diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
index 77a8b0d39b54..296015e3c632 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ contain the following properties.
     		shifted clock phase (CPHA) mode
 - spi-cs-high     - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
     		chip select active high
+- spi-3wire       - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
+    		    3-wire mode.
 
 If a gpio chipselect is used for the SPI slave the gpio number will be passed
 via the cs_gpio
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index b370d292d19c..2ca5f079ff01 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -861,6 +861,8 @@ static void of_register_spi_devices(struct spi_master *master)
 			spi->mode |= SPI_CPOL;
 		if (of_find_property(nc, "spi-cs-high", NULL))
 			spi->mode |= SPI_CS_HIGH;
+		if (of_find_property(nc, "spi-3wire", NULL))
+			spi->mode |= SPI_3WIRE;
 
 		/* Device speed */
 		prop = of_get_property(nc, "spi-max-frequency", &len);