diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig
index 75b76d5a0fe9104c1124cc18b8a22efa44013ab5..a53be32c22cfd1ed54b0edb0a338f50fdefa183f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig
@@ -494,6 +494,12 @@ endmenu
 #
 # USB Gadget Drivers
 #
+
+# composite based drivers
+config USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
+	tristate
+	depends on USB_GADGET
+
 choice
 	tristate "USB Gadget Drivers"
 	default USB_ETH
@@ -517,6 +523,7 @@ choice
 
 config USB_ZERO
 	tristate "Gadget Zero (DEVELOPMENT)"
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  Gadget Zero is a two-configuration device.  It either sinks and
 	  sources bulk data; or it loops back a configurable number of
@@ -552,6 +559,7 @@ config USB_ZERO_HNPTEST
 config USB_AUDIO
 	tristate "Audio Gadget (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on SND
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	select SND_PCM
 	help
 	  This Gadget Audio driver is compatible with USB Audio Class
@@ -580,6 +588,7 @@ config GADGET_UAC1
 config USB_ETH
 	tristate "Ethernet Gadget (with CDC Ethernet support)"
 	depends on NET
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	select CRC32
 	help
 	  This driver implements Ethernet style communication, in one of
@@ -615,6 +624,7 @@ config USB_ETH
 config USB_ETH_RNDIS
 	bool "RNDIS support"
 	depends on USB_ETH
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	default y
 	help
 	   Microsoft Windows XP bundles the "Remote NDIS" (RNDIS) protocol,
@@ -633,6 +643,7 @@ config USB_ETH_RNDIS
 config USB_ETH_EEM
        bool "Ethernet Emulation Model (EEM) support"
        depends on USB_ETH
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
        default n
        help
          CDC EEM is a newer USB standard that is somewhat simpler than CDC ECM
@@ -649,6 +660,7 @@ config USB_ETH_EEM
 config USB_G_NCM
 	tristate "Network Control Model (NCM) support"
 	depends on NET
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	select CRC32
 	help
 	  This driver implements USB CDC NCM subclass standard. NCM is
@@ -678,6 +690,7 @@ config USB_GADGETFS
 config USB_FUNCTIONFS
 	tristate "Function Filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	select USB_FUNCTIONFS_GENERIC if !(USB_FUNCTIONFS_ETH || USB_FUNCTIONFS_RNDIS)
 	help
 	  The Function Filesystem (FunctionFS) lets one create USB
@@ -741,6 +754,7 @@ config USB_FILE_STORAGE_TEST
 config USB_MASS_STORAGE
 	tristate "Mass Storage Gadget"
 	depends on BLOCK
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  The Mass Storage Gadget acts as a USB Mass Storage disk drive.
 	  As its storage repository it can use a regular file or a block
@@ -756,6 +770,7 @@ config USB_MASS_STORAGE
 config USB_GADGET_TARGET
 	tristate "USB Gadget Target Fabric Module"
 	depends on TARGET_CORE
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  This fabric is an USB gadget. Two USB protocols are supported that is
 	  BBB or BOT (Bulk Only Transport) and UAS (USB Attached SCSI). BOT is
@@ -765,6 +780,7 @@ config USB_GADGET_TARGET
 
 config USB_G_SERIAL
 	tristate "Serial Gadget (with CDC ACM and CDC OBEX support)"
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  The Serial Gadget talks to the Linux-USB generic serial driver.
 	  This driver supports a CDC-ACM module option, which can be used
@@ -785,6 +801,7 @@ config USB_G_SERIAL
 config USB_MIDI_GADGET
 	tristate "MIDI Gadget (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on SND && EXPERIMENTAL
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	select SND_RAWMIDI
 	help
 	  The MIDI Gadget acts as a USB Audio device, with one MIDI
@@ -798,6 +815,7 @@ config USB_MIDI_GADGET
 
 config USB_G_PRINTER
 	tristate "Printer Gadget"
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  The Printer Gadget channels data between the USB host and a
 	  userspace program driving the print engine. The user space
@@ -814,6 +832,7 @@ config USB_G_PRINTER
 config USB_CDC_COMPOSITE
 	tristate "CDC Composite Device (Ethernet and ACM)"
 	depends on NET
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  This driver provides two functions in one configuration:
 	  a CDC Ethernet (ECM) link, and a CDC ACM (serial port) link.
@@ -828,6 +847,7 @@ config USB_CDC_COMPOSITE
 config USB_G_NOKIA
 	tristate "Nokia composite gadget"
 	depends on PHONET
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  The Nokia composite gadget provides support for acm, obex
 	  and phonet in only one composite gadget driver.
@@ -838,6 +858,7 @@ config USB_G_NOKIA
 config USB_G_ACM_MS
 	tristate "CDC Composite Device (ACM and mass storage)"
 	depends on BLOCK
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  This driver provides two functions in one configuration:
 	  a mass storage, and a CDC ACM (serial port) link.
@@ -849,6 +870,7 @@ config USB_G_MULTI
 	tristate "Multifunction Composite Gadget (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on BLOCK && NET
 	select USB_G_MULTI_CDC if !USB_G_MULTI_RNDIS
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  The Multifunction Composite Gadget provides Ethernet (RNDIS
 	  and/or CDC Ethernet), mass storage and ACM serial link
@@ -889,6 +911,7 @@ config USB_G_MULTI_CDC
 
 config USB_G_HID
 	tristate "HID Gadget"
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  The HID gadget driver provides generic emulation of USB
 	  Human Interface Devices (HID).
@@ -899,8 +922,10 @@ config USB_G_HID
 	  Say "y" to link the driver statically, or "m" to build a
 	  dynamically linked module called "g_hid".
 
