diff --git a/drivers/staging/gma500/Makefile b/drivers/staging/gma500/Makefile
index db73ec6d81281f55f2704ee898648dd1696aaa63..01aaa28a6771eaa05ce7a0bde21d3f9bc2987615 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gma500/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/gma500/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #
 ccflags-y += -Iinclude/drm
 
-psb_gfx-y += psb_bl.o \
+psb_gfx-y += gem_glue.o \
+	  psb_bl.o \
 	  psb_drv.o \
 	  psb_gem.o \
 	  psb_fb.o \
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gma500/gem_glue.c b/drivers/staging/gma500/gem_glue.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..08174973008c7af8f55aabdbdbaf3c72d93fb92d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/gma500/gem_glue.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Intel Corporation.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+#include <drm/drmP.h>
+#include <drm/drm.h>
+
+/**
+ * Initialize an already allocated GEM object of the specified size with
+ * no GEM provided backing store. Instead the caller is responsible for
+ * backing the object and handling it.
+ */
+int drm_gem_private_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+			struct drm_gem_object *obj, size_t size)
+{
+	BUG_ON((size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) != 0);
+
+	obj->dev = dev;
+	obj->filp = NULL;
+
+	kref_init(&obj->refcount);
+	atomic_set(&obj->handle_count, 0);
+	obj->size = size;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void drm_gem_object_release_wrap(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	if (obj->filp)
+		drm_gem_object_release(obj);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gma500/gem_glue.h b/drivers/staging/gma500/gem_glue.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c38285b0c839e7035c494b7a91e1226457fb2281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/gma500/gem_glue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+extern void drm_gem_object_release_wrap(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+extern int drm_gem_private_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+			struct drm_gem_object *obj, size_t size);
+