diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
index f02028ec3db6a6384dc194e7633ee12e8bbb7685..78e5d9ab0ba7fd991e55cff240257248f42b7ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
@@ -955,7 +955,8 @@ static int ads7846_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(ads7846_pm, ads7846_suspend, ads7846_resume);
 
-static int __devinit ads7846_setup_pendown(struct spi_device *spi, struct ads7846 *ts)
+static int __devinit ads7846_setup_pendown(struct spi_device *spi,
+					   struct ads7846 *ts)
 {
 	struct ads7846_platform_data *pdata = spi->dev.platform_data;
 	int err;
@@ -981,6 +982,9 @@ static int __devinit ads7846_setup_pendown(struct spi_device *spi, struct ads784
 
 		ts->gpio_pendown = pdata->gpio_pendown;
 
+		if (pdata->gpio_pendown_debounce)
+			gpio_set_debounce(pdata->gpio_pendown,
+					  pdata->gpio_pendown_debounce);
 	} else {
 		dev_err(&spi->dev, "no get_pendown_state nor gpio_pendown?\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h b/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h
index c64de9dd7631bb44232eeca7d8080c62521c5b1e..2f694f3846a9ad1a5d052e96d5f68cd9a152c313 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/ads7846.h
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ struct ads7846_platform_data {
 	u16	debounce_rep;		/* additional consecutive good readings
 					 * required after the first two */
 	int	gpio_pendown;		/* the GPIO used to decide the pendown
-					 * state if get_pendown_state == NULL
-					 */
+					 * state if get_pendown_state == NULL */
+	int	gpio_pendown_debounce;	/* platform specific debounce time for
+					 * the gpio_pendown */
 	int	(*get_pendown_state)(void);
 	int	(*filter_init)	(const struct ads7846_platform_data *pdata,
 				 void **filter_data);