diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/setup.h
index ff5b7cf6be4d..160543dbec7e 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ struct tag_ethernet {
 
 #define ETH_INVALID_PHY	0xff
 
+/* board information */
+#define ATAG_BOARDINFO	0x54410008
+
+struct tag_boardinfo {
+	u32	board_number;
+};
+
 struct tag {
 	struct tag_header hdr;
 	union {
@@ -102,6 +109,7 @@ struct tag {
 		struct tag_cmdline cmdline;
 		struct tag_clock clock;
 		struct tag_ethernet ethernet;
+		struct tag_boardinfo boardinfo;
 	} u;
 };
 
@@ -128,6 +136,7 @@ extern struct tag *bootloader_tags;
 
 extern resource_size_t fbmem_start;
 extern resource_size_t fbmem_size;
+extern u32 board_number;
 
 void setup_processor(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c
index 5c7083916c33..bb0974cce4ac 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c
@@ -390,6 +390,21 @@ static int __init parse_tag_clock(struct tag *tag)
 }
 __tagtable(ATAG_CLOCK, parse_tag_clock);
 
+/*
+ * The board_number correspond to the bd->bi_board_number in U-Boot. This
+ * parameter is only available during initialisation and can be used in some
+ * kind of board identification.
+ */
+u32 __initdata board_number;
+
+static int __init parse_tag_boardinfo(struct tag *tag)
+{
+	board_number = tag->u.boardinfo.board_number;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+__tagtable(ATAG_BOARDINFO, parse_tag_boardinfo);
+
 /*
  * Scan the tag table for this tag, and call its parse function. The
  * tag table is built by the linker from all the __tagtable