diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
index a3760ca796aa..d72d347bd1d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -212,6 +212,20 @@ typedef void crash_vmclear_fn(void);
 extern crash_vmclear_fn __rcu *crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss;
 extern void kdump_nmi_shootdown_cpus(void);
 
+void arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event(struct kimage *image,
+				    unsigned int hp_action);
+#define arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+static inline int crash_hotplug_cpu_support(void) { return 1; }
+#define crash_hotplug_cpu_support crash_hotplug_cpu_support
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+static inline int crash_hotplug_memory_support(void) { return 1; }
+#define crash_hotplug_memory_support crash_hotplug_memory_support
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_KEXEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 9ceb93c176a6..2687acf28977 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@
 #include <asm/crash.h>
 #include <asm/cmdline.h>
 
+/*
+ * For the kexec_file_load() syscall path, specify the maximum number of
+ * memory regions that the elfcorehdr buffer/segment can accommodate.
+ * These regions are obtained via walk_system_ram_res(); eg. the
+ * 'System RAM' entries in /proc/iomem.
+ * This value is combined with NR_CPUS_DEFAULT and multiplied by
+ * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr) to determine the final elfcorehdr memory buffer/
+ * segment size.
+ * The value 8192, for example, covers a (sparsely populated) 1TiB system
+ * consisting of 128MiB memblocks, while resulting in an elfcorehdr
+ * memory buffer/segment size under 1MiB. This represents a sane choice
+ * to accommodate both baremetal and virtual machine configurations.
+ */
+#define CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES 8192
+
 /* Used while preparing memory map entries for second kernel */
 struct crash_memmap_data {
 	struct boot_params *params;
@@ -394,10 +409,30 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	image->elf_headers = kbuf.buffer;
-	image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.bufsz;
+	image->elf_headers	= kbuf.buffer;
+	image->elf_headers_sz	= kbuf.bufsz;
+	kbuf.memsz		= kbuf.bufsz;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)) {
+		/* Ensure elfcorehdr segment large enough for hotplug changes */
+		unsigned long pnum = 2; /* VMCOREINFO and kernel_map */
+
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU))
+			pnum += CONFIG_NR_CPUS_DEFAULT;
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG))
+			pnum += CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES;
+		if (pnum < (unsigned long)PN_XNUM) {
+			kbuf.memsz = pnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+			kbuf.memsz += sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
+			image->elfcorehdr_index = image->nr_segments;
+			image->elfcorehdr_index_valid = true;
+			/* Mark as usable to crash kernel, else crash kernel fails on boot */
+			image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.memsz;
+		} else {
+			pr_err("number of Phdrs %lu exceeds max\n", pnum);
+		}
+	}
 
-	kbuf.memsz = kbuf.bufsz;
 	kbuf.buf_align = ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN;
 	kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
@@ -412,3 +447,70 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) || defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
+
+#undef pr_fmt
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "crash hp: " fmt
+
+/**
+ * arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event() - Handle hotplug elfcorehdr changes
+ * @image: the active struct kimage
+ * @hp_action: the hot un/plug action being handled
+ *
+ * To accurately reflect hot un/plug changes, the new elfcorehdr
+ * is prepared in a kernel buffer, and then it is written on top
+ * of the existing/old elfcorehdr.
+ */
+void arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event(struct kimage *image,
+				    unsigned int hp_action)
+{
+	unsigned long mem, memsz;
+	unsigned long elfsz = 0;
+	void *elfbuf = NULL;
+	void *ptr;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create the new elfcorehdr reflecting the changes to CPU and/or
+	 * memory resources.
+	 */
+	if (prepare_elf_headers(image, &elfbuf, &elfsz)) {
+		pr_err("unable to prepare elfcore headers");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Obtain address and size of the elfcorehdr segment, and
+	 * check it against the new elfcorehdr buffer.
+	 */
+	mem = image->segment[image->elfcorehdr_index].mem;
+	memsz = image->segment[image->elfcorehdr_index].memsz;
+	if (elfsz > memsz) {
+		pr_err("update elfcorehdr elfsz %lu > memsz %lu",
+			elfsz, memsz);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy new elfcorehdr over the old elfcorehdr at destination.
+	 */
+	ptr = arch_map_crash_pages(mem, memsz);
+	if (ptr) {
+		/*
+		 * Temporarily invalidate the crash image while the
+		 * elfcorehdr is updated.
+		 */
+		xchg(&kexec_crash_image, NULL);
+		memcpy_flushcache(ptr, elfbuf, elfsz);
+		xchg(&kexec_crash_image, image);
+		arch_unmap_crash_pages(ptr);
+		pr_debug("updated elfcorehdr\n");
+	} else {
+		pr_err("updating elfcorehdr failed\n");
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (elfbuf)
+		vfree(elfbuf);
+}
+#endif
