diff --git a/linux-user/mips64/target_signal.h b/linux-user/mips64/target_signal.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux-user/mips64/target_signal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef TARGET_SIGNAL_H
+#define TARGET_SIGNAL_H
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+
+/* this struct defines a stack used during syscall handling */
+
+typedef struct target_sigaltstack {
+	target_long ss_sp;
+	target_ulong ss_size;
+	target_long ss_flags;
+} target_stack_t;
+
+
+/*
+ * sigaltstack controls
+ */
+#define TARGET_SS_ONSTACK     1
+#define TARGET_SS_DISABLE     2
+
+#define TARGET_MINSIGSTKSZ    2048
+#define TARGET_SIGSTKSZ       8192
+
+static inline target_ulong get_sp_from_cpustate(CPUMIPSState *state)
+{
+    return state->gpr[29][state->current_tc];
+}
+
+#endif /* TARGET_SIGNAL_H */