diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index eb80dac4e26a..c952ef1b2f46 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -3264,8 +3264,21 @@ int gpiod_configure_flags(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *con_id,
 
 	if (lflags & GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)
 		set_bit(FLAG_ACTIVE_LOW, &desc->flags);
+
 	if (lflags & GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN)
 		set_bit(FLAG_OPEN_DRAIN, &desc->flags);
+	else if (dflags & GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_OPEN_DRAIN) {
+		/*
+		 * This enforces open drain mode from the consumer side.
+		 * This is necessary for some busses like I2C, but the lookup
+		 * should *REALLY* have specified them as open drain in the
+		 * first place, so print a little warning here.
+		 */
+		set_bit(FLAG_OPEN_DRAIN, &desc->flags);
+		gpiod_warn(desc,
+			   "enforced open drain please flag it properly in DT/ACPI DSDT/board file\n");
+	}
+
 	if (lflags & GPIO_OPEN_SOURCE)
 		set_bit(FLAG_OPEN_SOURCE, &desc->flags);
 	if (lflags & GPIO_SLEEP_MAY_LOOSE_VALUE)
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
index 8f702fcbe485..5f72a49d1aa3 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct gpio_descs {
 #define GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_SET		BIT(0)
 #define GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_OUT		BIT(1)
 #define GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_VAL		BIT(2)
+#define GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_OPEN_DRAIN	BIT(3)
 
 /**
  * Optional flags that can be passed to one of gpiod_* to configure direction
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ enum gpiod_flags {
 	GPIOD_OUT_LOW	= GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_SET | GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_OUT,
 	GPIOD_OUT_HIGH	= GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_SET | GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_OUT |
 			  GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_VAL,
+	GPIOD_OUT_LOW_OPEN_DRAIN = GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_SET |
+			  GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_OUT | GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_OPEN_DRAIN,
+	GPIOD_OUT_HIGH_OPEN_DRAIN = GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_SET |
+			  GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_OUT | GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_DIR_VAL |
+			  GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_OPEN_DRAIN,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GPIOLIB