diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
index 9b0589cf8d17b07a43372538b8628911fe7ed2d6..31a478f63d5267f2eea574aed653e05ff9d3932e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
@@ -612,15 +612,54 @@ static const struct intel_panel_bl_funcs intel_dp_vesa_bl_funcs = {
 	.get = intel_dp_aux_vesa_get_backlight,
 };
 
+enum intel_dp_aux_backlight_modparam {
+	INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_AUTO = -1,
+	INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_OFF = 0,
+	INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_ON = 1,
+	INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_VESA = 2,
+	INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_INTEL = 3,
+};
+
 int intel_dp_aux_init_backlight_funcs(struct intel_connector *connector)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = connector->base.dev;
 	struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
 	struct intel_dp *intel_dp = enc_to_intel_dp(connector->encoder);
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = dp_to_i915(intel_dp);
+	bool try_intel_interface = false, try_vesa_interface = false;
 
-	if (i915->params.enable_dpcd_backlight == 0)
+	/* Check the VBT and user's module parameters to figure out which
+	 * interfaces to probe
+	 */
+	switch (i915->params.enable_dpcd_backlight) {
+	case INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_OFF:
 		return -ENODEV;
+	case INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_AUTO:
+		switch (i915->vbt.backlight.type) {
+		case INTEL_BACKLIGHT_VESA_EDP_AUX_INTERFACE:
+			try_vesa_interface = true;
+			break;
+		case INTEL_BACKLIGHT_DISPLAY_DDI:
+			try_intel_interface = true;
+			try_vesa_interface = true;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+		break;
+	case INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_ON:
+		if (i915->vbt.backlight.type != INTEL_BACKLIGHT_VESA_EDP_AUX_INTERFACE)
+			try_intel_interface = true;
+
+		try_vesa_interface = true;
+		break;
+	case INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_VESA:
+		try_vesa_interface = true;
+		break;
+	case INTEL_DP_AUX_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_INTEL:
+		try_intel_interface = true;
+		break;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * A lot of eDP panels in the wild will report supporting both the
@@ -629,13 +668,13 @@ int intel_dp_aux_init_backlight_funcs(struct intel_connector *connector)
 	 * and will only work with the Intel interface. So, always probe for
 	 * that first.
 	 */
-	if (intel_dp_aux_supports_hdr_backlight(connector)) {
+	if (try_intel_interface && intel_dp_aux_supports_hdr_backlight(connector)) {
 		drm_dbg_kms(dev, "Using Intel proprietary eDP backlight controls\n");
 		panel->backlight.funcs = &intel_dp_hdr_bl_funcs;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (intel_dp_aux_supports_vesa_backlight(connector)) {
+	if (try_vesa_interface && intel_dp_aux_supports_vesa_backlight(connector)) {
 		drm_dbg_kms(dev, "Using VESA eDP backlight controls\n");
 		panel->backlight.funcs = &intel_dp_vesa_bl_funcs;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
index 7f139ea4a90b205832791269a19b95569978dc41..6939634e56ed69fcfdcfd716bb1e7dc4d3f1007e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ i915_param_named_unsafe(inject_probe_failure, uint, 0400,
 
 i915_param_named(enable_dpcd_backlight, int, 0400,
 	"Enable support for DPCD backlight control"
-	"(-1=use per-VBT LFP backlight type setting [default], 0=disabled, 1=enabled)");
+	"(-1=use per-VBT LFP backlight type setting [default], 0=disabled, 1=enable, 2=force VESA interface, 3=force Intel interface)");
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_GVT)
 i915_param_named(enable_gvt, bool, 0400,