diff --git a/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst b/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst
index 8741d390b184..b4557462edd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ A few EV_ABS codes have special meanings:
     BTN_TOOL_<name> signals the type of tool that is currently detected by the
     hardware and is otherwise independent of ABS_DISTANCE and/or BTN_TOUCH.
 
+* ABS_PROFILE:
+
+  - Used to describe the state of a multi-value profile switch.  An event is
+    emitted only when the selected profile changes, indicating the newly
+    selected profile value.
+
 * ABS_MT_<name>:
 
   - Used to describe multitouch input events. Please see
diff --git a/Documentation/input/gamepad.rst b/Documentation/input/gamepad.rst
index 4d5e7fb80a84..71019de46036 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/gamepad.rst
+++ b/Documentation/input/gamepad.rst
@@ -189,3 +189,9 @@ Gamepads report the following events:
 - Rumble:
 
   Rumble is advertised as FF_RUMBLE.
+
+- Profile:
+
+  Some pads provide a multi-value profile selection switch.  An example is the
+  XBox Adaptive and the XBox Elite 2 controllers.  When the active profile is
+  switched, its newly selected value is emitted as an ABS_PROFILE event.
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c b/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c
index 81e7e404a5fc..2ca6ab600bc9 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,8 @@ static const char *absolutes[ABS_CNT] = {
 	[ABS_HAT3Y] = "Hat 3Y",		[ABS_PRESSURE] = "Pressure",
 	[ABS_DISTANCE] = "Distance",	[ABS_TILT_X] = "XTilt",
 	[ABS_TILT_Y] = "YTilt",		[ABS_TOOL_WIDTH] = "ToolWidth",
-	[ABS_VOLUME] = "Volume",	[ABS_MISC] = "Misc",
+	[ABS_VOLUME] = "Volume",	[ABS_PROFILE] = "Profile",
+	[ABS_MISC] = "Misc",
 	[ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR] = "MTMajor",
 	[ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR] = "MTMinor",
 	[ABS_MT_WIDTH_MAJOR] = "MTMajorW",
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h b/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h
index dff8e7f17074..7ad931a32970 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@
 #define ABS_TOOL_WIDTH		0x1c
 
 #define ABS_VOLUME		0x20
+#define ABS_PROFILE		0x21
 
 #define ABS_MISC		0x28