diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-fe.c b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-fe.c
index 1b48b5d0bf1ef7a708a92131d120684c98750b43..b10935630154f94b4845c15f4abf314cdf9eb4ee 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-fe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-fe.c
@@ -818,6 +818,38 @@ static int tda18271_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+static int tda18271_agc(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
+{
+	struct tda18271_priv *priv = fe->tuner_priv;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	switch (priv->config) {
+	case 0:
+		/* no LNA */
+		tda_dbg("no agc configuration provided\n");
+		break;
+	case 3:
+		/* switch with GPIO of saa713x */
+		tda_dbg("invoking callback\n");
+		if (fe->callback)
+			ret = fe->callback(priv->i2c_props.adap->algo_data,
+					   DVB_FRONTEND_COMPONENT_TUNER,
+					   TDA18271_CALLBACK_CMD_AGC_ENABLE,
+					   priv->mode);
+		break;
+	case 1:
+	case 2:
+	default:
+		/* n/a - currently not supported */
+		tda_err("unsupported configuration: %d\n", priv->config);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int tda18271_tune(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 			 struct tda18271_std_map_item *map, u32 freq, u32 bw)
 {
@@ -827,6 +859,10 @@ static int tda18271_tune(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 	tda_dbg("freq = %d, ifc = %d, bw = %d, agc_mode = %d, std = %d\n",
 		freq, map->if_freq, bw, map->agc_mode, map->std);
 
+	ret = tda18271_agc(fe);
+	if (tda_fail(ret))
+		tda_warn("failed to configure agc\n");
+
 	ret = tda18271_init(fe);
 	if (tda_fail(ret))
 		goto fail;
@@ -1159,6 +1195,7 @@ struct dvb_frontend *tda18271_attach(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u8 addr,
 		/* new tuner instance */
 		priv->gate = (cfg) ? cfg->gate : TDA18271_GATE_AUTO;
 		priv->role = (cfg) ? cfg->role : TDA18271_MASTER;
+		priv->config = (cfg) ? cfg->config : 0;
 		priv->cal_initialized = false;
 		mutex_init(&priv->lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-priv.h b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-priv.h
index 81a739365f8c65eb399379bf872fcfd91c42afb2..74beb28806f85bef0cb7ad13cf06bcb0804b1547 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-priv.h
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271-priv.h
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ enum tda18271_pll {
 	TDA18271_CAL_PLL,
 };
 
-enum tda18271_mode {
-	TDA18271_ANALOG,
-	TDA18271_DIGITAL,
-};
-
 struct tda18271_map_layout;
 
 enum tda18271_ver {
@@ -114,6 +109,7 @@ struct tda18271_priv {
 	enum tda18271_i2c_gate gate;
 	enum tda18271_ver id;
 
+	unsigned int config; /* interface to saa713x / tda829x */
 	unsigned int tm_rfcal;
 	unsigned int cal_initialized:1;
 	unsigned int small_i2c:1;
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271.h b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271.h
index 7db9831c0cb073a0b75bf04d7bd0e745ec92f10b..53a9892a18d0fd6ca7c19bf0b1979a7a26155d4e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271.h
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda18271.h
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ struct tda18271_config {
 
 	/* some i2c providers cant write all 39 registers at once */
 	unsigned int small_i2c:1;
+
+	/* interface to saa713x / tda829x */
+	unsigned int config;
+};
+
+#define TDA18271_CALLBACK_CMD_AGC_ENABLE 0
+
+enum tda18271_mode {
+	TDA18271_ANALOG = 0,
+	TDA18271_DIGITAL,
 };
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_TUNER_TDA18271) || (defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_TUNER_TDA18271_MODULE) && defined(MODULE))
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda8290.c b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda8290.c
index a88e67632c528608acbe7bca59d30293dfbdf297..064d14c8d7b294fbf218b34d0477455868a3fc13 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda8290.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/tda8290.c
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ static int tda829x_find_tuner(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 
 	if ((data == 0x83) || (data == 0x84)) {
 		priv->ver |= TDA18271;
+		tda829x_tda18271_config.config = priv->cfg.config;
 		dvb_attach(tda18271_attach, fe, priv->tda827x_addr,
 			   priv->i2c_props.adap, &tda829x_tda18271_config);
 	} else {