--- a/arch/mips/ath25/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/ath25/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config SOC_AR5312
 	bool "Atheros AR5312/AR2312+ SoC support"
 	depends on ATH25
+	select GPIO_AR5312
 	default y
 
 config SOC_AR2315
--- a/arch/mips/ath25/ar5312.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath25/ar5312.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/physmap.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
@@ -180,6 +181,22 @@ static struct platform_device ar5312_phy
 	.num_resources = 1,
 };
 
+static struct resource ar5312_gpio_res[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "ar5312-gpio",
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
+		.start = AR5312_GPIO_BASE,
+		.end = AR5312_GPIO_BASE + AR5312_GPIO_SIZE - 1,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct platform_device ar5312_gpio = {
+	.name = "ar5312-gpio",
+	.id = -1,
+	.resource = ar5312_gpio_res,
+	.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(ar5312_gpio_res),
+};
+
 static void __init ar5312_flash_init(void)
 {
 	void __iomem *flashctl_base;
@@ -247,6 +264,8 @@ void __init ar5312_init_devices(void)
 
 	platform_device_register(&ar5312_physmap_flash);
 
+	platform_device_register(&ar5312_gpio);
+
 	switch (ath25_soc) {
 	case ATH25_SOC_AR5312:
 		if (!ath25_board.radio)
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ config GPIO_AMDPT
 	  driver for GPIO functionality on Promontory IOHub
 	  Require ACPI ASL code to enumerate as a platform device.
 
+config GPIO_AR5312
+	bool "AR5312 SoC GPIO support"
+	default y if SOC_AR5312
+	depends on SOC_AR5312
+	help
+	  Say yes here to enable GPIO support for Atheros AR5312/AR2312+ SoCs.
+
 config GPIO_ASPEED
 	tristate "Aspeed GPIO support"
 	depends on (ARCH_ASPEED || COMPILE_TEST) && OF_GPIO
--- a/drivers/gpio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ALTERA)  		+= gpio-alt
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_AMD8111)		+= gpio-amd8111.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_AMD_FCH)		+= gpio-amd-fch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_AMDPT)		+= gpio-amdpt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_AR5312)		+= gpio-ar5312.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ARIZONA)		+= gpio-arizona.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ASPEED)		+= gpio-aspeed.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ATH79)		+= gpio-ath79.o
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-ar5312.c
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Atheros Communications, Inc.,  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 FON Technology, SL.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Alexandros C. Couloumbis <alex@ozo.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
+
+#define DRIVER_NAME	"ar5312-gpio"
+
+#define AR5312_GPIO_DO		0x00		/* output register */
+#define AR5312_GPIO_DI		0x04		/* intput register */
+#define AR5312_GPIO_CR		0x08		/* control register */
+
+#define AR5312_GPIO_CR_M(x)	(1 << (x))	/* mask for i/o */
+#define AR5312_GPIO_CR_O(x)	(0 << (x))	/* mask for output */
+#define AR5312_GPIO_CR_I(x)	(1 << (x))	/* mask for input */
+#define AR5312_GPIO_CR_INT(x)	(1 << ((x)+8))	/* mask for interrupt */
+#define AR5312_GPIO_CR_UART(x)	(1 << ((x)+16))	/* uart multiplex */
+
+#define AR5312_GPIO_NUM		8
+
+static void __iomem *ar5312_mem;
+
+static inline u32 ar5312_gpio_reg_read(unsigned reg)
+{
+	return __raw_readl(ar5312_mem + reg);
+}
+
+static inline void ar5312_gpio_reg_write(unsigned reg, u32 val)
+{
+	__raw_writel(val, ar5312_mem + reg);
+}
+
+static inline void ar5312_gpio_reg_mask(unsigned reg, u32 mask, u32 val)
+{
+	ar5312_gpio_reg_write(reg, (ar5312_gpio_reg_read(reg) & ~mask) | val);
+}
+
+static int ar5312_gpio_get_val(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio)
+{
+	return (ar5312_gpio_reg_read(AR5312_GPIO_DI) >> gpio) & 1;
+}
+
+static void ar5312_gpio_set_val(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio, int val)
+{
+	u32 reg = ar5312_gpio_reg_read(AR5312_GPIO_DO);
+
+	reg = val ? reg | (1 << gpio) : reg & ~(1 << gpio);
+	ar5312_gpio_reg_write(AR5312_GPIO_DO, reg);
+}
+
+static int ar5312_gpio_dir_in(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio)
+{
+	ar5312_gpio_reg_mask(AR5312_GPIO_CR, 0, 1 << gpio);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ar5312_gpio_dir_out(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio, int val)
+{
+	ar5312_gpio_reg_mask(AR5312_GPIO_CR, 1 << gpio, 0);
+	ar5312_gpio_set_val(chip, gpio, val);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct gpio_chip ar5312_gpio_chip = {
+	.label			= DRIVER_NAME,
+	.direction_input	= ar5312_gpio_dir_in,
+	.direction_output	= ar5312_gpio_dir_out,
+	.set			= ar5312_gpio_set_val,
+	.get			= ar5312_gpio_get_val,
+	.base			= 0,
+	.ngpio			= AR5312_GPIO_NUM,
+};
+
+static int ar5312_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	struct resource *res;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (ar5312_mem)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	ar5312_mem = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
+	if (IS_ERR(ar5312_mem))
+		return PTR_ERR(ar5312_mem);
+
+	ar5312_gpio_chip.parent = dev;
+	ret = gpiochip_add(&ar5312_gpio_chip);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to add gpiochip\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct platform_driver ar5312_gpio_driver = {
+	.probe = ar5312_gpio_probe,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = DRIVER_NAME,
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	}
+};
+
+static int __init ar5312_gpio_init(void)
+{
+	return platform_driver_register(&ar5312_gpio_driver);
+}
+subsys_initcall(ar5312_gpio_init);
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ config ATH25
 	select CEVT_R4K
 	select CSRC_R4K
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
+	select GPIOLIB
 	select IRQ_MIPS_CPU
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
