diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index 87778f03393b3e09225402efbebd3ab15aacca4e..bded9c40dbd53313024d629e23d37f16a87cf757 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ struct engine_class_info {
 	const char *name;
 	int (*init_legacy)(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 	int (*init_execlists)(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
+
+	u8 uabi_class;
 };
 
 static const struct engine_class_info intel_engine_classes[] = {
@@ -57,21 +59,25 @@ static const struct engine_class_info intel_engine_classes[] = {
 		.name = "rcs",
 		.init_execlists = logical_render_ring_init,
 		.init_legacy = intel_init_render_ring_buffer,
+		.uabi_class = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER,
 	},
 	[COPY_ENGINE_CLASS] = {
 		.name = "bcs",
 		.init_execlists = logical_xcs_ring_init,
 		.init_legacy = intel_init_blt_ring_buffer,
+		.uabi_class = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_COPY,
 	},
 	[VIDEO_DECODE_CLASS] = {
 		.name = "vcs",
 		.init_execlists = logical_xcs_ring_init,
 		.init_legacy = intel_init_bsd_ring_buffer,
+		.uabi_class = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_VIDEO,
 	},
 	[VIDEO_ENHANCEMENT_CLASS] = {
 		.name = "vecs",
 		.init_execlists = logical_xcs_ring_init,
 		.init_legacy = intel_init_vebox_ring_buffer,
+		.uabi_class = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_VIDEO_ENHANCE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -213,13 +219,15 @@ intel_engine_setup(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 	WARN_ON(snprintf(engine->name, sizeof(engine->name), "%s%u",
 			 class_info->name, info->instance) >=
 		sizeof(engine->name));
-	engine->uabi_id = info->uabi_id;
 	engine->hw_id = engine->guc_id = info->hw_id;
 	engine->mmio_base = info->mmio_base;
 	engine->irq_shift = info->irq_shift;
 	engine->class = info->class;
 	engine->instance = info->instance;
 
+	engine->uabi_id = info->uabi_id;
+	engine->uabi_class = class_info->uabi_class;
+
 	engine->context_size = __intel_engine_context_size(dev_priv,
 							   engine->class);
 	if (WARN_ON(engine->context_size > BIT(20)))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 69ad875fd01119f66ac5e0ae7c064c54d15cb055..f3dbfe7ae6e4f07d4596d639d64ffe11c98ce4de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -289,11 +289,14 @@ struct intel_engine_execlists {
 struct intel_engine_cs {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
 	char name[INTEL_ENGINE_CS_MAX_NAME];
+
 	enum intel_engine_id id;
-	unsigned int uabi_id;
 	unsigned int hw_id;
 	unsigned int guc_id;
 
+	u8 uabi_id;
+	u8 uabi_class;
+
 	u8 class;
 	u8 instance;
 	u32 context_size;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index ac3c6503ca27f156ddbc3dd304bbf91671a9ac2a..1f7dfb22a7c218932db687a15df2d2912881e8d4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@ enum i915_mocs_table_index {
 	I915_MOCS_CACHED,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Different engines serve different roles, and there may be more than one
+ * engine serving each role. enum drm_i915_gem_engine_class provides a
+ * classification of the role of the engine, which may be used when requesting
+ * operations to be performed on a certain subset of engines, or for providing
+ * information about that group.
+ */
+enum drm_i915_gem_engine_class {
+	I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER	= 0,
+	I915_ENGINE_CLASS_COPY		= 1,
+	I915_ENGINE_CLASS_VIDEO		= 2,
+	I915_ENGINE_CLASS_VIDEO_ENHANCE	= 3,
+
+	I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID	= -1
+};
+
 /* Each region is a minimum of 16k, and there are at most 255 of them.
  */
 #define I915_NR_TEX_REGIONS 255	/* table size 2k - maximum due to use