diff --git a/drivers/gpio/stmpe-gpio.c b/drivers/gpio/stmpe-gpio.c
index 4e1f1b9d5e67e0153517eeac5e7335d56a6a4f93..65b996083918330258501f12f7ab63d9dbb98087 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/stmpe-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/stmpe-gpio.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct stmpe_gpio {
 	struct mutex irq_lock;
 
 	int irq_base;
+	unsigned norequest_mask;
 
 	/* Caches of interrupt control registers for bus_lock */
 	u8 regs[CACHE_NR_REGS][CACHE_NR_BANKS];
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ static int stmpe_gpio_request(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
 	struct stmpe_gpio *stmpe_gpio = to_stmpe_gpio(chip);
 	struct stmpe *stmpe = stmpe_gpio->stmpe;
 
+	if (stmpe_gpio->norequest_mask & (1 << offset))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	return stmpe_set_altfunc(stmpe, 1 << offset, STMPE_BLOCK_GPIO);
 }
 
@@ -302,6 +306,7 @@ static int __devinit stmpe_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	stmpe_gpio->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	stmpe_gpio->stmpe = stmpe;
+	stmpe_gpio->norequest_mask = pdata ? pdata->norequest_mask : 0;
 
 	stmpe_gpio->chip = template_chip;
 	stmpe_gpio->chip.ngpio = stmpe->num_gpios;
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h b/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h
index 39ca7588659ba5a1a98d21a0322dae576c2fde06..e762c270d8d45aece64e91fc46f0ec16ec773968 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/stmpe.h
@@ -112,13 +112,19 @@ struct stmpe_keypad_platform_data {
 	bool no_autorepeat;
 };
 
+#define STMPE_GPIO_NOREQ_811_TOUCH	(0xf0)
+
 /**
  * struct stmpe_gpio_platform_data - STMPE GPIO platform data
  * @gpio_base: first gpio number assigned.  A maximum of
  *	       %STMPE_NR_GPIOS GPIOs will be allocated.
+ * @norequest_mask: bitmask specifying which GPIOs should _not_ be
+ *		    requestable due to different usage (e.g. touch, keypad)
+ *		    STMPE_GPIO_NOREQ_* macros can be used here.
  */
 struct stmpe_gpio_platform_data {
 	int gpio_base;
+	unsigned norequest_mask;
 	void (*setup)(struct stmpe *stmpe, unsigned gpio_base);
 	void (*remove)(struct stmpe *stmpe, unsigned gpio_base);
 };