diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/Make.defs b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/Make.defs
index dc1adbfa44d..19a60b3954a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/Make.defs
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/Make.defs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_ADDRENV),y)
-  CMN_CSRCS += arm_addrenv.c arm_addrenv_utils.c arm_pgalloc.c
+  CMN_CSRCS += arm_addrenv.c arm_addrenv_utils.c arm_addrenv_perms.c arm_pgalloc.c
   ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_STACK_DYNAMIC),y)
     CMN_CSRCS += arm_addrenv_ustack.c
   endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_addrenv_perms.c b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_addrenv_perms.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c396f9f1e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_addrenv_perms.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * arch/arm/src/armv7-a/arm_addrenv_perms.c
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <nuttx/arch.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: up_addrenv_text_enable_write
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Temporarily enable write access to the .text section. This must be
+ *   called prior to loading the process code into memory.
+ *
+ * Input Parameters:
+ *   addrenv - The address environment to be modified.
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *   Zero (OK) on success; a negated errno value on failure.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+int up_addrenv_text_enable_write(group_addrenv_t *addrenv)
+{
+  /* Nothing needs to be done */
+
+  return OK;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: up_addrenv_text_disable_write
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Disable write access to the .text section. This must be called after the
+ *   process code is loaded into memory.
+ *
+ * Input Parameters:
+ *   addrenv - The address environment to be modified.
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *   Zero (OK) on success; a negated errno value on failure.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+int up_addrenv_text_disable_write(group_addrenv_t *addrenv)
+{
+  /* Nothing needs to be done */
+
+  return OK;
+}