diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index be82936c4089e7565c5d14c75ad15f49b94d2033..b18e74e0bdd5adbb75718217d143de538b562a7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -516,6 +516,31 @@ static inline struct iio_dev *iio_device_get(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	return indio_dev ? dev_to_iio_dev(get_device(&indio_dev->dev)) : NULL;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * iio_device_set_drvdata() - Set device driver data
+ * @indio_dev: IIO device structure
+ * @data: Driver specific data
+ *
+ * Allows to attach an arbitrary pointer to an IIO device, which can later be
+ * retrieved by iio_device_get_drvdata().
+ */
+static inline void iio_device_set_drvdata(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, void *data)
+{
+	dev_set_drvdata(&indio_dev->dev, data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * iio_device_get_drvdata() - Get device driver data
+ * @indio_dev: IIO device structure
+ *
+ * Returns the data previously set with iio_device_set_drvdata()
+ */
+static inline void *iio_device_get_drvdata(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
+{
+	return dev_get_drvdata(&indio_dev->dev);
+}
+
 /* Can we make this smaller? */
 #define IIO_ALIGN L1_CACHE_BYTES
 /**