diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 3604074a878b..2ca5e19b8f19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2119,6 +2119,19 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
 	  (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
 	  For more details see Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
 
+config CRASH_HOTPLUG
+	bool "Update the crash elfcorehdr on system configuration changes"
+	default n
+	depends on CRASH_DUMP && (HOTPLUG_CPU || MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
+	help
+	  Enable direct update to the crash elfcorehdr (which contains
+	  the list of CPUs and memory regions to be dumped upon a crash)
+	  in response to hot plug/unplug or online/offline of CPUs or
+	  memory. This is a much more advanced approach than userspace
+	  attempting that.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config KEXEC_JUMP
 	bool "kexec jump"
 	depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
index a3760ca796aa..1bc852ce347d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -212,6 +212,21 @@ typedef void crash_vmclear_fn(void);
 extern crash_vmclear_fn __rcu *crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss;
 extern void kdump_nmi_shootdown_cpus(void);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
+void arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event(struct kimage *image);
+#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
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_KEXEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 305514431f26..c9aaec9de775 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;
@@ -173,8 +188,6 @@ void native_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	crash_save_cpu(regs, safe_smp_processor_id());
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
-
 static int get_nr_ram_ranges_callback(struct resource *res, void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned int *nr_ranges = arg;
@@ -246,7 +259,7 @@ static int prepare_elf64_ram_headers_callback(struct resource *res, void *arg)
 
 /* Prepare elf headers. Return addr and size */
 static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
-					unsigned long *sz)
+					unsigned long *sz, unsigned long *nr_mem_ranges)
 {
 	struct crash_mem *cmem;
 	int ret;
@@ -264,6 +277,9 @@ static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Return the computed number of memory ranges, for hotplug usage */
+	*nr_mem_ranges = cmem->nr_ranges;
+
 	/* By default prepare 64bit headers */
 	ret =  crash_prepare_elf64_headers(cmem, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64), addr, sz);
 
@@ -272,6 +288,7 @@ static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
 static int add_e820_entry(struct boot_params *params, struct e820_entry *entry)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_e820_entries;
@@ -386,18 +403,42 @@ int crash_setup_memmap_entries(struct kimage *image, struct boot_params *params)
 int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
 {
 	int ret;
+	unsigned long pnum = 0;
 	struct kexec_buf kbuf = { .image = image, .buf_min = 0,
 				  .buf_max = ULONG_MAX, .top_down = false };
 
 	/* Prepare elf headers and add a segment */
-	ret = prepare_elf_headers(image, &kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz);
+	ret = prepare_elf_headers(image, &kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz, &pnum);
 	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;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
+	/*
+	 * Ensure the elfcorehdr segment large enough for hotplug changes.
+	 * Account for VMCOREINFO and kernel_map and maximum CPUs.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG))
+		pnum = 2 + CONFIG_NR_CPUS_DEFAULT + CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES;
+	else
+		pnum += 2 + CONFIG_NR_CPUS_DEFAULT;
+
+	if (pnum < (unsigned long)PN_XNUM) {
+		kbuf.memsz = pnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
+		kbuf.memsz += sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
+
+		image->elfcorehdr_index = image->nr_segments;
+
+		/* 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);
+	}
+#endif
 
-	kbuf.memsz = kbuf.bufsz;
 	kbuf.buf_align = ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN;
 	kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
@@ -410,3 +451,67 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_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
+ *
+ * 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)
+{
+	void *elfbuf = NULL, *old_elfcorehdr;
+	unsigned long nr_mem_ranges;
+	unsigned long mem, memsz;
+	unsigned long elfsz = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create the new elfcorehdr reflecting the changes to CPU and/or
+	 * memory resources.
+	 */
+	if (prepare_elf_headers(image, &elfbuf, &elfsz, &nr_mem_ranges)) {
+		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.
+	 */
+	old_elfcorehdr = kmap_local_page(pfn_to_page(mem >> PAGE_SHIFT));
+	if (!old_elfcorehdr) {
+		pr_err("updating elfcorehdr failed\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Temporarily invalidate the crash image while the
+	 * elfcorehdr is updated.
+	 */
+	xchg(&kexec_crash_image, NULL);
+	memcpy_flushcache(old_elfcorehdr, elfbuf, elfsz);
+	xchg(&kexec_crash_image, image);
+	kunmap_local(old_elfcorehdr);
+	pr_debug("updated elfcorehdr\n");
+
+out:
+	vfree(elfbuf);
+}
+#endif
