diff --git a/xtoskrnl/includes/kepfuncs.h b/xtoskrnl/includes/kepfuncs.h
index 4522996..0be25e5 100644
--- a/xtoskrnl/includes/kepfuncs.h
+++ b/xtoskrnl/includes/kepfuncs.h
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #include <xtos.h>
 
 
+XTAPI
+VOID
+KepArchInitialize(VOID);
+
 XTAPI
 VOID
 KepStartKernel(VOID);
diff --git a/xtoskrnl/ke/amd64/krnlinit.c b/xtoskrnl/ke/amd64/krnlinit.c
index 34cb546..4e4b1c8 100644
--- a/xtoskrnl/ke/amd64/krnlinit.c
+++ b/xtoskrnl/ke/amd64/krnlinit.c
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@
 #include <xtos.h>
 
 
+/**
+ * Performs architecture-specific initialization for the kernel executive.
+ *
+ * @return This routine does not return any value.
+ *
+ * @since XT 1.0
+ */
+XTAPI
+VOID
+KepArchInitialize(VOID)
+{
+}
+
 /**
  * This routine starts up the XT kernel. It is called after switching boot stack.
  *
diff --git a/xtoskrnl/ke/i686/krnlinit.c b/xtoskrnl/ke/i686/krnlinit.c
index 9ab5fd4..d5f14fa 100644
--- a/xtoskrnl/ke/i686/krnlinit.c
+++ b/xtoskrnl/ke/i686/krnlinit.c
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@
 #include <xtos.h>
 
 
+/**
+ * Performs architecture-specific initialization for the kernel executive.
+ *
+ * @return This routine does not return any value.
+ *
+ * @since XT 1.0
+ */
+XTAPI
+VOID
+KepArchInitialize(VOID)
+{
+}
+
 /**
  * This routine starts up the XT kernel. It is called after switching boot stack.
  *
diff --git a/xtoskrnl/ke/krnlinit.c b/xtoskrnl/ke/krnlinit.c
index d5adae2..ad6afdd 100644
--- a/xtoskrnl/ke/krnlinit.c
+++ b/xtoskrnl/ke/krnlinit.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ KeStartXtSystem(IN PKERNEL_INITIALIZATION_BLOCK Parameters)
     /* Initialize kernel stacks */
     KepInitializeStack(Parameters);
 
+    /* Architecture specific initialization */
+    KepArchInitialize();
+
     /* Switch boot stack alligning it to 4 byte boundary */
     KepSwitchBootStack(KeInitializationBlock->KernelBootStack & ~0x3);
 }