diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
index 44c810456212..1c0978f961ea 100644
--- a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
+++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
@@ -674,6 +674,12 @@ void power_supply_unregister(struct power_supply *psy)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_unregister);
 
+void *power_supply_get_drvdata(struct power_supply *psy)
+{
+	return psy->drv_data;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_get_drvdata);
+
 static int __init power_supply_class_init(void)
 {
 	power_supply_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "power_supply");
diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h
index f606d6b4bd56..e30d85c0158d 100644
--- a/include/linux/power_supply.h
+++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ struct power_supply {
 	/* For APM emulation, think legacy userspace. */
 	int use_for_apm;
 
+	/* Driver private data */
+	void *drv_data;
+
 	/* private */
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct work_struct changed_work;
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ extern int devm_power_supply_register_no_ws(struct device *parent,
 extern void power_supply_unregister(struct power_supply *psy);
 extern int power_supply_powers(struct power_supply *psy, struct device *dev);
 
+extern void *power_supply_get_drvdata(struct power_supply *psy);
 /* For APM emulation, think legacy userspace. */
 extern struct class *power_supply_class;