diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index 97527614141bf4a406528503d404ad8efd64695f..f9f205cb1f115a92617fca64002f028d1856faab 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ config ACPI_TOSHIBA
 	depends on INPUT
 	depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n
 	depends on SERIO_I8042 || SERIO_I8042 = n
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	select INPUT_POLLDEV
 	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
 	---help---
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
index f624dd56051f303965d5677dabcc848347f75514..9956b9902bb40aaeb59e724b60579e56a495795e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/i8042.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <acpi/video.h>
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("John Belmonte");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Toshiba Laptop ACPI Extras Driver");
@@ -263,6 +265,14 @@ static const struct key_entry toshiba_acpi_alt_keymap[] = {
 	{ KE_END, 0 },
 };
 
+/*
+ * List of models which have a broken acpi-video backlight interface and thus
+ * need to use the toshiba (vendor) interface instead.
+ */
+static const struct dmi_system_id toshiba_vendor_backlight_dmi[] = {
+	{}
+};
+
 /*
  * Utility
  */
@@ -2624,6 +2634,20 @@ static int toshiba_acpi_setup_backlight(struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev)
 	ret = get_tr_backlight_status(dev, &enabled);
 	dev->tr_backlight_supported = !ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Tell acpi-video-detect code to prefer vendor backlight on all
+	 * systems with transflective backlight and on dmi matched systems.
+	 */
+	if (dev->tr_backlight_supported ||
+	    dmi_check_system(toshiba_vendor_backlight_dmi))
+		acpi_video_dmi_promote_vendor();
+
+	if (acpi_video_backlight_support())
+		return 0;
+
+	/* acpi-video may have loaded before we called dmi_promote_vendor() */
+	acpi_video_unregister_backlight();
+
 	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM;
 	props.max_brightness = HCI_LCD_BRIGHTNESS_LEVELS - 1;