diff --git a/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c b/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c
index d20ef45..0d60d81 100644
--- a/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c
+++ b/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c
@@ -52,16 +52,18 @@
 #include <linux/zutil.h>
 #include "defutil.h"
 
+/* architecture-specific bits */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZLIB_DFLTCC
+#  include "../zlib_dfltcc/dfltcc.h"
+#else
+#define DEFLATE_RESET_HOOK(strm) do {} while (0)
+#define DEFLATE_HOOK(strm, flush, bstate) 0
+#define DEFLATE_NEED_CHECKSUM(strm) 1
+#endif
 
 /* ===========================================================================
  *  Function prototypes.
  */
-typedef enum {
-    need_more,      /* block not completed, need more input or more output */
-    block_done,     /* block flush performed */
-    finish_started, /* finish started, need only more output at next deflate */
-    finish_done     /* finish done, accept no more input or output */
-} block_state;
 
 typedef block_state (*compress_func) (deflate_state *s, int flush);
 /* Compression function. Returns the block state after the call. */
@@ -72,7 +74,6 @@ static block_state deflate_fast   (deflate_state *s, int flush);
 static block_state deflate_slow   (deflate_state *s, int flush);
 static void lm_init        (deflate_state *s);
 static void putShortMSB    (deflate_state *s, uInt b);
-static void flush_pending  (z_streamp strm);
 static int read_buf        (z_streamp strm, Byte *buf, unsigned size);
 static uInt longest_match  (deflate_state *s, IPos cur_match);
 
@@ -98,6 +99,25 @@ static  void check_match (deflate_state *s, IPos start, IPos match,
  * See deflate.c for comments about the MIN_MATCH+1.
  */
 
+/* Workspace to be allocated for deflate processing */
+typedef struct deflate_workspace {
+    /* State memory for the deflator */
+    deflate_state deflate_memory;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZLIB_DFLTCC
+    /* State memory for s390 hardware deflate */
+    struct dfltcc_state dfltcc_memory;
+#endif
+    Byte *window_memory;
+    Pos *prev_memory;
+    Pos *head_memory;
+    char *overlay_memory;
+} deflate_workspace;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZLIB_DFLTCC
+/* dfltcc_state must be doubleword aligned for DFLTCC call */
+static_assert(offsetof(struct deflate_workspace, dfltcc_memory) % 8 == 0);
+#endif
+
 /* Values for max_lazy_match, good_match and max_chain_length, depending on
  * the desired pack level (0..9). The values given below have been tuned to
  * exclude worst case performance for pathological files. Better values may be
@@ -207,7 +227,15 @@ int zlib_deflateInit2(
      */
     next = (char *) mem;
     next += sizeof(*mem);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZLIB_DFLTCC
+    /*
+     *  DFLTCC requires the window to be page aligned.
+     *  Thus, we overallocate and take the aligned portion of the buffer.
+     */
+    mem->window_memory = (Byte *) PTR_ALIGN(next, PAGE_SIZE);
+#else
     mem->window_memory = (Byte *) next;
+#endif
     next += zlib_deflate_window_memsize(windowBits);
     mem->prev_memory = (Pos *) next;
     next += zlib_deflate_prev_memsize(windowBits);
@@ -277,6 +305,8 @@ int zlib_deflateReset(
     zlib_tr_init(s);
     lm_init(s);
 
+    DEFLATE_RESET_HOOK(strm);
+
     return Z_OK;
 }
 
@@ -294,35 +324,6 @@ static void putShortMSB(
     put_byte(s, (Byte)(b & 0xff));
 }   
 
-/* =========================================================================
- * Flush as much pending output as possible. All deflate() output goes
- * through this function so some applications may wish to modify it
- * to avoid allocating a large strm->next_out buffer and copying into it.
- * (See also read_buf()).
- */
-static void flush_pending(
-	z_streamp strm
-)
-{
-    deflate_state *s = (deflate_state *) strm->state;
-    unsigned len = s->pending;
-
-    if (len > strm->avail_out) len = strm->avail_out;
-    if (len == 0) return;
-
-    if (strm->next_out != NULL) {
-	memcpy(strm->next_out, s->pending_out, len);
-	strm->next_out += len;
-    }
-    s->pending_out += len;
-    strm->total_out += len;
-    strm->avail_out  -= len;
-    s->pending -= len;
-    if (s->pending == 0) {
-        s->pending_out = s->pending_buf;
-    }
-}
-
 /* ========================================================================= */
 int zlib_deflate(
 	z_streamp strm,
@@ -404,7 +405,8 @@ int zlib_deflate(
         (flush != Z_NO_FLUSH && s->status != FINISH_STATE)) {
         block_state bstate;
 
-	bstate = (*(configuration_table[s->level].func))(s, flush);
+	bstate = DEFLATE_HOOK(strm, flush, &bstate) ? bstate :
+		 (*(configuration_table[s->level].func))(s, flush);
 
         if (bstate == finish_started || bstate == finish_done) {
             s->status = FINISH_STATE;
@@ -503,7 +505,8 @@ static int read_buf(
 
     strm->avail_in  -= len;
 
-    if (!((deflate_state *)(strm->state))->noheader) {
+    if (!DEFLATE_NEED_CHECKSUM(strm)) {}
+    else if (!((deflate_state *)(strm->state))->noheader) {
         strm->adler = zlib_adler32(strm->adler, strm->next_in, len);
     }
     memcpy(buf, strm->next_in, len);