diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9a53c929f017..64b5431904c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
 			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
 
+	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
+			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
+			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
+			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
+			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
+
 	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
 			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
 			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index 6c0f0794aa82..ebdf5643cd8e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -484,3 +484,13 @@ static int __init acpi_force_table_verification_setup(char *s)
 }
 
 early_param("acpi_force_table_verification", acpi_force_table_verification_setup);
+
+static int __init acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr(char *s)
+{
+	pr_info("Forcing 32 Bit FADT addresses\n");
+	acpi_gbl_use32_bit_fadt_addresses = TRUE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr", acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr);