diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index 1d3b8a394d468d28d8364941cf21a2b178532b59..1dc341a04d04199e3b3cfe596b9d0cd5f740db1d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -972,6 +972,9 @@ static int hid_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
 	hid->vendor = le16_to_cpu(dev->descriptor.idVendor);
 	hid->product = le16_to_cpu(dev->descriptor.idProduct);
 	hid->name[0] = 0;
+	if (intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceProtocol ==
+			USB_INTERFACE_PROTOCOL_MOUSE)
+		hid->type = HID_TYPE_USBMOUSE;
 
 	if (dev->manufacturer)
 		strlcpy(hid->name, dev->manufacturer, sizeof(hid->name));
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index f13bca2dd53b806303577cb298562a3a426b79b4..5355ca4b939e583b8483e19ab888d03a0643630f 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -417,6 +417,11 @@ struct hid_input {
 	struct input_dev *input;
 };
 
+enum hid_type {
+	HID_TYPE_OTHER = 0,
+	HID_TYPE_USBMOUSE
+};
+
 struct hid_driver;
 struct hid_ll_driver;
 
@@ -431,6 +436,7 @@ struct hid_device {							/* device report descriptor */
 	__u32 vendor;							/* Vendor ID */
 	__u32 product;							/* Product ID */
 	__u32 version;							/* HID version */
+	enum hid_type type;						/* device type (mouse, kbd, ...) */
 	unsigned country;						/* HID country */
 	struct hid_report_enum report_enum[HID_REPORT_TYPES];