diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
index ff87f8611fa3246d4570c9c780d29f8ee4ff0f6c..34a6e09b3f7f0c2bdb0f22e812a4b7659cbc039e 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct nci_ops {
 	int   (*close)(struct nci_dev *ndev);
 	int   (*send)(struct nci_dev *ndev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 	int   (*setup)(struct nci_dev *ndev);
+	int   (*fw_download)(struct nci_dev *ndev, const char *firmware_name);
 	__u32 (*get_rfprotocol)(struct nci_dev *ndev, __u8 rf_protocol);
 	int   (*discover_se)(struct nci_dev *ndev);
 	int   (*disable_se)(struct nci_dev *ndev, u32 se_idx);
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 9575a1892607c5dbf18f5bc04f531ed826dfe812..49ff321060809a320966d5efc24ea6aaaab1add8 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -907,6 +907,16 @@ static int nci_se_io(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev, u32 se_idx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int nci_fw_download(struct nfc_dev *nfc_dev, const char *firmware_name)
+{
+	struct nci_dev *ndev = nfc_get_drvdata(nfc_dev);
+
+	if (!ndev->ops->fw_download)
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+	return ndev->ops->fw_download(ndev, firmware_name);
+}
+
 static struct nfc_ops nci_nfc_ops = {
 	.dev_up = nci_dev_up,
 	.dev_down = nci_dev_down,
@@ -922,6 +932,7 @@ static struct nfc_ops nci_nfc_ops = {
 	.disable_se = nci_disable_se,
 	.discover_se = nci_discover_se,
 	.se_io = nci_se_io,
+	.fw_download = nci_fw_download,
 };
 
 /* ---- Interface to NCI drivers ---- */