diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
index 3c3adfc486f2..d7e9af63cf8f 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@ menu "UML-specific options"
 config UML
 	bool
 	default y
-	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
-	select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
-	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
-	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
-	select HAVE_UID16
-	select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if FUTEX
-	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
-	select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
-	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
-	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
-	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
-	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
-	select TTY # Needed for line.c
+	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV if !UML_LKL
+	select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT if !UML_LKL
+	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL if !UML_LKL
+	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER if !UML_LKL
+	select HAVE_UID16 if !UML_LKL
+	select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if (FUTEX && !UML_LKL)
+	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK if !UML_LKL
+	select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE if !UML_LKL
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW if !UML_LKL
+	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES if !UML_LKL
+	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS if !UML_LKL
+	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS if !UML_LKL
+	select TTY if !UML_LKL # Needed for line.c
 
 config MMU
 	bool
-	default y
+	default y if !UML_LKL
 
 config NO_IOMEM
 	def_bool y
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ config SBUS
 
 config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
 	bool
-	default y
+	default y if !UML_LKL
 
 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
 	bool
-	default y
+	default y if !UML_LKL
 
 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 	bool
-	default y
-	select STACKTRACE
+	default y if !UML_LKL
+	select STACKTRACE if !UML_LKL
 
 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
 	bool
-	default y
+	default y if !UML_LKL
 
 config HZ
 	int
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ config STATIC_LINK
 
 config LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
 	bool
-	default y
+	default y if !UML_LKL
 	depends on STATIC_LINK
 
 config LD_SCRIPT_DYN
 	bool
-	default y
+	default y if !UML_LKL
 	depends on !LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
 	select MODULE_REL_CRCS if MODVERSIONS
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config HOSTFS
 config MCONSOLE
 	bool "Management console"
 	depends on PROC_FS
-	default y
+	default y if !UML_LKL
 	help
 	  The user mode linux management console is a low-level interface to
 	  the kernel, somewhat like the i386 SysRq interface.  Since there is
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ config PGTABLE_LEVELS
 	default 2
 
 config SECCOMP
-	def_bool y
+	def_bool y if !UML_LKL
 	prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
 	---help---
 	  This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
@@ -198,4 +198,6 @@ config UML_TIME_TRAVEL_SUPPORT
 
 endmenu
 
-source "arch/um/drivers/Kconfig"
+if !UML_LKL
+	source "arch/um/drivers/Kconfig"
+endif
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index d2daa206872d..21fff60d63ea 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ OS := $(shell uname -s)
 # features.
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 
-core-y			+= $(ARCH_DIR)/kernel/		\
-			   $(ARCH_DIR)/drivers/		\
-			   $(ARCH_DIR)/os-$(OS)/
-
 MODE_INCLUDE	+= -I$(srctree)/$(ARCH_DIR)/include/shared/skas
 
 HEADER_ARCH 	:= $(SUBARCH)
@@ -35,114 +31,19 @@ ifneq ($(filter $(SUBARCH),x86 x86_64 i386),)
 	HEADER_ARCH := x86
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=large
-endif
-
 HOST_DIR := arch/$(HEADER_ARCH)
 
+ifneq ($(filter $(HEADER_ARCH),lkl),)
+	HOST_DIR := $(ARCH_DIR)/$(HEADER_ARCH)
+endif
+
 include $(ARCH_DIR)/Makefile-skas
 include $(HOST_DIR)/Makefile.um
 
