diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
index fe23f29f7cba8bc7fb3e88450b07c2b8537a7913..5f0aec4f082a486a91bf34ced9cd9080dea279b1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ drm-y       :=	drm_auth.o drm_bufs.o drm_cache.o \
 		drm_agpsupport.o drm_scatter.o ati_pcigart.o drm_pci.o \
 		drm_sysfs.o drm_hashtab.o drm_sman.o drm_mm.o \
 		drm_crtc.o drm_crtc_helper.o drm_modes.o drm_edid.o \
-		drm_info.o drm_debugfs.o
+		drm_info.o drm_debugfs.o drm_encoder_slave.o
 
 drm-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += drm_ioc32.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder_slave.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder_slave.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ffd600ccfae8b431460b23475e76283def8c85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder_slave.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Francisco Jerez.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
+ * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial
+ * portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER(S) AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+ * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <drm/drm_encoder_slave.h>
+
+/**
+ * drm_i2c_encoder_init - Initialize an I2C slave encoder
+ * @dev:	DRM device.
+ * @encoder:    Encoder to be attached to the I2C device. You aren't
+ *		required to have called drm_encoder_init() before.
+ * @adap:	I2C adapter that will be used to communicate with
+ *		the device.
+ * @info:	Information that will be used to create the I2C device.
+ *		Required fields are @addr and @type.
+ *
+ * Create an I2C device on the specified bus (the module containing its
+ * driver is transparently loaded) and attach it to the specified
+ * &drm_encoder_slave. The @slave_funcs field will be initialized with
+ * the hooks provided by the slave driver.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative errno on failure, in particular,
+ * -ENODEV is returned when no matching driver is found.
+ */
+int drm_i2c_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+			 struct drm_encoder_slave *encoder,
+			 struct i2c_adapter *adap,
+			 const struct i2c_board_info *info)
+{
+	char modalias[sizeof(I2C_MODULE_PREFIX)
+		      + I2C_NAME_SIZE];
+	struct module *module = NULL;
+	struct i2c_client *client;
+	struct drm_i2c_encoder_driver *encoder_drv;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	snprintf(modalias, sizeof(modalias),
+		 "%s%s", I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, info->type);
+	request_module(modalias);
+
+	client = i2c_new_device(adap, info);
+	if (!client) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	if (!client->driver) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto fail_unregister;
+	}
+
+	module = client->driver->driver.owner;
+	if (!try_module_get(module)) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto fail_unregister;
+	}
+
+	encoder->bus_priv = client;
+
+	encoder_drv = to_drm_i2c_encoder_driver(client->driver);
+
+	err = encoder_drv->encoder_init(client, dev, encoder);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail_unregister;
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail_unregister:
+	i2c_unregister_device(client);
+	module_put(module);
+fail:
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_i2c_encoder_init);
+
+/**
+ * drm_i2c_encoder_destroy - Unregister the I2C device backing an encoder
+ * @drm_encoder:	Encoder to be unregistered.
+ *
+ * This should be called from the @destroy method of an I2C slave
+ * encoder driver once I2C access is no longer needed.
+ */
+void drm_i2c_encoder_destroy(struct drm_encoder *drm_encoder)
+{
+	struct drm_encoder_slave *encoder = to_encoder_slave(drm_encoder);
+	struct i2c_client *client = drm_i2c_encoder_get_client(drm_encoder);
+	struct module *module = client->driver->driver.owner;
+
+	i2c_unregister_device(client);
+	encoder->bus_priv = NULL;
+
+	module_put(module);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_i2c_encoder_destroy);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_encoder_slave.h b/include/drm/drm_encoder_slave.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..821ec40c17d8eca2ae74dfc7681b127791dfda5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/drm/drm_encoder_slave.h
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Francisco Jerez.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
+ * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial
+ * portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER(S) AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+ * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DRM_ENCODER_SLAVE_H__
+#define __DRM_ENCODER_SLAVE_H__
+
+#include <drm/drmP.h>
+#include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct drm_encoder_slave_funcs - Entry points exposed by a slave encoder driver
+ * @set_config:	Initialize any encoder-specific modesetting parameters.
+ *		The meaning of the @params parameter is implementation
+ *		dependent. It will usually be a structure with DVO port
+ *		data format settings or timings. It's not required for
+ *		the new parameters to take effect until the next mode
+ *		is set.
