diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 23e34957f915b8de2f7b2f0fb2a0a8ec2ba89947..c77ed1bb01ee246718220ee4f9acfed652b97ef4 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -882,6 +882,30 @@ static void elf_core_copy_regs(target_elf_gregset_t *regs, const CPUMIPSState *e
 #define USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP
 #define ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE        4096
 
+/* See arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h.  */
+enum {
+    HWCAP_MIPS_R6           = (1 << 0),
+    HWCAP_MIPS_MSA          = (1 << 1),
+};
+
+#define ELF_HWCAP get_elf_hwcap()
+
+static uint32_t get_elf_hwcap(void)
+{
+    MIPSCPU *cpu = MIPS_CPU(thread_cpu);
+    uint32_t hwcaps = 0;
+
+#define GET_FEATURE(flag, hwcap) \
+    do { if (cpu->env.insn_flags & (flag)) { hwcaps |= hwcap; } } while (0)
+
+    GET_FEATURE(ISA_MIPS32R6 | ISA_MIPS64R6, HWCAP_MIPS_R6);
+    GET_FEATURE(ASE_MSA, HWCAP_MIPS_MSA);
+
+#undef GET_FEATURE
+
+    return hwcaps;
+}
+
 #endif /* TARGET_MIPS */
 
 #ifdef TARGET_MICROBLAZE