diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 08903b940957d6dce8c9b489d99e84743b40dad3..8ce14c85156db860461a9df780fb427832b60f03 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -1471,3 +1471,11 @@ KernelVersion:	4.3
 Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
 Description:
 		Raw (unscaled no offset etc.) percentage reading of a substance.
+
+What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_resistance_raw
+What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_resistanceX_raw
+KernelVersion:	4.3
+Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		Raw (unscaled no offset etc.) resistance reading that can be processed
+		into an ohm value.
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index ee09a945a2c7abb5f5593b8fec1a58dba501f5e8..208358f9e7e36582152cad8c4f4924d9667a58cc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
 	[IIO_DISTANCE] = "distance",
 	[IIO_VELOCITY] = "velocity",
 	[IIO_CONCENTRATION] = "concentration",
+	[IIO_RESISTANCE] = "resistance",
 };
 
 static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h
index 1e4c4e346ffbadd18453d5910f57d2ff95c2c4c4..7c63bd67c36e274f933a857b23ee00e5e1c2daed 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ enum iio_chan_type {
 	IIO_DISTANCE,
 	IIO_VELOCITY,
 	IIO_CONCENTRATION,
+	IIO_RESISTANCE,
 };
 
 enum iio_modifier {