diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 9f746eab333d4bb9bb2c6bf6eefb42e01586b028..19adfd385882e14c1f77ef6ebfb97257f7f88f14 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ handled.
 4.87 KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
 
 Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
-Architectures: x86, s390, ppc
+Architectures: x86, s390, ppc, arm64
 Type: vcpu ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_guest_debug (in)
 Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
index bc738d2b83929e6a05762ea8b73af6ec1ed86837..1b693cb2d5b277452e36344fc23af5a07a85a7ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
@@ -301,13 +301,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_arm_set_running_vcpu(NULL);
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
-					struct kvm_guest_debug *dbg)
-{
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
-
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_mpstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				    struct kvm_mp_state *mp_state)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
index d503fbb787d362752b9b6b688b2829e19b675095..96e935bbc38c8b4fd906aeacdc27ca28696b596a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
@@ -290,3 +290,9 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_translate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+					struct kvm_guest_debug *dbg)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
index 9535bd555d1d47cf190f78306eb879484d70a261..0ba86775235d9d7757d651562ab03518aecc02b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -331,3 +331,30 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_translate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+#define KVM_GUESTDBG_VALID_MASK (KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE)
+
+/**
+ * kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug - set up guest debugging
+ * @kvm:	pointer to the KVM struct
+ * @kvm_guest_debug: the ioctl data buffer
+ *
+ * This sets up and enables the VM for guest debugging. Userspace
+ * passes in a control flag to enable different debug types and
+ * potentially other architecture specific information in the rest of
+ * the structure.
+ */
+int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+					struct kvm_guest_debug *dbg)
+{
+	if (dbg->control & ~KVM_GUESTDBG_VALID_MASK)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (dbg->control & KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE) {
+		vcpu->guest_debug = dbg->control;
+	} else {
+		/* If not enabled clear all flags */
+		vcpu->guest_debug = 0;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}