diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 03c2ca404f20e06b150d915d1be6ef75d42ec0b4..b0ede4cc72b7d463e8ab4a3befc996a81a0de2ef 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(input_accept_process);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(input_flush_device);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(input_event);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(input_class);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(input_dev_class);
 
 #define INPUT_DEVICES	256
 
@@ -724,7 +725,7 @@ static void input_dev_release(struct class_device *class_dev)
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 
-static struct class input_dev_class = {
+struct class input_dev_class = {
 	.name			= "input_dev",
 	.release		= input_dev_release,
 	.class_dev_attrs	= input_dev_attrs,
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index 3defa29a17d3ca7fe7a9a1cd79b03409249fb29e..5de844157fa93b6e9dda0d3d473e94a345657373 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -1075,6 +1075,7 @@ static inline void input_set_abs_params(struct input_dev *dev, int axis, int min
 }
 
 extern struct class *input_class;
+extern struct class input_dev_class;
 
 #endif
 #endif