+# Standalone / single function gadgets
 config USB_G_DBGP
 	tristate "EHCI Debug Device Gadget"
+	select USB_LIBCOMPOSITE
 	help
 	  This gadget emulates an EHCI Debug device. This is useful when you want
 	  to interact with an EHCI Debug Port.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile b/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
index d84f92325a7463d2367cb055dd002519401c194a..eadbc86333f6f0714e0558874a5c2f31e3d06ea5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 ccflags-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET)	+= udc-core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USB_LIBCOMPOSITE)	+= libcomposite.o
+libcomposite-y			:= usbstring.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_DUMMY_HCD)	+= dummy_hcd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET2272)	+= net2272.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_NET2280)	+= net2280.o
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/acm_ms.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/acm_ms.c
index 65a2f3cbcde39e197de5d18b1fab7e716b1450a0..9820960dfc5c21dfb46c23d8f64395e482389555 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/acm_ms.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/acm_ms.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 #include "u_serial.c"
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/audio.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/audio.c
index dd339bc5b40c747e12979c7e9cbe758746b9da81..76e54b44c27ae961d2853b3b9bbbe11296a2fd91 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/audio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/audio.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c
index b7d984b54ca9928473eff1b6950fc91fe7652270..74a9c7f65ec8265d2ee37ef469ad2ed87536b248 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/cdc2.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 #include "u_serial.c"
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c
index 4580ec09cc539bc10f85db29c253830a4f12e7b4..e16094e5d1d2b8c70175c0bcb2281d7acf119dcf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ static inline bool has_rndis(void)
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c
index cdacae706b7069f0e14ca025ccb3f83ab4a147f9..8d0166b76d40e8dd154b185edb037323306f1a83 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@
  * the runtime footprint, and giving us at least some parts of what
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/g_ffs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/g_ffs.c
index da9809f55cb559a4a942f4f2492321f24edc5d9a..407b5ccc64a418eec9330be2ca226fe68b48fb96 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/g_ffs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/g_ffs.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/gmidi.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/gmidi.c
index 1e3cd378a2d7e8d804fe88199da6b2ebcbffd825..135b3900eaa379c0bca3ac8d8023a55da97d72df 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/gmidi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/gmidi.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "gadget_chips.h"
 
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 #include "f_midi.c"
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/hid.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/hid.c
index 8502e56d73bc0f42850f923065e4b35764ea83c5..effda2e0742b0a3fadedf095ef2565c654333c3a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/hid.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/hid.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/mass_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/mass_storage.c
index 480edbc368e59ea3238bbdc6d1ee3391d87aa44a..a7f32c312a6bd809f8b249422f61bd92f18b6cfc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/mass_storage.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/mass_storage.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 #include "f_mass_storage.c"
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/multi.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/multi.c
index 13db7ccb95717f97e651020a0580368af173ff62..71c1fabdbb78d8991c00dfacccd8b9b07d0012d9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/multi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/multi.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
  */
 
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/ncm.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/ncm.c
index 9a20057896cd5500a1cdb373be33d70ee7521873..d7e6b1ee866463f586e6b042c0566705eff3a9ff 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/ncm.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/nokia.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/nokia.c
index a5b5e7162fef721dddc35ac86b0fa71ff03c2a2a..474c77ca58c02a236bee1cf7ff6c982d948cb439 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/nokia.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/nokia.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
index 33c0c07493e86bc408a840205fa51385c557452d..c55e7d99b810f7d99592e29b008e643be00ad05a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c
index ea3f8e9344ae6d064acab6b1d323342f040d334e..88baa9e3f8279c57cf55d2059b6de3c413321605 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/serial.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c
index 35ca09af9b4afe4c288acd5e60ece17a8257ba8a..327af68837151cd7556b31db9206a34e7456d38e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <target/configfs_macros.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "composite.c"
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/usbstring.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/usbstring.c
index 4d25b9009edf4175d3a5e648c877fad6d2890925..24e9bbd255a730267a4cbfae75fd071f311739ad 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/usbstring.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/usbstring.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -68,4 +69,5 @@ usb_gadget_get_string (struct usb_gadget_strings *table, int id, u8 *buf)
 	buf [1] = USB_DT_STRING;
 	return buf [0];
 }
-
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_gadget_get_string);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/webcam.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/webcam.c
index 2a617c3f5a4036080c7a67e29dd7ca5f7671ba79..dc8fd5cc4f92ed4a99046adfd80b011bff1af870 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/webcam.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/webcam.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/zero.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/zero.c
index 90df613cccc0f2c7a1a44a353fa0f45dc4894f84..4469be8fcee378915c0e86dc22f5ea95a004693e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/zero.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/zero.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
  * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
  */
 #include "composite.c"
-#include "usbstring.c"
 #include "config.c"
 #include "epautoconf.c"