diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a5d315e28429995a07de4cc97e9608d6e2b0d5e..86eb6acb3978c81121746356290ca1d7e82d0c4e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ asm-generic:
 # Detect when mixed targets is specified, and make a second invocation
 # of make so .config is not included in this case either (for *config).
 
-version_h := include/generated/linux/version.h
+version_h := include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
 
 no-dot-config-targets := clean mrproper distclean \
 			 cscope gtags TAGS tags help %docs check% coccicheck \
@@ -908,10 +908,10 @@ headers_install_all:
 
 PHONY += headers_install
 headers_install: __headers
-	$(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/asm/Kbuild),, \
-	$(error Headers not exportable for the $(SRCARCH) architecture))
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/asm $(hdr-dst)
+	$(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild),, \
+	  $(error Headers not exportable for the $(SRCARCH) architecture))
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include/uapi
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi/asm $(hdr-dst)
 
 PHONY += headers_check_all
 headers_check_all: headers_install_all
@@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ headers_check_all: headers_install_all
 
 PHONY += headers_check
 headers_check: headers_install
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include HDRCHECK=1
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/asm $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include/uapi HDRCHECK=1
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi/asm $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Modules
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
index f9c0d3ba9e849ef6de5a43b6f32bffacfd73a1db..1595d68134326aad1e1ac25d93eaf2518aecbec3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@ header-y += sigcontext32.h
 header-y += ucontext.h
 header-y += vm86.h
 header-y += vsyscall.h
-
-genhdr-y += unistd_32.h
-genhdr-y += unistd_64.h
-genhdr-y += unistd_x32.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile b/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile
index 174b03248418f7dfd8a87e6325386849135651d0..f325af26107c2fde096fe2961d3579e2f3b78e91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 out := $(obj)/../include/generated/asm
-uapi := $(obj)/../include/generated/asm
+uapi := $(obj)/../include/generated/uapi/asm
 
 # Create output directory if not already present
 _dummy := $(shell [ -d '$(out)' ] || mkdir -p '$(out)') \
diff --git a/include/linux/Kbuild b/include/linux/Kbuild
index 0236a3b346fe9fee098b3a820e48a4e858e570cb..3f4c207a93bb5ff8ea27b7eaabf5b3a29afc0e07 100644
--- a/include/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/Kbuild
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ header-y += netfilter_ipv6/
 header-y += usb/
 header-y += wimax/
 
-genhdr-y += version.h
-
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/a.out.h \
 		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/a.out.h \
 		  $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include/asm-*/a.out.h),)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
index 13a9cf4cb6fee41707c3650516474b9fa10fae6f..b0fd4d03499d02c3d0b0a47f76b897a12672012c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ header-y += netfilter_ipv4/
 header-y += netfilter_ipv6/
 header-y += usb/
 header-y += wimax/
+
+genhdr-y += version.h
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
index 463b95acc15bbd1ffec991913e67908dfc3f7e4a..06ba4a70bd4d0db666a4b50b90b73f33e7c6b81e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # ==========================================================================
 
 # called may set destination dir (when installing to asm/)
-_dst := $(if $(dst),$(dst),$(obj))
+_dst := $(or $(destination-y),$(dst),$(obj))
 
 # generated header directory
 gen := $(if $(gen),$(gen),$(subst include/,include/generated/,$(obj)))
@@ -16,47 +16,64 @@ gen := $(if $(gen),$(gen),$(subst include/,include/generated/,$(obj)))
 kbuild-file := $(srctree)/$(obj)/Kbuild
 include $(kbuild-file)
 
-_dst := $(if $(destination-y),$(destination-y),$(_dst))
+old-kbuild-file := $(srctree)/$(subst uapi/,,$(obj))/Kbuild
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(old-kbuild-file)),)
+include $(old-kbuild-file)
+endif
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
-install       := $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/$(_dst)
+installdir    := $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/$(subst uapi/,,$(_dst))
 
 header-y      := $(sort $(header-y))
 subdirs       := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(header-y)))
 header-y      := $(filter-out %/, $(header-y))
 
 # files used to track state of install/check
-install-file  := $(install)/.install
-check-file    := $(install)/.check
+install-file  := $(installdir)/.install
+check-file    := $(installdir)/.check
 
 # generic-y list all files an architecture uses from asm-generic
 # Use this to build a list of headers which require a wrapper
 wrapper-files := $(filter $(header-y), $(generic-y))
 
