diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index 5b48ac22c9c5964b62b93500831f1656a1b84e1a..261eaa4429532cd9303a7dcf5cbfe0bda9985a65 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -642,12 +642,17 @@ config V850E_UART_CONSOLE
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
 
 config SERIAL_SH_SCI
-	tristate "SH SCI(F) serial port support"
+	tristate "SuperH SCI(F) serial port support"
 	depends on SUPERH || H8300
 	select SERIAL_CORE
 
+config SERIAL_SH_SCI_NR_UARTS
+	int "Maximum number of SCI(F) serial ports"
+	depends on SERIAL_SH_SCI
+	default "2"
+
 config SERIAL_SH_SCI_CONSOLE
-	bool "Support for console on SH SCI(F)"
+	bool "Support for console on SuperH SCI(F)"
 	depends on SERIAL_SH_SCI=y
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
 
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/sci.h b/include/asm-sh/sci.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52e73660c1298ed6f2378cb84ade382c0903fb8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-sh/sci.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_SH_SCI_H
+#define __ASM_SH_SCI_H
+
+#include <linux/serial_core.h>
+
+/*
+ * Generic header for SuperH SCI(F)
+ *
+ * Do not place SH-specific parts in here, sh64 and h8300 depend on this too.
+ */
+
+/* Offsets into the sci_port->irqs array */
+enum {
+	SCIx_ERI_IRQ,
+	SCIx_RXI_IRQ,
+	SCIx_TXI_IRQ,
+	SCIx_BRI_IRQ,
+	SCIx_NR_IRQS,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Platform device specific platform_data struct
+ */
+struct plat_sci_port {
+	void __iomem	*membase;		/* io cookie */
+	unsigned long	mapbase;		/* resource base */
+	unsigned int	irqs[SCIx_NR_IRQS];	/* ERI, RXI, TXI, BRI */
+	unsigned int	type;			/* SCI / SCIF / IRDA */
+	upf_t		flags;			/* UPF_* flags */
+};
+
+int early_sci_setup(struct uart_port *port);
+
+#endif /* __ASM_SH_SCI_H */