6 +416,11 @@ late_initcall(init_oops_id);
 void print_oops_end_marker(void)
 {
 	init_oops_id();
+
+	if (mach_panic_string)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Board Information: %s\n",
+		       mach_panic_string);
+
 	pr_warn("---[ end trace %016llx ]---\n", (unsigned long long)oops_id);
 }