diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 4a3e6b225189..1676f171c54b 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ config CRYPTO_RNG2
 	tristate
 	select CRYPTO_ALGAPI2
 
+config CRYPTO_PCOMP
+	tristate
+	select CRYPTO_ALGAPI2
+
 config CRYPTO_MANAGER
 	tristate "Cryptographic algorithm manager"
 	select CRYPTO_MANAGER2
diff --git a/crypto/Makefile b/crypto/Makefile
index e05a844e08d5..1132a678b253 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/crypto/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ crypto_hash-objs += ahash.o
 crypto_hash-objs += shash.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_HASH2) += crypto_hash.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCOMP) += pcompress.o
+
 cryptomgr-objs := algboss.o testmgr.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER2) += cryptomgr.o
diff --git a/crypto/pcompress.c b/crypto/pcompress.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca9a4af91efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/pcompress.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Cryptographic API.
+ *
+ * Partial (de)compression operations.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 Sony Corporation
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.
+ * If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/crypto.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+#include <crypto/compress.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+
+static int crypto_pcomp_init(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, u32 type, u32 mask)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned int crypto_pcomp_extsize(struct crypto_alg *alg,
+					 const struct crypto_type *frontend)
+{
+	return alg->cra_ctxsize;
+}
+
+static int crypto_pcomp_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm,
+				 const struct crypto_type *frontend)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void crypto_pcomp_show(struct seq_file *m, struct crypto_alg *alg)
+	__attribute__ ((unused));
+static void crypto_pcomp_show(struct seq_file *m, struct crypto_alg *alg)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "type         : pcomp\n");
+}
+
+static const struct crypto_type crypto_pcomp_type = {
+	.extsize	= crypto_pcomp_extsize,
+	.init		= crypto_pcomp_init,
+	.init_tfm	= crypto_pcomp_init_tfm,
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+	.show		= crypto_pcomp_show,
+#endif
+	.maskclear	= ~CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK,
+	.maskset	= CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK,
+	.type		= CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_PCOMPRESS,
+	.tfmsize	= offsetof(struct crypto_pcomp, base),
+};
+
+struct crypto_pcomp *crypto_alloc_pcomp(const char *alg_name, u32 type,
+					u32 mask)
+{
+	return crypto_alloc_tfm(alg_name, &crypto_pcomp_type, type, mask);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_alloc_pcomp);
+
+int crypto_register_pcomp(struct pcomp_alg *alg)
+{
+	struct crypto_alg *base = &alg->base;
+
+	base->cra_type = &crypto_pcomp_type;
+	base->cra_flags &= ~CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK;
+	base->cra_flags |= CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_PCOMPRESS;
+
+	return crypto_register_alg(base);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_register_pcomp);
+
+int crypto_unregister_pcomp(struct pcomp_alg *alg)
+{
+	return crypto_unregister_alg(&alg->base);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_unregister_pcomp);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Partial (de)compression type");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Sony Corporation");
diff --git a/include/crypto/compress.h b/include/crypto/compress.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7d228708d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/crypto/compress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+ * Compress: Compression algorithms under the cryptographic API.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 Sony Corporation
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.
+ * If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CRYPTO_COMPRESS_H
+#define _CRYPTO_COMPRESS_H
+
+#include <linux/crypto.h>
+
+
+struct comp_request {
+	const void *next_in;		/* next input byte */
+	void *next_out;			/* next output byte */
+	unsigned int avail_in;		/* bytes available at next_in */
+	unsigned int avail_out;		/* bytes available at next_out */
+};
+
+struct crypto_pcomp {
+	struct crypto_tfm base;
+};
+
+struct pcomp_alg {
+	int (*compress_setup)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm, void *params,
+			      unsigned int len);
+	int (*compress_init)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm);
+	int (*compress_update)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+			       struct comp_request *req);
+	int (*compress_final)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+			      struct comp_request *req);
+	int (*decompress_setup)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm, void *params,
+				unsigned int len);
+	int (*decompress_init)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm);
+	int (*decompress_update)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+				 struct comp_request *req);
+	int (*decompress_final)(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+				struct comp_request *req);
+
+	struct crypto_alg base;
+};
+
+extern struct crypto_pcomp *crypto_alloc_pcomp(const char *alg_name, u32 type,
+					       u32 mask);
+
+static inline struct crypto_tfm *crypto_pcomp_tfm(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm)
+{
+	return &tfm->base;
+}
+
+static inline void crypto_free_pcomp(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm)
+{
+	crypto_destroy_tfm(tfm, crypto_pcomp_tfm(tfm));
+}
+
+static inline struct pcomp_alg *__crypto_pcomp_alg(struct crypto_alg *alg)
+{
+	return container_of(alg, struct pcomp_alg, base);
+}
+
+static inline struct pcomp_alg *crypto_pcomp_alg(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm)
+{
+	return __crypto_pcomp_alg(crypto_pcomp_tfm(tfm)->__crt_alg);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_compress_setup(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+					void *params, unsigned int len)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->compress_setup(tfm, params, len);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_compress_init(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->compress_init(tfm);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_compress_update(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+					 struct comp_request *req)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->compress_update(tfm, req);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_compress_final(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+					struct comp_request *req)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->compress_final(tfm, req);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_decompress_setup(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+					  void *params, unsigned int len)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->decompress_setup(tfm, params, len);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_decompress_init(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->decompress_init(tfm);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_decompress_update(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+					   struct comp_request *req)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->decompress_update(tfm, req);
+}
+
+static inline int crypto_decompress_final(struct crypto_pcomp *tfm,
+					  struct comp_request *req)
+{
+	return crypto_pcomp_alg(tfm)->decompress_final(tfm, req);
+}
+
+#endif	/* _CRYPTO_COMPRESS_H */
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/compress.h b/include/crypto/internal/compress.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..178a888d1d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/compress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Compress: Compression algorithms under the cryptographic API.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 Sony Corporation
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.
+ * If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CRYPTO_INTERNAL_COMPRESS_H
+#define _CRYPTO_INTERNAL_COMPRESS_H
+
+#include <crypto/compress.h>
+
+extern int crypto_register_pcomp(struct pcomp_alg *alg);
+extern int crypto_unregister_pcomp(struct pcomp_alg *alg);
+
+#endif	/* _CRYPTO_INTERNAL_COMPRESS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h
index 29729b834380..ec29fa268b94 100644
--- a/include/linux/crypto.h
+++ b/include/linux/crypto.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #define CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_SHASH		0x00000009
 #define CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH		0x0000000a
 #define CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_RNG		0x0000000c
+#define CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_PCOMPRESS	0x0000000f
 
 #define CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_HASH_MASK	0x0000000e
 #define CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH_MASK	0x0000000c