diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
index 05f3f43582c2c1e40658e2d8e6e77f8717210f38..ad67d763fdbda4137b46d166666e7fc53b36455b 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ static int __devinit gpio_keys_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	input->id.product = 0x0001;
 	input->id.version = 0x0100;
 
+	/* Enable auto repeat feature of Linux input subsystem */
+	if (pdata->rep)
+		__set_bit(EV_REP, input->evbit);
+
 	ddata->input = input;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pdata->nbuttons; i++) {
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio_keys.h b/include/linux/gpio_keys.h
index ec6ecd74781dca68bdf49c3ea1b80cc00b9d4966..1289fa7623ca22d7d79188bc39cf5b5b35c180b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio_keys.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio_keys.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct gpio_keys_button {
 struct gpio_keys_platform_data {
 	struct gpio_keys_button *buttons;
 	int nbuttons;
+	unsigned int rep:1;		/* enable input subsystem auto repeat */
 };
 
 #endif