diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-acpi.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-acpi.c
index 6537b43..011468d 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-acpi.c
@@ -107,3 +107,36 @@ static int __init acpi_gic_version_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * This special acpi_table_id is the sentinel at the end of the
+ * acpi_table_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 acpi_table_id
+irqchip_acpi_match_end __used __section(__irqchip_acpi_table_end);
+
+extern struct acpi_table_id __irqchip_acpi_table[];
+
+void __init acpi_irqchip_init(void)
+{
+	struct acpi_table_id *id;
+
+	if (acpi_disabled)
+		return;
+
+	if (acpi_gic_version_init())
+		return;
+
+	/* scan the irqchip table to match the GIC version and its driver */
+	for (id = __irqchip_acpi_table; id->id[0]; id++) {
+		if (gic_version == (u8)id->driver_data) {
+			acpi_table_parse(id->id,
+					 (acpi_tbl_table_handler)id->handler);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pr_err("No matched driver GIC version %d\n", gic_version);
+}
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 8bd374d..625776c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -181,6 +181,18 @@
 #define CPUIDLE_METHOD_OF_TABLES() OF_TABLE(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE, cpuidle_method)
 #define EARLYCON_OF_TABLES()	OF_TABLE(CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON, earlycon)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+#define ACPI_TABLE(name)						\
+	. = ALIGN(8);							\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__##name##_acpi_table) = .;			\
+	*(__##name##_acpi_table)					\
+	*(__##name##_acpi_table_end)
+
+#define IRQCHIP_ACPI_MATCH_TABLE()	ACPI_TABLE(irqchip)
+#else
+#define IRQCHIP_ACPI_MATCH_TABLE()
+#endif
+
 #define KERNEL_DTB()							\
 	STRUCT_ALIGN();							\
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__dtb_start) = .;				\
@@ -516,6 +528,7 @@
 	CPUIDLE_METHOD_OF_TABLES()					\
 	KERNEL_DTB()							\
 	IRQCHIP_OF_MATCH_TABLE()					\
+	IRQCHIP_ACPI_MATCH_TABLE()					\
 	EARLYCON_TABLE()						\
 	EARLYCON_OF_TABLES()
 
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 0820cb1..04dd0bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -829,4 +829,20 @@ static inline struct acpi_device *acpi_get_next_child(struct device *dev,
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+#define ACPI_DECLARE(table, name, table_id, data, fn)			\
+	static const struct acpi_table_id __acpi_table_##name		\
+		__used __section(__##table##_acpi_table)		\
+		 = { .id = table_id,					\
+		     .handler = (void *)fn,				\
+		     .driver_data = data }
+#else
+#define ACPI_DECLARE(table, name, table_id, data, fn)			\
+	static const struct acpi_table_id __acpi_table_##name		\
+		__attribute__((unused))					\
+		 = { .id = table_id,					\
+		     .handler = (void *)fn,				\
+		     .driver_data = data }
+#endif
+
 #endif	/*_LINUX_ACPI_H*/
diff --git a/include/linux/irqchip.h b/include/linux/irqchip.h
index 6388873..6b66d3e 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqchip.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqchip.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_IRQCHIP_H
 #define _LINUX_IRQCHIP_H
 
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 
 /*
@@ -25,6 +26,18 @@
  */
 #define IRQCHIP_DECLARE(name, compat, fn) OF_DECLARE_2(irqchip, name, compat, fn)
 
+/*
+ * This macro must be used by the different ARM GIC drivers to declare
+ * the association between their version and their initialization function.
+ *
+ * @name: name that must be unique accross all IRQCHIP_ACPI_DECLARE of the
+ * same file.
+ * @gic_version: version of GIC
+ * @fn: initialization function
+ */
+#define IRQCHIP_ACPI_DECLARE(name, gic_version, fn)	\
+	ACPI_DECLARE(irqchip, name, ACPI_SIG_MADT, gic_version, fn)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQCHIP
 void irqchip_init(void);
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 34f25b7..105be1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ struct acpi_device_id {
 	__u32 cls_msk;
 };
 
+#define ACPI_TABLE_ID_LEN	5
+
+struct acpi_table_id {
+	__u8 id[ACPI_TABLE_ID_LEN];
+	const void *handler;
+	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
+};
+
 #define PNP_ID_LEN	8
 #define PNP_MAX_DEVICES	8
 
