diff --git a/backends/i386_auxv.c b/backends/i386_auxv.c
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+/* i386 specific auxv handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#define BACKEND i386_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+int
+EBLHOOK(auxv_info) (GElf_Xword a_type, const char **name, const char **format)
+{
+  if (a_type != AT_HWCAP)
+    return 0;
+
+  *name = "HWCAP";
+  *format = "b"
+    "fpu\0" "vme\0" "de\0" "pse\0" "tsc\0" "msr\0" "pae\0" "mce\0"
+    "cx8\0" "apic\0" "10\0" "sep\0" "mtrr\0" "pge\0" "mca\0" "cmov\0"
+    "pat\0" "pse36\0" "pn\0" "clflush\0" "20\0" "dts\0" "acpi\0" "mmx\0"
+    "fxsr\0" "sse\0" "sse2\0" "ss\0" "ht\0" "tm\0" "ia64\0" "pbe\0" "\0";
+  return 1;
+}
+
+__typeof (i386_auxv_info) x86_64_auxv_info
+			  __attribute__ ((alias ("i386_auxv_info")));