diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index df3e1a44707acc74010cf5ce6fab815c4f744896..276c7e3f754c8395fbf470e528742cd98d63c724 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -866,10 +866,19 @@ static const void *device_namespace(struct kobject *kobj)
 	return ns;
 }
 
+static void device_get_ownership(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid)
+{
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+
+	if (dev->class && dev->class->get_ownership)
+		dev->class->get_ownership(dev, uid, gid);
+}
+
 static struct kobj_type device_ktype = {
 	.release	= device_release,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &dev_sysfs_ops,
 	.namespace	= device_namespace,
+	.get_ownership	= device_get_ownership,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 055a69dbcd18a8a5286d8e612fe16c1ae6245455..fe6ccb6dc11964cacd63761af6fe7b2cb57f6133 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ int subsys_virtual_register(struct bus_type *subsys,
  * @shutdown_pre: Called at shut-down time before driver shutdown.
  * @ns_type:	Callbacks so sysfs can detemine namespaces.
  * @namespace:	Namespace of the device belongs to this class.
+ * @get_ownership: Allows class to specify uid/gid of the sysfs directories
+ *		for the devices belonging to the class. Usually tied to
+ *		device's namespace.
  * @pm:		The default device power management operations of this class.
  * @p:		The private data of the driver core, no one other than the
  *		driver core can touch this.
@@ -413,6 +416,8 @@ struct class {
 	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ns_type;
 	const void *(*namespace)(struct device *dev);
 
+	void (*get_ownership)(struct device *dev, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid);
+
 	const struct dev_pm_ops *pm;
 
 	struct subsys_private *p;