diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index ae862f1798dc9d59d1b1e7479a6252dec22a185c..cdfecc0a2ac67d36f7c61c447d2387c4b45c42e6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ static void acpi_bus_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 type, void *data)
 {
 	int result = 0;
 	struct acpi_device *device = NULL;
+	struct acpi_driver *driver;
 
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&acpi_bus_notify_list,
 		type, (void *)handle);
@@ -629,7 +630,10 @@ static void acpi_bus_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 type, void *data)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return;
+	driver = device->driver;
+	if (driver && driver->ops.notify &&
+	    (driver->flags & ACPI_DRIVER_ALL_NOTIFY_EVENTS))
+		driver->ops.notify(device, type);
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index c34b11022908a01c521367ddf85249fcacb98ffe..84e35d5646a102ef8205880320ae7550979a75ad 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -114,10 +114,13 @@ struct acpi_device_ops {
 	acpi_op_notify notify;
 };
 
+#define ACPI_DRIVER_ALL_NOTIFY_EVENTS	0x1	/* system AND device events */
+
 struct acpi_driver {
 	char name[80];
 	char class[80];
 	const struct acpi_device_id *ids; /* Supported Hardware IDs */
+	unsigned int flags;
 	struct acpi_device_ops ops;
 	struct device_driver drv;
 	struct module *owner;