+srcdir        := $(srctree)/$(obj)
+gendir        := $(objtree)/$(gen)
+
+oldsrcdir     := $(srctree)/$(subst /uapi,,$(obj))
+
 # all headers files for this dir
 header-y      := $(filter-out $(generic-y), $(header-y))
 all-files     := $(header-y) $(genhdr-y) $(wrapper-files)
-input-files   := $(addprefix $(srctree)/$(obj)/,$(header-y)) \
-                 $(addprefix $(objtree)/$(gen)/,$(genhdr-y))
-output-files  := $(addprefix $(install)/, $(all-files))
+output-files  := $(addprefix $(installdir)/, $(all-files))
+
+input-files   := $(foreach hdr, $(header-y), \
+		   $(or \
+			$(wildcard $(srcdir)/$(hdr)), \
+			$(wildcard $(oldsrcdir)/$(hdr)), \
+			$(error Missing UAPI file $(srcdir)/$(hdr)) \
+		   )) \
+		 $(foreach hdr, $(genhdr-y), \
+		   $(or \
+			$(wildcard $(gendir)/$(hdr)), \
+			$(error Missing generated UAPI file $(gendir)/$(hdr)) \
+		   ))
 
 # Work out what needs to be removed
-oldheaders    := $(patsubst $(install)/%,%,$(wildcard $(install)/*.h))
+oldheaders    := $(patsubst $(installdir)/%,%,$(wildcard $(installdir)/*.h))
 unwanted      := $(filter-out $(all-files),$(oldheaders))
 
 # Prefix unwanted with full paths to $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)
-unwanted-file := $(addprefix $(install)/, $(unwanted))
+unwanted-file := $(addprefix $(installdir)/, $(unwanted))
 
 printdir = $(patsubst $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/%/,%,$(dir $@))
 
 quiet_cmd_install = INSTALL $(printdir) ($(words $(all-files))\
                             file$(if $(word 2, $(all-files)),s))
       cmd_install = \
-        $(PERL) $< $(srctree)/$(obj) $(install) $(SRCARCH) $(header-y); \
-        $(PERL) $< $(objtree)/$(gen) $(install) $(SRCARCH) $(genhdr-y); \
+        $(PERL) $< $(installdir) $(SRCARCH) $(input-files); \
         for F in $(wrapper-files); do                                   \
-                echo "\#include <asm-generic/$$F>" > $(install)/$$F;    \
+                echo "\#include <asm-generic/$$F>" > $(installdir)/$$F;    \
         done;                                                           \
         touch $@
 
@@ -67,7 +84,7 @@ quiet_cmd_check = CHECK   $(printdir) ($(words $(all-files)) files)
 # Headers list can be pretty long, xargs helps to avoid
 # the "Argument list too long" error.
       cmd_check = for f in $(all-files); do                          \
-                  echo "$(install)/$${f}"; done                      \
+                  echo "$(installdir)/$${f}"; done                      \
                   | xargs                                            \
                   $(PERL) $< $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include $(SRCARCH); \
 	          touch $@
diff --git a/scripts/headers_install.pl b/scripts/headers_install.pl
index 48462be328bba603677d7f7c5e0707289d7af645..239d22d4207b92aee3fb0a9233375acf673d2311 100644
--- a/scripts/headers_install.pl
+++ b/scripts/headers_install.pl
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 # user space and copy the files to their destination.
 #
 # Usage: headers_install.pl readdir installdir arch [files...]
-# readdir:    dir to open files
-# installdir: dir to install the files
+# installdir: dir to install the files to
 # arch:       current architecture
 #             arch is used to force a reinstallation when the arch
 #             changes because kbuild then detect a command line change.
@@ -18,15 +17,18 @@
 
 use strict;
 
-my ($readdir, $installdir, $arch, @files) = @ARGV;
+my ($installdir, $arch, @files) = @ARGV;
 
 my $unifdef = "scripts/unifdef -U__KERNEL__ -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__";
 
-foreach my $file (@files) {
+foreach my $filename (@files) {
+	my $file = $filename;
+	$file =~ s!^.*/!!;
+
 	my $tmpfile = "$installdir/$file.tmp";
 
-	open(my $in, '<', "$readdir/$file")
-	    or die "$readdir/$file: $!\n";
+	open(my $in, '<', $filename)
+	    or die "$filename: $!\n";
 	open(my $out, '>', $tmpfile)
 	    or die "$tmpfile: $!\n";
 	while (my $line = <$in>) {