diff --git a/drivers/thermal/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/thermal/qcom/Makefile
index f3cefd19e8988709b21f04adb54031e1b6ad26d5..2cc2193637e7f056c4fc446b9e3141409001d627 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/qcom/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/thermal/qcom/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_TSENS)	+= qcom_tsens.o
-qcom_tsens-y			+= tsens.o tsens-common.o tsens-8916.o tsens-8974.o tsens-8960.o
+qcom_tsens-y			+= tsens.o tsens-common.o tsens-8916.o tsens-8974.o tsens-8960.o tsens-8996.o
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens-8996.c b/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens-8996.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e2e12745ad2141104389cc27ee295f1d70b45116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens-8996.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
+ * only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/regmap.h>
+#include "tsens.h"
+
+#define STATUS_OFFSET	0x10a0
+#define LAST_TEMP_MASK	0xfff
+#define STATUS_VALID_BIT	BIT(21)
+#define CODE_SIGN_BIT		BIT(11)
+
+static int get_temp_8996(struct tsens_device *tmdev, int id, int *temp)
+{
+	struct tsens_sensor *s = &tmdev->sensor[id];
+	u32 code;
+	unsigned int sensor_addr;
+	int last_temp = 0, last_temp2 = 0, last_temp3 = 0, ret;
+
+	sensor_addr = STATUS_OFFSET + s->hw_id * 4;
+	ret = regmap_read(tmdev->map, sensor_addr, &code);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	last_temp = code & LAST_TEMP_MASK;
+	if (code & STATUS_VALID_BIT)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* Try a second time */
+	ret = regmap_read(tmdev->map, sensor_addr, &code);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	if (code & STATUS_VALID_BIT) {
+		last_temp = code & LAST_TEMP_MASK;
+		goto done;
+	} else {
+		last_temp2 = code & LAST_TEMP_MASK;
+	}
+
+	/* Try a third/last time */
+	ret = regmap_read(tmdev->map, sensor_addr, &code);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	if (code & STATUS_VALID_BIT) {
+		last_temp = code & LAST_TEMP_MASK;
+		goto done;
+	} else {
+		last_temp3 = code & LAST_TEMP_MASK;
+	}
+
+	if (last_temp == last_temp2)
+		last_temp = last_temp2;
+	else if (last_temp2 == last_temp3)
+		last_temp = last_temp3;
+done:
+	/* Code sign bit is the sign extension for a negative value */
+	if (last_temp & CODE_SIGN_BIT)
+		last_temp |= ~CODE_SIGN_BIT;
+
+	/* Temperatures are in deciCelicius */
+	*temp = last_temp * 100;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct tsens_ops ops_8996 = {
+	.init		= init_common,
+	.get_temp	= get_temp_8996,
+};
+
+const struct tsens_data data_8996 = {
+	.num_sensors	= 13,
+	.ops		= &ops_8996,
+};
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.c b/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.c
index cef86c3e3dd5fd4b20f5e3b8cfdb4cca78e18e37..b18227269286c905709f28cc1f26c1fa291a4329 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ static const struct of_device_id tsens_table[] = {
 	}, {
 		.compatible = "qcom,msm8974-tsens",
 		.data = &data_8974,
+	}, {
+		.compatible = "qcom,msm8996-tsens",
+		.data = &data_8996,
 	},
 	{}
 };
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.h b/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.h
index 42071a469a00831e218cda5bfaf9507388406e79..b0f8c47ff9e2bfea227d00bf23a5dd6b6a63b910 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/qcom/tsens.h
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ void compute_intercept_slope(struct tsens_device *, u32 *, u32 *, u32);
 int init_common(struct tsens_device *);
 int get_temp_common(struct tsens_device *, int, int *);
 
-extern const struct tsens_data data_8916, data_8974, data_8960;
+extern const struct tsens_data data_8916, data_8974, data_8960, data_8996;
 
 #endif /* __QCOM_TSENS_H__ */