diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c
index b4500753e102d2df1c163e170fbe28bcc3c86cfc..991c1f8390e2a8eccfbbfae39ccab3768a7badbe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_eb.c
@@ -331,6 +331,26 @@ static struct platform_device pmu_device = {
 	.resource		= pmu_resources,
 };
 
+static struct resource char_lcd_resources[] = {
+	{
+		.start = REALVIEW_CHAR_LCD_BASE,
+		.end   = (REALVIEW_CHAR_LCD_BASE + SZ_4K - 1),
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	},
+	{
+		.start	= IRQ_EB_CHARLCD,
+		.end	= IRQ_EB_CHARLCD,
+		.flags	= IORESOURCE_IRQ,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct platform_device char_lcd_device = {
+	.name		=	"arm-charlcd",
+	.id		=	-1,
+	.num_resources	=	ARRAY_SIZE(char_lcd_resources),
+	.resource	=	char_lcd_resources,
+};
+
 static void __init gic_init_irq(void)
 {
 	if (core_tile_eb11mp() || core_tile_a9mp()) {
@@ -449,6 +469,7 @@ static void __init realview_eb_init(void)
 
 	realview_flash_register(&realview_eb_flash_resource, 1);
 	platform_device_register(&realview_i2c_device);
+	platform_device_register(&char_lcd_device);
 	eth_device_register();
 	realview_usb_register(realview_eb_isp1761_resources);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
index 1766debe741cf98d7460fac959fe9e3921ed0b02..d2be12eb829eb3b759be8a37bc8020df9f01d253 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
@@ -281,6 +281,26 @@ static struct platform_device pmu_device = {
 	.resource		= &pmu_resource,
 };
 
+static struct resource char_lcd_resources[] = {
+	{
+		.start = REALVIEW_CHAR_LCD_BASE,
+		.end   = (REALVIEW_CHAR_LCD_BASE + SZ_4K - 1),
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	},
+	{
+		.start	= IRQ_PB1176_CHARLCD,
+		.end	= IRQ_PB1176_CHARLCD,
+		.flags	= IORESOURCE_IRQ,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct platform_device char_lcd_device = {
+	.name		=	"arm-charlcd",
+	.id		=	-1,
+	.num_resources	=	ARRAY_SIZE(char_lcd_resources),
+	.resource	=	char_lcd_resources,
+};
+
 static void __init gic_init_irq(void)
 {
 	/* ARM1176 DevChip GIC, primary */
@@ -343,6 +363,7 @@ static void __init realview_pb1176_init(void)
 	platform_device_register(&realview_i2c_device);
 	realview_usb_register(realview_pb1176_isp1761_resources);
 	platform_device_register(&pmu_device);
+	platform_device_register(&char_lcd_device);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(amba_devs); i++) {
 		struct amba_device *d = amba_devs[i];
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c
index f3a0e073e9aeb991096ba6067e3c41d89b4903d2..6ccd2618a97b7b66c82ccb92825b793142138cc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c
@@ -355,6 +355,21 @@ static struct mmci_platform_data mmc0_plat_data = {
 	.gpio_cd	= -1,
 };
 
+static struct resource char_lcd_resources[] = {
+	{
+		.start = VERSATILE_CHAR_LCD_BASE,
+		.end   = (VERSATILE_CHAR_LCD_BASE + SZ_4K - 1),
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct platform_device char_lcd_device = {
+	.name           =       "arm-charlcd",
+	.id             =       -1,
+	.num_resources  =       ARRAY_SIZE(char_lcd_resources),
+	.resource       =       char_lcd_resources,
+};
+
 /*
  * Clock handling
  */
@@ -853,6 +868,7 @@ void __init versatile_init(void)
 	platform_device_register(&versatile_flash_device);
 	platform_device_register(&versatile_i2c_device);
 	platform_device_register(&smc91x_device);
+	platform_device_register(&char_lcd_device);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(amba_devs); i++) {
 		struct amba_device *d = amba_devs[i];