+ *
+ * Most of its members are analogous to the function pointers in
+ * &drm_encoder_helper_funcs and they can optionally be used to
+ * initialize the latter. Connector-like methods (e.g. @get_modes and
+ * @set_property) will typically be wrapped around and only be called
+ * if the encoder is the currently selected one for the connector.
+ */
+struct drm_encoder_slave_funcs {
+	void (*set_config)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+			   void *params);
+
+	void (*destroy)(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
+	void (*dpms)(struct drm_encoder *encoder, int mode);
+	void (*save)(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
+	void (*restore)(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
+	bool (*mode_fixup)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+			   struct drm_display_mode *mode,
+			   struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode);
+	int (*mode_valid)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+			  struct drm_display_mode *mode);
+	void (*mode_set)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+			 struct drm_display_mode *mode,
+			 struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode);
+
+	enum drm_connector_status (*detect)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+					    struct drm_connector *connector);
+	int (*get_modes)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+			 struct drm_connector *connector);
+	int (*create_resources)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+				 struct drm_connector *connector);
+	int (*set_property)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+			    struct drm_connector *connector,
+			    struct drm_property *property,
+			    uint64_t val);
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct drm_encoder_slave - Slave encoder struct
+ * @base: DRM encoder object.
+ * @slave_funcs: Slave encoder callbacks.
+ * @slave_priv: Slave encoder private data.
+ * @bus_priv: Bus specific data.
+ *
+ * A &drm_encoder_slave has two sets of callbacks, @slave_funcs and the
+ * ones in @base. The former are never actually called by the common
+ * CRTC code, it's just a convenience for splitting the encoder
+ * functions in an upper, GPU-specific layer and a (hopefully)
+ * GPU-agnostic lower layer: It's the GPU driver responsibility to
+ * call the slave methods when appropriate.
+ *
+ * drm_i2c_encoder_init() provides a way to get an implementation of
+ * this.
+ */
+struct drm_encoder_slave {
+	struct drm_encoder base;
+
+	struct drm_encoder_slave_funcs *slave_funcs;
+	void *slave_priv;
+	void *bus_priv;
+};
+#define to_encoder_slave(x) container_of((x), struct drm_encoder_slave, base)
+
+int drm_i2c_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+			 struct drm_encoder_slave *encoder,
+			 struct i2c_adapter *adap,
+			 const struct i2c_board_info *info);
+
+
+/**
+ * struct drm_i2c_encoder_driver
+ *
+ * Describes a device driver for an encoder connected to the GPU
+ * through an I2C bus. In addition to the entry points in @i2c_driver
+ * an @encoder_init function should be provided. It will be called to
+ * give the driver an opportunity to allocate any per-encoder data
+ * structures and to initialize the @slave_funcs and (optionally)
+ * @slave_priv members of @encoder.
+ */
+struct drm_i2c_encoder_driver {
+	struct i2c_driver i2c_driver;
+
+	int (*encoder_init)(struct i2c_client *client,
+			    struct drm_device *dev,
+			    struct drm_encoder_slave *encoder);
+
+};
+#define to_drm_i2c_encoder_driver(x) container_of((x),			\
+						  struct drm_i2c_encoder_driver, \
+						  i2c_driver)
+
+/**
+ * drm_i2c_encoder_get_client - Get the I2C client corresponding to an encoder
+ */
+static inline struct i2c_client *drm_i2c_encoder_get_client(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
+{
+	return (struct i2c_client *)to_encoder_slave(encoder)->bus_priv;
+}
+
+/**
+ * drm_i2c_encoder_register - Register an I2C encoder driver
+ * @owner:	Module containing the driver.
+ * @driver:	Driver to be registered.
+ */
+static inline int drm_i2c_encoder_register(struct module *owner,
+					   struct drm_i2c_encoder_driver *driver)
+{
+	return i2c_register_driver(owner, &driver->i2c_driver);
+}
+
+/**
+ * drm_i2c_encoder_unregister - Unregister an I2C encoder driver
+ * @driver:	Driver to be unregistered.
+ */
+static inline void drm_i2c_encoder_unregister(struct drm_i2c_encoder_driver *driver)
+{
+	return i2c_del_driver(&driver->i2c_driver);
+}
+
+void drm_i2c_encoder_destroy(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
+
+#endif