diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 4882f06d12dfe3b6e8ab7393a5e95c0ab7892d20..c17fefc7734567005be8af2866e3ba967f7ef5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ static void driver_bound(struct device *dev)
 	if (dev->bus)
 		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
 					     BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER, dev);
+
+	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_BIND);
 }
 
 static int driver_sysfs_add(struct device *dev)
@@ -848,6 +850,8 @@ static void __device_release_driver(struct device *dev, struct device *parent)
 			blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
 						     BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER,
 						     dev);
+
+		kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_UNBIND);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index ca85cb80e99a60e33df79e2ed0d8815953d1d21d..12f5ddccb97c2701edb80bb6f9d7ca3be43b36c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ enum kobject_action {
 	KOBJ_MOVE,
 	KOBJ_ONLINE,
 	KOBJ_OFFLINE,
+	KOBJ_BIND,
+	KOBJ_UNBIND,
 	KOBJ_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 9a2b811966ebfe82088030db637d0b98ecb99b5c..4682e8545b5c1a702999664332e6b98c0dabe9ce 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ static const char *kobject_actions[] = {
 	[KOBJ_MOVE] =		"move",
 	[KOBJ_ONLINE] =		"online",
 	[KOBJ_OFFLINE] =	"offline",
+	[KOBJ_BIND] =		"bind",
+	[KOBJ_UNBIND] =		"unbind",
 };
 
 /**