diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index b875434..eda18ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 	select X86_DEV_DMA_OPS			if X86_64
 	select X86_FEATURE_NAMES		if PROC_FS
 	select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS		if X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
+	select ARCH_HAS_PKEYS			if X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pkeys.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pkeys.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04243c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pkeys.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_PKEYS_H
+#define _ASM_X86_PKEYS_H
+
+#define arch_max_pkey() (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSPKE) ? 16 : 1)
+
+#endif /*_ASM_X86_PKEYS_H */