diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
index f0e5e21efa540dee5eb4d845fbbde4eaa68dae49..f3c4b46e39d8b081f67b0e0b6b8ddadc64b00652 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_FLGBIT_SYMMETRIC_CHANNELS      (1 << 1)
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_FLGBIT_SYMMETRIC_SAMPLEBITS    (1 << 2)
 
+/* DAI clock gating */
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_CLK_GATE_UNDEFINED	0
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_CLK_GATE_GATED	1
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_CLK_GATE_CONT		2
+
 /* DAI physical PCM data formats.
  * Add new formats to the end of the list.
  */
@@ -324,7 +329,7 @@ struct snd_soc_tplg_hw_config {
 	__le32 size;            /* in bytes of this structure */
 	__le32 id;		/* unique ID - - used to match */
 	__le32 fmt;		/* SND_SOC_DAI_FORMAT_ format value */
-	__u8 clock_gated;	/* 1 if clock can be gated to save power */
+	__u8 clock_gated;	/* SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_CLK_GATE_ value */
 	__u8 invert_bclk;	/* 1 for inverted BCLK, 0 for normal */
 	__u8 invert_fsync;	/* 1 for inverted frame clock, 0 for normal */
 	__u8 bclk_master;	/* SND_SOC_TPLG_BCLK_ value */
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
index 1c55252641f3b32e7fb2d3d308432d69b2696244..aab31144f683abc575ceee1074c87aaa180b17b6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
@@ -2006,6 +2006,13 @@ static void set_link_hw_format(struct snd_soc_dai_link *link,
 
 		link->dai_fmt = hw_config->fmt & SND_SOC_DAIFMT_FORMAT_MASK;
 
+		/* clock gating */
+		if (hw_config->clock_gated == SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_CLK_GATE_GATED)
+			link->dai_fmt |= SND_SOC_DAIFMT_GATED;
+		else if (hw_config->clock_gated ==
+			 SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_CLK_GATE_CONT)
+			link->dai_fmt |= SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CONT;
+
 		/* clock signal polarity */
 		invert_bclk = hw_config->invert_bclk;
 		invert_fsync = hw_config->invert_fsync;