diff --git a/include/net/nfc/hci.h b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
index 95fc0c27578e184844e75574da2a42bd9ef0005f..ae042008571e3f3245db31421fade4e6d2859441 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/hci.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/hci.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ struct nfc_hci_ops {
 	int (*data_exchange) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
 			      struct nfc_target *target,
 			      struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **res_skb);
+	int (*check_presence)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
+			      struct nfc_target *target);
 };
 
 #define NFC_HCI_MAX_CUSTOM_GATES	15
diff --git a/include/net/nfc/shdlc.h b/include/net/nfc/shdlc.h
index 1071987d040849d344aba60dd5867146c4d48641..ab06afd462daf4eb5fb3270cc4ba096ece3f41f9 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/shdlc.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/shdlc.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ struct nfc_shdlc_ops {
 	int (*data_exchange) (struct nfc_shdlc *shdlc,
 			      struct nfc_target *target,
 			      struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **res_skb);
+	int (*check_presence)(struct nfc_shdlc *shdlc,
+			      struct nfc_target *target);
 };
 
 enum shdlc_state {
diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/core.c b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
index ef5cd5c9e3fb082fded801b4627ae48af33aca07..f7e4f5ae4559afb007e9e7311f698de19a1abae5 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
@@ -574,6 +574,17 @@ static int hci_data_exchange(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev, struct nfc_target *target,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int hci_check_presence(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev,
+			      struct nfc_target *target)
+{
+	struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev = nfc_get_drvdata(nfc_dev);
+
+	if (hdev->ops->check_presence)
+		return hdev->ops->check_presence(hdev, target);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct nfc_ops hci_nfc_ops = {
 	.dev_up = hci_dev_up,
 	.dev_down = hci_dev_down,
@@ -582,6 +593,7 @@ struct nfc_ops hci_nfc_ops = {
 	.activate_target = hci_activate_target,
 	.deactivate_target = hci_deactivate_target,
 	.data_exchange = hci_data_exchange,
+	.check_presence = hci_check_presence,
 };
 
 struct nfc_hci_dev *nfc_hci_allocate_device(struct nfc_hci_ops *ops,
diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/shdlc.c b/net/nfc/hci/shdlc.c
index 923bdf7c26d6da6ac5db34b6a2800cec5d2e5125..5665dc6d893a0800048abeba14d996c4f82b6d98 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/shdlc.c
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/shdlc.c
@@ -816,6 +816,17 @@ static int nfc_shdlc_data_exchange(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
 	return -EPERM;
 }
 
+static int nfc_shdlc_check_presence(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
+				    struct nfc_target *target)
+{
+	struct nfc_shdlc *shdlc = nfc_hci_get_clientdata(hdev);
+
+	if (shdlc->ops->check_presence)
+		return shdlc->ops->check_presence(shdlc, target);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct nfc_hci_ops shdlc_ops = {
 	.open = nfc_shdlc_open,
 	.close = nfc_shdlc_close,
@@ -825,6 +836,7 @@ static struct nfc_hci_ops shdlc_ops = {
 	.target_from_gate = nfc_shdlc_target_from_gate,
 	.complete_target_discovered = nfc_shdlc_complete_target_discovered,
 	.data_exchange = nfc_shdlc_data_exchange,
+	.check_presence = nfc_shdlc_check_presence,
 };
 
 struct nfc_shdlc *nfc_shdlc_allocate(struct nfc_shdlc_ops *ops,