--- /dev/null
+--- a/arch/mips/ath79/prom.c
++++ b/arch/mips/ath79/prom.c
+@@ -70,6 +70,35 @@ static const char * __init ath79_prom_fi
+ return ret;
+ }
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK
++extern char __image_cmdline[];
++
++static int __init ath79_use_image_cmdline(void)
++{
++ char *p = __image_cmdline;
++ int replace = 0;
++
++ if (*p == '-') {
++ replace = 1;
++ p++;
++ }
++
++ if (*p == '\0')
++ return 0;
++
++ if (replace) {
++ strlcpy(arcs_cmdline, p, sizeof(arcs_cmdline));
++ } else {
++ strlcat(arcs_cmdline, " ", sizeof(arcs_cmdline));
++ strlcat(arcs_cmdline, p, sizeof(arcs_cmdline));
++ }
++
++ return 1;
++}
++#else
++static inline int ath79_use_image_cmdline(void) { return 0; }
++#endif
++
+ static int __init ath79_prom_init_myloader(void)
+ {
+ struct myloader_info *mylo;
+@@ -98,6 +127,8 @@ static int __init ath79_prom_init_myload
+
+ ath79_prom_append_cmdline("ethaddr", mac_buf);
+
++ ath79_use_image_cmdline();
++
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+@@ -105,6 +136,9 @@ static __init void ath79_prom_init_cmdli
+ {
+ int i;
+
++ if (ath79_use_image_cmdline())
++ return;
++
+ if (!is_valid_ram_addr(argv))
+ return;
+