diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 64fb21e4bd2dc0aa1c3a48814acb6fb0765a5017..bdf4ceb1049df11e01e6908c3c697e309b21433b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ module_param_named(modeset, i915_modeset, int, 0400);
 unsigned int i915_fbpercrtc = 0;
 module_param_named(fbpercrtc, i915_fbpercrtc, int, 0400);
 
+int i915_panel_ignore_lid = 0;
+module_param_named(panel_ignore_lid, i915_panel_ignore_lid, int, 0600);
+
 unsigned int i915_powersave = 1;
 module_param_named(powersave, i915_powersave, int, 0600);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 0c91262d259b4f290d594baecf0c8974452a83f5..bd24861bcd950853862ffb01b616b22ca5a0ee55 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ enum intel_chip_family {
 extern struct drm_ioctl_desc i915_ioctls[];
 extern int i915_max_ioctl;
 extern unsigned int i915_fbpercrtc;
+extern int i915_panel_ignore_lid;
 extern unsigned int i915_powersave;
 extern unsigned int i915_lvds_downclock;
 extern unsigned int i915_panel_use_ssc;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index 286995a9a84ae6c7fc32a918e799f0cf6ff8546d..784660a3667b51c12ed453d9b82adae6a3ce9ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ intel_panel_detect(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 
+	if (i915_panel_ignore_lid)
+		return i915_panel_ignore_lid > 0 ?
+			connector_status_connected :
+			connector_status_disconnected;
+
 	/* Assume that the BIOS does not lie through the OpRegion... */
 	if (dev_priv->opregion.lid_state)
 		return ioread32(dev_priv->opregion.lid_state) & 0x1 ?