diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h b/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h
index 1a6bedc01f4c141d98426732032652a6e4afb52c..c6fda58b4bd104a4a392dd3fc7bf485aa3916dd4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ enum iio_chan_type {
 
 	/* real channel types */
 	IIO_IN,
+	IIO_CURRENT,
+	IIO_POWER,
 	IIO_ACCEL,
 	IIO_IN_DIFF,
 	IIO_GYRO,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
index e3582c9e18c14ad0acfdca3e8e446cc1e8bca66c..fc20a06a2a1bc9ad3ee86d02c64426020c567854 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec_shared[] = {
 	[IIO_TIMESTAMP] = "timestamp",
 	[IIO_ACCEL] = "accel",
 	[IIO_IN] = "in",
+	[IIO_CURRENT] = "current",
+	[IIO_POWER] = "power",
 	[IIO_IN_DIFF] = "in-in",
 	[IIO_GYRO] = "gyro",
 	[IIO_TEMP] = "temp",