diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/keymaps/Makefile b/drivers/media/IR/keymaps/Makefile
index c3def729d7593c1b0c23ea00e89f1ed98bc169cf..86d3d1f2eaa903bc66933f58c097bc9fbfaea97b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/keymaps/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/keymaps/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RC_MAP) += rc-adstech-dvb-t-pci.o \
 			rc-kaiomy.o \
 			rc-kworld-315u.o \
 			rc-kworld-plus-tv-analog.o \
+			rc-lirc.o \
 			rc-manli.o \
 			rc-msi-tvanywhere.o \
 			rc-msi-tvanywhere-plus.o \
diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/keymaps/rc-lirc.c b/drivers/media/IR/keymaps/rc-lirc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..43fcf9035082770dd26055fb4ca445af5caf576f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/keymaps/rc-lirc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* rc-lirc.c - Empty dummy keytable, for use when its preferred to pass
+ * all raw IR data to the lirc userspace decoder.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 by Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <media/ir-core.h>
+
+static struct ir_scancode lirc[] = {
+	{ },
+};
+
+static struct rc_keymap lirc_map = {
+	.map = {
+		.scan    = lirc,
+		.size    = ARRAY_SIZE(lirc),
+		.ir_type = IR_TYPE_LIRC,
+		.name    = RC_MAP_LIRC,
+	}
+};
+
+static int __init init_rc_map_lirc(void)
+{
+	return ir_register_map(&lirc_map);
+}
+
+static void __exit exit_rc_map_lirc(void)
+{
+	ir_unregister_map(&lirc_map);
+}
+
+module_init(init_rc_map_lirc)
+module_exit(exit_rc_map_lirc)
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>");
diff --git a/include/media/rc-map.h b/include/media/rc-map.h
index f982144685e7870642754732e42e67c69fb64468..a329858c4b42061cb641af9bbb4a092ee3e787fc 100644
--- a/include/media/rc-map.h
+++ b/include/media/rc-map.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ void rc_map_init(void);
 #define RC_MAP_KAIOMY                    "rc-kaiomy"
 #define RC_MAP_KWORLD_315U               "rc-kworld-315u"
 #define RC_MAP_KWORLD_PLUS_TV_ANALOG     "rc-kworld-plus-tv-analog"
+#define RC_MAP_LIRC                      "rc-lirc"
 #define RC_MAP_MANLI                     "rc-manli"
 #define RC_MAP_MSI_TVANYWHERE_PLUS       "rc-msi-tvanywhere-plus"
 #define RC_MAP_MSI_TVANYWHERE            "rc-msi-tvanywhere"