diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 497b7d0b2d7e..bd074246e34e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_CALLBACKS
 	select ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME		if VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE && PPC_BOOK3S_64
+	select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX	if ((PPC_BOOK3S_64 || PPC32) && !HIBERNATION)
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST		if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64011ea444b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_SET_MEMORY_H
+#define _ASM_POWERPC_SET_MEMORY_H
+
+#define SET_MEMORY_RO	0
+#define SET_MEMORY_RW	1
+#define SET_MEMORY_NX	2
+#define SET_MEMORY_X	3
+
+int change_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, long action);
+
+static inline int set_memory_ro(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
+{
+	return change_memory_attr(addr, numpages, SET_MEMORY_RO);
+}
+
+static inline int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
+{
+	return change_memory_attr(addr, numpages, SET_MEMORY_RW);
+}
+
+static inline int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
+{
+	return change_memory_attr(addr, numpages, SET_MEMORY_NX);
+}
+
+static inline int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
+{
+	return change_memory_attr(addr, numpages, SET_MEMORY_X);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/mm/Makefile
index 5e147986400d..a998fdac52f9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ccflags-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	:= $(NO_MINIMAL_TOC)
 
-obj-y				:= fault.o mem.o pgtable.o mmap.o \
+obj-y				:= fault.o mem.o pgtable.o mmap.o pageattr.o \
 				   init_$(BITS).o pgtable_$(BITS).o \
 				   pgtable-frag.o ioremap.o ioremap_$(BITS).o \
 				   init-common.o mmu_context.o drmem.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..748fa56d9db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * MMU-generic set_memory implementation for powerpc
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019, IBM Corporation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/set_memory.h>
+
+#include <asm/mmu.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/pgtable.h>
+
+
+/*
+ * Updates the attributes of a page in three steps:
+ *
+ * 1. invalidate the page table entry
+ * 2. flush the TLB
+ * 3. install the new entry with the updated attributes
+ *
+ * This is unsafe if the caller is attempting to change the mapping of the
+ * page it is executing from, or if another CPU is concurrently using the
+ * page being altered.
+ *
+ * TODO make the implementation resistant to this.
+ *
+ * NOTE: can be dangerous to call without STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+ */
+static int change_page_attr(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
+{
+	long action = (long)data;
+	pte_t pte;
+
+	spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
+
+	/* invalidate the PTE so it's safe to modify */
+	pte = ptep_get_and_clear(&init_mm, addr, ptep);
+	flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	/* modify the PTE bits as desired, then apply */
+	switch (action) {
+	case SET_MEMORY_RO:
+		pte = pte_wrprotect(pte);
+		break;
+	case SET_MEMORY_RW:
+		pte = pte_mkwrite(pte);
+		break;
+	case SET_MEMORY_NX:
+		pte = pte_exprotect(pte);
+		break;
+	case SET_MEMORY_X:
+		pte = pte_mkexec(pte);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+	spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int change_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, long action)
+{
+	unsigned long start = ALIGN_DOWN(addr, PAGE_SIZE);
+	unsigned long sz = numpages * PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!numpages)
+		return 0;
+
+	return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, start, sz, change_page_attr, (void *)action);
+}
