diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 21965de8538bea60ba1a32818647f9d4b516c804..4014a98be61dc32d7f246eb7d774cc5d538454b9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -549,6 +549,15 @@ static ssize_t node_read_distance(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(distance, 0444, node_read_distance, NULL);
 
+static ssize_t type_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	int nid = dev->id;
+
+	return sprintf(buf, is_node_pmem(nid) ? "pmem\n" : "dram\n");
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(type);
+
 static struct attribute *node_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_cpumap.attr,
 	&dev_attr_cpulist.attr,
@@ -556,6 +565,7 @@ static struct attribute *node_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_numastat.attr,
 	&dev_attr_distance.attr,
 	&dev_attr_vmstat.attr,
+	&dev_attr_type.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(node_dev);