diff --git a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
index 24b44145a886..2a0d7d651dc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmsg_dump.h
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ enum kmsg_dump_reason {
 	KMSG_DUMP_OOPS,
 	KMSG_DUMP_PANIC,
 	KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC,
+	KMSG_DUMP_RESTART,
+	KMSG_DUMP_HALT,
+	KMSG_DUMP_POWEROFF,
+	KMSG_DUMP_EMERG,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index f64b8997fc76..0b0c9aa71e89 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1539,6 +1539,10 @@ static const char * const kmsg_reasons[] = {
 	[KMSG_DUMP_OOPS]	= "oops",
 	[KMSG_DUMP_PANIC]	= "panic",
 	[KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC]	= "kexec",
+	[KMSG_DUMP_RESTART]	= "restart",
+	[KMSG_DUMP_HALT]	= "halt",
+	[KMSG_DUMP_POWEROFF]	= "poweroff",
+	[KMSG_DUMP_EMERG]	= "emergency_restart",
 };
 
 static const char *kmsg_to_str(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 2745dcdb6c6c..31b71a276b40 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
 
+#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
+
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getpriority, int, which, int, who)
  */
 void emergency_restart(void)
 {
+	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_EMERG);
 	machine_emergency_restart();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(emergency_restart);
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@ void kernel_restart(char *cmd)
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Restarting system.\n");
 	else
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Restarting system with command '%s'.\n", cmd);
+	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_RESTART);
 	machine_restart(cmd);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_restart);
@@ -333,6 +337,7 @@ void kernel_halt(void)
 	kernel_shutdown_prepare(SYSTEM_HALT);
 	sysdev_shutdown();
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "System halted.\n");
+	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_HALT);
 	machine_halt();
 }
 
@@ -351,6 +356,7 @@ void kernel_power_off(void)
 	disable_nonboot_cpus();
 	sysdev_shutdown();
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "Power down.\n");
+	kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_POWEROFF);
 	machine_power_off();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_power_off);