diff --git a/man/kernel-command-line.xml b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
index 848f5ec443..40a2321860 100644
--- a/man/kernel-command-line.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
@@ -393,6 +393,17 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>systemd.cpu_affinity=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Overrides the CPU affinity mask for the service manager and the default for all child
+          processes it forks. This takes precedence over <varname>CPUAffinity=</varname>, see
+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+          for details.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>modules_load=</varname></term>
         <term><varname>rd.modules_load=</varname></term>
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index c24b696b16..b0a55f8cb8 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -475,6 +475,15 @@ static int parse_proc_cmdline_item(const char *key, const char *value, void *dat
                 if (arg_default_timeout_start_usec <= 0)
                         arg_default_timeout_start_usec = USEC_INFINITY;
 
+        } else if (proc_cmdline_key_streq(key, "systemd.cpu_affinity")) {
+
+                if (proc_cmdline_value_missing(key, value))
+                        return 0;
+
+                r = parse_cpu_set(value, &arg_cpu_affinity);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Faile to parse CPU affinity mask '%s', ignoring: %m", value);
+
         } else if (proc_cmdline_key_streq(key, "systemd.watchdog_device")) {
 
                 if (proc_cmdline_value_missing(key, value))