diff --git a/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c b/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
index 2963689cf45c2c93dcd56e56fea26b0b4debdf92..39efa629a19d10328aede1660bb3dc5f1f426f3a 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/stmpe.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Author: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@stericsson.com> for ST-Ericsson
  */
 
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -877,9 +878,10 @@ static int __devinit stmpe_devices_init(struct stmpe *stmpe)
 static int stmpe_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *i2c = to_i2c_client(dev);
+	struct stmpe *stmpe = i2c_get_clientdata(i2c);
 
 	if (device_may_wakeup(&i2c->dev))
-		enable_irq_wake(i2c->irq);
+		enable_irq_wake(stmpe->irq);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -887,9 +889,10 @@ static int stmpe_suspend(struct device *dev)
 static int stmpe_resume(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *i2c = to_i2c_client(dev);
+	struct stmpe *stmpe = i2c_get_clientdata(i2c);
 
 	if (device_may_wakeup(&i2c->dev))
-		disable_irq_wake(i2c->irq);
+		disable_irq_wake(stmpe->irq);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -925,15 +928,28 @@ static int __devinit stmpe_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, stmpe);
 
+	if (pdata->irq_over_gpio) {
+		ret = gpio_request_one(pdata->irq_gpio, GPIOF_DIR_IN, "stmpe");
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(stmpe->dev, "failed to request IRQ GPIO: %d\n",
+					ret);
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+
+		stmpe->irq = gpio_to_irq(pdata->irq_gpio);
+	} else {
+		stmpe->irq = i2c->irq;
+	}
+
 	ret = stmpe_chip_init(stmpe);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_free;
+		goto free_gpio;
 
 	ret = stmpe_irq_init(stmpe);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_free;
+		goto free_gpio;
 
-	ret = request_threaded_irq(stmpe->i2c->irq, NULL, stmpe_irq,
+	ret = request_threaded_irq(stmpe->irq, NULL, stmpe_irq,
 				   pdata->irq_trigger | IRQF_ONESHOT,
 				   "stmpe", stmpe);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -951,9 +967,12 @@ static int __devinit stmpe_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 
 out_removedevs:
 	mfd_remove_devices(stmpe->dev);
-	free_irq(stmpe->i2c->irq, stmpe);
+	free_irq(stmpe->irq, stmpe);
 out_removeirq:
 	stmpe_irq_remove(stmpe);
+free_gpio:
+	if (pdata->irq_over_gpio)
+		gpio_free(pdata->irq_gpio);
 out_free:
 	kfree(stmpe);
 	return ret;
@@ -965,9 +984,12 @@ static int __devexit stmpe_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 	mfd_remove_devices(stmpe->dev);
 
-	free_irq(stmpe->i2c->irq, stmpe);
+	free_irq(stmpe->irq, stmpe);
 	stmpe_irq_remove(stmpe);
 
+	if (stmpe->pdata->irq_over_gpio)
+		gpio_free(stmpe->pdata->irq_gpio);
+
 	kfree(stmpe);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h b/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h
index be1af7c42e576ecd9881276401df8ee5a49d694f..270d6613aadf213266740bf17a49a6d058774da7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct stmpe_variant_info;
  * @variant: the detected STMPE model number
  * @regs: list of addresses of registers which are at different addresses on
  *	  different variants.  Indexed by one of STMPE_IDX_*.
+ * @irq: irq number for stmpe
  * @irq_base: starting IRQ number for internal IRQs
  * @num_gpios: number of gpios, differs for variants
  * @ier: cache of IER registers for bus_lock
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ struct stmpe {
 	struct stmpe_variant_info *variant;
 	const u8 *regs;
 
+	int irq;
 	int irq_base;
 	int num_gpios;
 	u8 ier[2];
@@ -183,6 +185,9 @@ struct stmpe_ts_platform_data {
  * @autosleep_timeout: inactivity timeout in milliseconds for autosleep
  * @irq_base: base IRQ number.  %STMPE_NR_IRQS irqs will be used, or
  *	      %STMPE_NR_INTERNAL_IRQS if the GPIO driver is not used.
+ * @irq_over_gpio: true if gpio is used to get irq
+ * @irq_gpio: gpio number over which irq will be requested (significant only if
+ *	      irq_over_gpio is true)
  * @gpio: GPIO-specific platform data
  * @keypad: keypad-specific platform data
  * @ts: touchscreen-specific platform data
@@ -194,6 +199,8 @@ struct stmpe_platform_data {
 	unsigned int irq_trigger;
 	bool irq_invert_polarity;
 	bool autosleep;
+	bool irq_over_gpio;
+	int irq_gpio;
 	int autosleep_timeout;
 
 	struct stmpe_gpio_platform_data *gpio;