diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 13f888a02a3d..385a5ef41c17 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
 		--- 7.2 genhdr-y
 		--- 7.3 destination-y
 		--- 7.4 generic-y
+		--- 7.5 generated-y
 
 	=== 8 Kbuild Variables
 	=== 9 Makefile language
@@ -1319,6 +1320,19 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file.
 		Example: termios.h
 			#include <asm-generic/termios.h>
 
+	--- 7.5 generated-y
+
+	If an architecture generates other header files alongside generic-y
+	wrappers, and not included in genhdr-y, then generated-y specifies
+	them.
+
+	This prevents them being treated as stale asm-generic wrappers and
+	removed.
+
+		Example:
+			#arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+			generated-y += syscalls_32.h
+
 === 8 Kbuild Variables
 
 The top Makefile exports the following variables:
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
index aeac434c9feb..2cfed174e3c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 
 
+generated-y += syscalls_32.h
+generated-y += syscalls_64.h
+generated-y += unistd_32_ia32.h
+generated-y += unistd_64_x32.h
+generated-y += xen-hypercalls.h
+
 genhdr-y += unistd_32.h
 genhdr-y += unistd_64.h
 genhdr-y += unistd_x32.h