diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt
index e4b6985044a263249976cc0ca985529555007462..566edaa56a530899fecb85ca67b8815089661b20 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt
@@ -555,6 +555,11 @@ requested using gpio_request():
 	/* reverse gpio_export() */
 	void gpio_unexport();
 
+	/* create a sysfs link to an exported GPIO node */
+	int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+		unsigned gpio)
+
+
 After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in
 the sysfs interface by gpio_export().  The driver can control whether the
 signal direction may change.  This helps drivers prevent userspace code
@@ -563,3 +568,8 @@ from accidentally clobbering important system state.
 This explicit exporting can help with debugging (by making some kinds
 of experiments easier), or can provide an always-there interface that's
 suitable for documenting as part of a board support package.
+
+After the GPIO has been exported, gpio_export_link() allows creating
+symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node.  Drivers can
+use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with
+a descriptive name.
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 51a8d4103be53beb3dd90bd1328d89935cf6573c..aef6b3d8e2cf32f637cbdaeb2d4557f73e976361 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -504,6 +504,51 @@ static int match_export(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	return dev_get_drvdata(dev) == data;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gpio_export_link - create a sysfs link to an exported GPIO node
+ * @dev: device under which to create symlink
+ * @name: name of the symlink
+ * @gpio: gpio to create symlink to, already exported
+ *
+ * Set up a symlink from /sys/.../dev/name to /sys/class/gpio/gpioN
+ * node. Caller is responsible for unlinking.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, else an error.
+ */
+int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name, unsigned gpio)
+{
+	struct gpio_desc	*desc;
+	int			status = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!gpio_is_valid(gpio))
+		goto done;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+	desc = &gpio_desc[gpio];
+
+	if (test_bit(FLAG_EXPORT, &desc->flags)) {
+		struct device *tdev;
+
+		tdev = class_find_device(&gpio_class, NULL, desc, match_export);
+		if (tdev != NULL) {
+			status = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &tdev->kobj,
+						name);
+		} else {
+			status = -ENODEV;
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+done:
+	if (status)
+		pr_debug("%s: gpio%d status %d\n", __func__, gpio, status);
+
+	return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_export_link);
+
 /**
  * gpio_unexport - reverse effect of gpio_export()
  * @gpio: gpio to make unavailable
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
index d6c379dc64fac63797364c7e385dc91778df5ac4..9cca3785cab881c854236b00a37fa5e478f06a3a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ extern int __gpio_to_irq(unsigned gpio);
  * but more typically is configured entirely from userspace.
  */
 extern int gpio_export(unsigned gpio, bool direction_may_change);
+extern int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+			unsigned gpio);
 extern void gpio_unexport(unsigned gpio);
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS */
@@ -185,6 +187,12 @@ static inline int gpio_export(unsigned gpio, bool direction_may_change)
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+static inline int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+				unsigned gpio)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 static inline void gpio_unexport(unsigned gpio)
 {
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio.h b/include/linux/gpio.h
index e10c49a5b96e9ed300d670871af2edbaaf23add1..059bd189d35ddd1d1e6931b0aa4ddc2c95a9c9a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 
+struct device;
+
 /*
  * Some platforms don't support the GPIO programming interface.
  *
@@ -89,6 +91,15 @@ static inline int gpio_export(unsigned gpio, bool direction_may_change)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static inline int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+				unsigned gpio)
+{
+	/* GPIO can never have been exported */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+
 static inline void gpio_unexport(unsigned gpio)
 {
 	/* GPIO can never have been exported */