diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux_arm.go b/unix/syscall_linux_arm.go
index 3a3c37b4..f6267944 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux_arm.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux_arm.go
@@ -272,3 +272,16 @@ func SyncFileRange(fd int, off int64, n int64, flags int) error {
 	// order of their arguments.
 	return armSyncFileRange(fd, flags, off, n)
 }
+
+//sys	kexecFileLoad(kernelFd int, initrdFd int, cmdlineLen int, cmdline string, flags int) (err error)
+
+func KexecFileLoad(kernelFd int, initrdFd int, cmdline string, flags int) error {
+	cmdlineLen := len(cmdline)
+	if cmdlineLen > 0 {
+		// Account for the additional NULL byte added by
+		// BytePtrFromString in kexecFileLoad. The kexec_file_load
+		// syscall expects a NULL-terminated string.
+		cmdlineLen++
+	}
+	return kexecFileLoad(kernelFd, initrdFd, cmdlineLen, cmdline, flags)
+}