diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 745bc773f567..0c844d9bcb03 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ source "lib/Kconfig"
 
 source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 
+source "virt/heki/Kconfig"
+
 source "Documentation/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 928820e61cb5..d2fba63c289b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ config X86_64
 	select SWIOTLB
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELFCORE_COMPAT
 	select ZONE_DMA32
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HEKI
 
 config FORCE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/include/linux/heki.h b/include/linux/heki.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c18d2283392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/heki.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Hypervisor Enforced Kernel Integrity (Heki) - Definitions
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2023 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef __HEKI_H__
+#define __HEKI_H__
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/cache.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HEKI
+
+extern bool heki_enabled;
+
+void heki_early_init(void);
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_HEKI */
+
+static inline void heki_early_init(void)
+{
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HEKI */
+
+#endif /* __HEKI_H__ */
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 5dcf5274c09c..bec2c8d939aa 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 #include <linux/randomize_kstack.h>
 #include <linux/pidfs.h>
 #include <linux/ptdump.h>
+#include <linux/heki.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -1059,6 +1060,7 @@ void start_kernel(void)
 	uts_ns_init();
 	key_init();
 	security_init();
+	heki_early_init();
 	dbg_late_init();
 	net_ns_init();
 	vfs_caches_init();
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 549e76af8f82..89d9f97bd471 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/cma.h>
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
+#include <linux/heki.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "slab.h"
 #include "shuffle.h"
diff --git a/virt/Makefile b/virt/Makefile
index 1cfea9436af9..856b5ccedb5a 100644
--- a/virt/Makefile
+++ b/virt/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 obj-y	+= lib/
+obj-$(CONFIG_HEKI_MENU) += heki/
diff --git a/virt/heki/Kconfig b/virt/heki/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66e73d212856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virt/heki/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Hypervisor Enforced Kernel Integrity (Heki)
+
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_HEKI
+	bool
+	# An architecture should select this when it can successfully build
+	# and run with CONFIG_HEKI. That is, it should provide all of the
+	# architecture support required for the HEKI feature.
+
+menuconfig HEKI_MENU
+	bool "Virtualization hardening"
+
+if HEKI_MENU
+
+config HEKI
+	bool "Hypervisor Enforced Kernel Integrity (Heki)"
+	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_HEKI
+	help
+	  This feature enhances guest virtual machine security by taking
+	  advantage of security features provided by the hypervisor for guests.
+	  This feature is helpful in maintaining guest virtual machine security
+	  even after the guest kernel has been compromised.
+
+endif
diff --git a/virt/heki/Makefile b/virt/heki/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b10e73a154b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virt/heki/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_HEKI) += main.o
diff --git a/virt/heki/common.h b/virt/heki/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..edd98fc650a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virt/heki/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Hypervisor Enforced Kernel Integrity (Heki) - Common header
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2023 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _HEKI_COMMON_H
+
+#ifdef pr_fmt
+#undef pr_fmt
+#endif
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "heki-guest: " fmt
+
+#endif /* _HEKI_COMMON_H */
diff --git a/virt/heki/main.c b/virt/heki/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25c25f5700f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virt/heki/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Hypervisor Enforced Kernel Integrity (Heki) - Common code
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2023 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <linux/heki.h>
+#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+bool heki_enabled __ro_after_init = true;
+
+/*
+ * Must be called after kmem_cache_init().
+ */
+__init void heki_early_init(void)
+{
+	if (!heki_enabled) {
+		pr_warn("Heki is not enabled\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	pr_warn("Heki is enabled\n");
+}
+
+static int __init heki_parse_config(char *str)
+{
+	if (kstrtobool(str, &heki_enabled))
+		pr_warn("Invalid option string for heki: '%s'\n", str);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("heki=", heki_parse_config);
