diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
index 823797217404..d65074b85f62 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ config SPI_MEM
 	  This extension is meant to simplify interaction with SPI memories
 	  by providing a high-level interface to send memory-like commands.
 
+config SPI_OFFLOAD
+	bool
+
 comment "SPI Master Controller Drivers"
 
 config SPI_AIROHA_SNFI
diff --git a/drivers/spi/Makefile b/drivers/spi/Makefile
index a9b1bc259b68..6a470eb475a2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ccflags-$(CONFIG_SPI_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MASTER)		+= spi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MEM)			+= spi-mem.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MUX)			+= spi-mux.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD)		+= spi-offload.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV)		+= spidev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_LOOPBACK_TEST)		+= spi-loopback-test.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c344cbf50bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Analog Devices Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 BayLibre, SAS
+ */
+
+#define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE SPI_OFFLOAD
+
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi-offload.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/**
+ * devm_spi_offload_alloc() - Allocate offload instances
+ * @dev: Device for devm purposes
+ * @num_offloads: Number of offloads to allocate
+ * @priv_size: Size of private data to allocate for each offload
+ *
+ * Offload providers should use this to allocate offload instances.
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to array of offloads or error on failure.
+ */
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_alloc(struct device *dev,
+					   size_t num_offloads,
+					   size_t priv_size)
+{
+	struct spi_offload *offloads;
+	void *privs;
+	size_t i;
+
+	offloads = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_offloads, sizeof(*offloads) + priv_size,
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!offloads)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	privs = (void *)(offloads + num_offloads);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_offloads; i++) {
+		struct spi_offload *offload = offloads + i;
+		void *priv = privs + i * priv_size;
+
+		offload->provider_dev = dev;
+		offload->priv = priv;
+	}
+
+	return offloads;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_spi_offload_alloc);
+
+static void spi_offload_put(void *data)
+{
+	struct spi_offload *offload = data;
+
+	offload->spi = NULL;
+	put_device(offload->provider_dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_spi_offload_get() - Get an offload instance
+ * @dev: Device for devm purposes
+ * @spi: SPI device to use for the transfers
+ * @config: Offload configuration
+ *
+ * Peripheral drivers call this function to get an offload instance that meets
+ * the requirements specified in @config. If no suitable offload instance is
+ * available, -ENODEV is returned.
+ *
+ * Return: Offload instance or error on failure.
+ */
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_get(struct device *dev,
+					 struct spi_device *spi,
+					 const struct spi_offload_config *config)
+{
+	struct spi_offload *offload;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!spi || !config)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (!spi->controller->get_offload)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	offload = spi->controller->get_offload(spi, config);
+	if (IS_ERR(offload))
+		return offload;
+
+	if (offload->spi)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
+
+	offload->spi = spi;
+	get_device(offload->provider_dev);
+
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, spi_offload_put, offload);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+	return offload;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_spi_offload_get);
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h b/include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92a557533b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Analog Devices Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 BayLibre, SAS
+ */
+
+/*
+ * SPI Offloading support.
+ *
+ * Some SPI controllers support offloading of SPI transfers. Essentially, this
+ * is the ability for a SPI controller to perform SPI transfers with minimal
+ * or even no CPU intervention, e.g. via a specialized SPI controller with a
+ * hardware trigger or via a conventional SPI controller using a non-Linux MCU
+ * processor core to offload the work.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_SPI_OFFLOAD_H
+#define __LINUX_SPI_OFFLOAD_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(SPI_OFFLOAD);
+
+struct device;
+struct spi_device;
+
+/* Offload can be triggered by external hardware event. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_TRIGGER			BIT(0)
+/* Offload can record and then play back TX data when triggered. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_TX_STATIC_DATA		BIT(1)
+/* Offload can get TX data from an external stream source. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_TX_STREAM_DMA		BIT(2)
+/* Offload can send RX data to an external stream sink. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_RX_STREAM_DMA		BIT(3)
+
+/**
+ * struct spi_offload_config - offload configuration
+ *
+ * This is used to request an offload with specific configuration.
+ */
+struct spi_offload_config {
+	/** @capability_flags: required capabilities. See %SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_* */
+	u32 capability_flags;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct spi_offload - offload instance
+ */
+struct spi_offload {
+	/** @provider_dev: for get/put reference counting */
+	struct device *provider_dev;
+	/** @spi: SPI device that is currently using the offload */
+	struct spi_device *spi;
+	/** @priv: provider driver private data */
+	void *priv;
+};
+
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_alloc(struct device *dev,
+					   size_t num_offloads,
+					   size_t priv_size);
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_get(struct device *dev, struct spi_device *spi,
+					 const struct spi_offload_config *config);
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_SPI_OFFLOAD_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 8497f4747e24..c230d6a209ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ struct spi_transfer;
 struct spi_controller_mem_ops;
 struct spi_controller_mem_caps;
 struct spi_message;
+struct spi_controller_offload_ops;
+struct spi_offload;
+struct spi_offload_config;
 
 /*
  * INTERFACES between SPI master-side drivers and SPI slave protocol handlers,
@@ -496,6 +499,9 @@ extern struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi, u8 ch
  * @mem_ops: optimized/dedicated operations for interactions with SPI memory.
  *	     This field is optional and should only be implemented if the
  *	     controller has native support for memory like operations.
+ * @get_offload: callback for controllers with offload support to get matching
+ *	offload instance. Implementations should return -ENODEV if no match is
+ *	found.
  * @mem_caps: controller capabilities for the handling of memory operations.
  * @unprepare_message: undo any work done by prepare_message().
  * @target_abort: abort the ongoing transfer request on an SPI target controller
@@ -740,6 +746,9 @@ struct spi_controller {
 	const struct spi_controller_mem_ops *mem_ops;
 	const struct spi_controller_mem_caps *mem_caps;
 
+	struct spi_offload *(*get_offload)(struct spi_device *spi,
+					   const struct spi_offload_config *config);
+
 	/* GPIO chip select */
 	struct gpio_desc	**cs_gpiods;
 	bool			use_gpio_descriptors;
@@ -1108,6 +1117,7 @@ struct spi_transfer {
  * @state: for use by whichever driver currently owns the message
  * @opt_state: for use by whichever driver currently owns the message
  * @resources: for resource management when the SPI message is processed
+ * @offload: (optional) offload instance used by this message
  *
  * A @spi_message is used to execute an atomic sequence of data transfers,
  * each represented by a struct spi_transfer.  The sequence is "atomic"
@@ -1168,6 +1178,12 @@ struct spi_message {
 	 */
 	void			*opt_state;
 
+	/*
+	 * Optional offload instance used by this message. This must be set
+	 * by the peripheral driver before calling spi_optimize_message().
+	 */
+	struct spi_offload	*offload;
+
 	/* List of spi_res resources when the SPI message is processed */
 	struct list_head        resources;
 };
