diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
index 62ca575701d3..93dfd8fa66c7 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+config IRQCHIP
+	def_bool y
+	depends on OF_IRQ
+
 config VERSATILE_FPGA_IRQ
 	bool
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/Makefile b/drivers/irqchip/Makefile
index bf4609a5bd9d..29b78c9449c8 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_IRQCHIP)			+= irqchip.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM2835)		+= irq-bcm2835.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI)		+= irq-sunxi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VERSATILE_FPGA_IRQ)	+= irq-versatile-fpga.o
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c b/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f496afce29de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Thomas Petazzoni
+ *
+ * Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/of_irq.h>
+
+#include "irqchip.h"
+
+/*
+ * This special of_device_id is the sentinel at the end of the
+ * of_device_id[] array of all irqchips. It is automatically placed at
+ * the end of the array by the linker, thanks to being part of a
+ * special section.
+ */
+static const struct of_device_id
+irqchip_of_match_end __used __section(__irqchip_of_end);
+
+extern struct of_device_id __irqchip_begin[];
+
+void __init irqchip_init(void)
+{
+	of_irq_init(__irqchip_begin);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.h b/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e445ba2d6add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Thomas Petazzoni
+ *
+ * Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _IRQCHIP_H
+#define _IRQCHIP_H
+
+/*
+ * This macro must be used by the different irqchip drivers to declare
+ * the association between their DT compatible string and their
+ * initialization function.
+ *
+ * @name: name that must be unique accross all IRQCHIP_DECLARE of the
+ * same file.
+ * @compstr: compatible string of the irqchip driver
+ * @fn: initialization function
+ */
+#define IRQCHIP_DECLARE(name,compstr,fn)				\
+	static const struct of_device_id irqchip_of_match_##name	\
+	__used __section(__irqchip_of_table)				\
+	= { .compatible = compstr, .data = fn }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index d1ea7ce0b4cb..c80c599897b9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@
 #define TRACE_SYSCALLS()
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQCHIP
+#define IRQCHIP_OF_MATCH_TABLE()					\
+	. = ALIGN(8);							\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__irqchip_begin) = .;				\
+	*(__irqchip_of_table)		  				\
+	*(__irqchip_of_end)
+#else
+#define IRQCHIP_OF_MATCH_TABLE()
+#endif
 
 #define KERNEL_DTB()							\
 	STRUCT_ALIGN();							\
@@ -493,7 +502,8 @@
 	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
-	KERNEL_DTB()
+	KERNEL_DTB()							\
+	IRQCHIP_OF_MATCH_TABLE()
 
 #define INIT_TEXT							\
 	*(.init.text)							\
diff --git a/include/linux/irqchip.h b/include/linux/irqchip.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0006f1d35a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/irqchip.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Thomas Petazzoni
+ *
+ * Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_IRQCHIP_H
+#define _LINUX_IRQCHIP_H
+
+void irqchip_init(void);
+
+#endif