 core-y += $(HOST_DIR)/um/
 
-SHARED_HEADERS	:= $(ARCH_DIR)/include/shared
-ARCH_INCLUDE	:= -I$(srctree)/$(SHARED_HEADERS)
-ARCH_INCLUDE	+= -I$(srctree)/$(HOST_DIR)/um/shared
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/$(HOST_DIR)/um
-
-# -Dvmap=kernel_vmap prevents anything from referencing the libpcap.o symbol so
-# named - it's a common symbol in libpcap, so we get a binary which crashes.
-#
-# Same things for in6addr_loopback and mktime - found in libc. For these two we
-# only get link-time error, luckily.
-#
-# -Dlongjmp=kernel_longjmp prevents anything from referencing the libpthread.a
-# embedded copy of longjmp, same thing for setjmp.
-#
-# These apply to USER_CFLAGS to.
-
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS-y) -D__arch_um__ \
-	$(ARCH_INCLUDE) $(MODE_INCLUDE) -Dvmap=kernel_vmap	\
-	-Dlongjmp=kernel_longjmp -Dsetjmp=kernel_setjmp \
-	-Din6addr_loopback=kernel_in6addr_loopback \
-	-Din6addr_any=kernel_in6addr_any -Dstrrchr=kernel_strrchr
-
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(ARCH_INCLUDE)
-
-USER_CFLAGS = $(patsubst $(KERNEL_DEFINES),,$(patsubst -I%,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))) \
-		$(ARCH_INCLUDE) $(MODE_INCLUDE) $(filter -I%,$(CFLAGS)) \
-		-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -idirafter $(srctree)/include \
-		-idirafter $(objtree)/include -D__KERNEL__ -D__UM_HOST__
-
-#This will adjust *FLAGS accordingly to the platform.
-include $(ARCH_DIR)/Makefile-os-$(OS)
-
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/$(HOST_DIR)/include \
-		   -I$(srctree)/$(HOST_DIR)/include/uapi \
-		   -I$(objtree)/$(HOST_DIR)/include/generated \
-		   -I$(objtree)/$(HOST_DIR)/include/generated/uapi
-
-# -Derrno=kernel_errno - This turns all kernel references to errno into
-# kernel_errno to separate them from the libc errno.  This allows -fno-common
-# in KBUILD_CFLAGS.  Otherwise, it would cause ld to complain about the two different
-# errnos.
-# These apply to kernelspace only.
-#
-# strip leading and trailing whitespace to make the USER_CFLAGS removal of these
-# defines more robust
-
-KERNEL_DEFINES = $(strip -Derrno=kernel_errno -Dsigprocmask=kernel_sigprocmask \
-			 -Dmktime=kernel_mktime $(ARCH_KERNEL_DEFINES))
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KERNEL_DEFINES)
-
-PHONY += linux
-
-all: linux
-
-linux: vmlinux
-	@echo '  LINK $@'
-	$(Q)ln -f $< $@
-
-define archhelp
-  echo '* linux		- Binary kernel image (./linux) - for backward'
-  echo '		   compatibility only, this creates a hard link to the'
-  echo '		   real kernel binary, the "vmlinux" binary you'
-  echo '		   find in the kernel root.'
-endef
-
-archheaders:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile ARCH=$(HEADER_ARCH) asm-generic archheaders
-
-archprepare:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(HOST_DIR)/um include/generated/user_constants.h
-
-LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC) += -static
-LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN) += -Wl,-rpath,/lib $(call cc-option, -no-pie)
-
-CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING := $(call cc-option, -fno-PIC,) $(call cc-option, -fno-pic,) \
-	$(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector,) \
-	$(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector-all,)
-
-# Options used by linker script
-export LDS_START      := $(START)
-export LDS_ELF_ARCH   := $(ELF_ARCH)
-export LDS_ELF_FORMAT := $(ELF_FORMAT)
-
-# The wrappers will select whether using "malloc" or the kernel allocator.
-LINK_WRAPS = -Wl,--wrap,malloc -Wl,--wrap,free -Wl,--wrap,calloc
-
-LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE = $(foreach opt,$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS),-Wl,$(opt))
-
-# Used by link-vmlinux.sh which has special support for um link
-export CFLAGS_vmlinux := $(LINK-y) $(LINK_WRAPS) $(LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE)
-
-# When cleaning we don't include .config, so we don't include
-# TT or skas makefiles and don't clean skas_ptregs.h.
-CLEAN_FILES += linux x.i gmon.out
-
-archclean:
-	@find . \( -name '*.bb' -o -name '*.bbg' -o -name '*.da' \
-		-o -name '*.gcov' \) -type f -print | xargs rm -f
+ifneq ($(SUBARCH),lkl)
+  include $(ARCH_DIR)/Makefile.um
+endif
 
-export HEADER_ARCH SUBARCH USER_CFLAGS CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING OS DEV_NULL_PATH
+export HEADER_ARCH SUBARCH
diff --git a/arch/um/auto.conf b/arch/um/auto.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
index 398006d27e40..6c2aa280f1d9 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ generic-y += kdebug.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += mm-arch-hooks.h
 generic-y += mmiowb.h
+generic-$(UML_LKL) += mmu.h
+generic-$(UML_LKL) += mmu_context.h
+generic-$(UML_LKL) += module.h
+generic-$(UML_LKL) += msgbuf.h
+generic-$(UML_LKL) += page.h
 generic-y += param.h
 generic-y += pci.h
 generic-y += percpu.h
diff --git a/arch/um/lkl/um/Makefile b/arch/um/lkl/um/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f66554cd5c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/um/lkl/um/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
diff --git a/arch/um/lkl/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h b/arch/um/lkl/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27004731b0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/um/lkl/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* Dummy kernel-offsets.h file. Required by kbuild and ready to be used
+ * - hint!
+ */
