diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 0e797d3cb5f4fea45332a63340b9afea644cf6ff..8e2c52ec5a9e81ac5de4dd7d3a82010a561ed622 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(lvds_downclock,
 		"Use panel (LVDS/eDP) downclocking for power savings "
 		"(default: false)");
 
+int i915_lvds_channel_mode __read_mostly;
+module_param_named(lvds_channel_mode, i915_lvds_channel_mode, int, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(lvds_channel_mode,
+		 "Specify LVDS channel mode "
+		 "(0=probe BIOS [default], 1=single-channel, 2=dual-channel)");
+
 int i915_panel_use_ssc __read_mostly = -1;
 module_param_named(lvds_use_ssc, i915_panel_use_ssc, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(lvds_use_ssc,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 4cbed7f23e72a6c30e5f8e1bb7820ee1cb327e36..f2f9dd933ce4d39b0e42c8003e0a4e2138837144 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ extern int i915_panel_ignore_lid __read_mostly;
 extern unsigned int i915_powersave __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_semaphores __read_mostly;
 extern unsigned int i915_lvds_downclock __read_mostly;
+extern int i915_lvds_channel_mode __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_panel_use_ssc __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_vbt_sdvo_panel_type __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_enable_rc6 __read_mostly;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index a76ac2eb99384977dfff324052236987fba85dae..a0e31660381cb2e2daed3ebd0b81c6e274f24b01 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ static bool is_dual_link_lvds(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 {
 	unsigned int val;
 
+	/* use the module option value if specified */
+	if (i915_lvds_channel_mode > 0)
+		return i915_lvds_channel_mode == 2;
+
 	if (dev_priv->lvds_val)
 		val = dev_priv->lvds_val;
 	else {