diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_syscall.c b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_syscall.c
index 454f230131..4ca5b9441f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_syscall.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_syscall.c
@@ -250,6 +250,25 @@ uint32_t *arm_syscall(uint32_t *regs)
         }
         break;
 #endif
+      /* R0=SYS_save_context:  This is a save context command:
+       *
+       *   int up_saveusercontext(void *saveregs);
+       *
+       * At this point, the following values are saved in context:
+       *
+       *   R0 = SYS_save_context
+       *   R1 = saveregs
+       *
+       * In this case, we simply need to copy the current registers to the
+       * save register space references in the saved R1 and return.
+       */
+
+      case SYS_save_context:
+        {
+          DEBUGASSERT(regs[REG_R1] != 0);
+          memcpy((uint32_t *)regs[REG_R1], regs, XCPTCONTEXT_SIZE);
+        }
+        break;
 
       /* R0=SYS_restore_context:  Restore task context
        *