diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
index 964c8e87dacb7a513e753569eb984349b3373946..72867a97ec00003b7fdd108cd6b88f22dfcdc039 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/usb/tmc.h>
 
+/* Increment API VERSION when changing tmc.h with new flags or ioctls
+ * or when changing a significant behavior of the driver.
+ */
+#define USBTMC_API_VERSION (2)
 
 #define USBTMC_HEADER_SIZE	12
 #define USBTMC_MINOR_BASE	176
@@ -2179,6 +2183,11 @@ static long usbtmc_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 						   (void __user *)arg);
 		break;
 
+	case USBTMC_IOCTL_API_VERSION:
+		retval = put_user(USBTMC_API_VERSION,
+				  (__u32 __user *)arg);
+		break;
+
 	case USBTMC488_IOCTL_GET_CAPS:
 		retval = copy_to_user((void __user *)arg,
 				&data->usb488_caps,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/usb/tmc.h b/include/uapi/linux/usb/tmc.h
index 4b36108b9ccaf13d4d039a6268b82597fc8ad051..fdd4d88a7b95da68e30e309718544ffcf25293c0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/usb/tmc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/usb/tmc.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct usbtmc_message {
 #define USBTMC_IOCTL_WRITE		_IOWR(USBTMC_IOC_NR, 13, struct usbtmc_message)
 #define USBTMC_IOCTL_READ		_IOWR(USBTMC_IOC_NR, 14, struct usbtmc_message)
 #define USBTMC_IOCTL_WRITE_RESULT	_IOWR(USBTMC_IOC_NR, 15, __u32)
+#define USBTMC_IOCTL_API_VERSION	_IOR(USBTMC_IOC_NR, 16, __u32)
 
 #define USBTMC488_IOCTL_GET_CAPS	_IOR(USBTMC_IOC_NR, 17, unsigned char)
 #define USBTMC488_IOCTL_READ_STB	_IOR(USBTMC_IOC_NR, 18, unsigned char)