diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h
index c61642b406033659db06494a75fcb4c8d8914477..9f390ce335cb00743cb6cd717819f0750b63b0db 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ struct dev_archdata {
 #endif
 };
 
+struct pdev_archdata {
+};
+
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/device.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/device.h
index 41ab85d66f33f8228cfa62da8ea8c88ef1888ea3..d66d446b127c5631d6cdcd2fd33e14a8342a8980 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/device.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/device.h
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ struct dev_archdata {
 #endif
 };
 
+struct pdev_archdata {
+};
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/device.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/device.h
index c042830793edd79858b07771d4b58107270ce1c1..30286db27c1c2a08e94c513991deb2a4904d23c1 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/device.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/device.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ struct dev_archdata {
 	struct device_node	*of_node;
 };
 
+struct pdev_archdata {
+};
+
 #endif /* _ASM_MICROBLAZE_DEVICE_H */
 
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/device.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/device.h
index 7d2277cef09a8502b22bdea95185f132a479f7db..e3e06e0f7fc0b14d78b0205bc74a865768554305 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/device.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/device.h
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@ dev_archdata_get_node(const struct dev_archdata *ad)
 	return ad->of_node;
 }
 
+struct pdev_archdata {
+};
+
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/device.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/device.h
index 3702e087df2c4cbcdab561f7720a2d8f23ebc543..f3b85b6b0b764796407f2e2a026a5a45163561e2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/device.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/device.h
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ dev_archdata_get_node(const struct dev_archdata *ad)
 	return ad->prom_node;
 }
 
+struct pdev_archdata {
+};
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SPARC_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/device.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/device.h
index 4994a20acbcbf66aee788ebcb275eac4a2edd442..cee34e9ca45bc9b74aaba7203a340c0922996277 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/device.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/device.h
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ struct dma_map_ops *dma_ops;
 #endif
 };
 
+struct pdev_archdata {
+};
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/device.h b/include/asm-generic/device.h
index c17c9600f220c2964cb07a6076bb268ebe69f89b..d7c76bba640d7d6a02041b3b12a5c224501549b1 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/device.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/device.h
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@
 struct dev_archdata {
 };
 
+struct pdev_archdata {
+};
+
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 8dc5123b63057f3e16ca400847477282a993e892..672a698497350223dd51013962a5cbafccbe06ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ struct platform_device {
 	struct resource	* resource;
 
 	struct platform_device_id	*id_entry;
+
+	/* arch specific additions */
+	struct pdev_archdata	archdata;
 };
 
 #define platform_get_device_id(pdev)	((pdev)->id_entry)