diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index e720b0d..556d781 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
 extern int printk_ratelimit(void);
 extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies,
 				   unsigned int interval_msec);
+void log_buf_kexec_setup(void);
 #else
 static inline int vprintk(const char *s, va_list args)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));
@@ -253,6 +254,9 @@
 static inline bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, \
 					  unsigned int interval_msec)	\
 		{ return false; }
+static inline void log_buf_kexec_setup(void)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 extern int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 93eed85..589832a 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1409,6 +1409,7 @@
 	VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(list_head, prev);
 	VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(vm_struct, addr);
 	VMCOREINFO_LENGTH(zone.free_area, MAX_ORDER);
+	log_buf_kexec_setup();
 	VMCOREINFO_LENGTH(free_area.free_list, MIGRATE_TYPES);
 	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(NR_FREE_PAGES);
 	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_lru);
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index e3602d0..a5f61a9 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/kexec.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -135,6 +136,24 @@
 static int log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
 static unsigned logged_chars; /* Number of chars produced since last read+clear operation */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
+/*
+ * This appends the listed symbols to /proc/vmcoreinfo
+ *
+ * /proc/vmcoreinfo is used by various utiilties, like crash and makedumpfile to
+ * obtain access to symbols that are otherwise very difficult to locate.  These
+ * symbols are specifically used so that utilities can access and extract the
+ * dmesg log from a vmcore file after a crash.
+ */
+void log_buf_kexec_setup(void)
+{
+	VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(log_buf);
+	VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(log_end);
+	VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(log_buf_len);
+	VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(logged_chars);
+}
+#endif
+
 static int __init log_buf_len_setup(char *str)
 {
 	unsigned size = memparse(str, &str);