diff --git a/configs/tools-only_defconfig b/configs/tools-only_defconfig
index 6ca50dc5fd3..2811b2cd37d 100644
--- a/configs/tools-only_defconfig
+++ b/configs/tools-only_defconfig
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ CONFIG_SYSRESET=y
 # CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI is not set
 # CONFIG_VIRTIO_SANDBOX is not set
 # CONFIG_EFI_LOADER is not set
+# CONFIG_ACPIGEN is not set
diff --git a/drivers/core/Kconfig b/drivers/core/Kconfig
index 3b95b5387b9..a3b03993423 100644
--- a/drivers/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/core/Kconfig
@@ -261,4 +261,13 @@ config DM_DEV_READ_INLINE
 	bool
 	default y if !OF_LIVE
 
+config ACPIGEN
+	bool "Support ACPI table generation in driver model"
+	default y if SANDBOX || GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE
+	help
+	  This option enables generation of ACPI tables using driver-model
+	  devices. It adds a new operation struct to each driver, to support
+	  things like generating device-specific tables and returning the ACPI
+	  name of a device.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/core/Makefile b/drivers/core/Makefile
index bce7467da1d..c707026a3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/core/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Google, Inc
 
 obj-y	+= device.o fdtaddr.o lists.o root.o uclass.o util.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)ACPIGEN) += acpi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVRES) += devres.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)DM_DEVICE_REMOVE)	+= device-remove.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)SIMPLE_BUS)	+= simple-bus.o
diff --git a/drivers/core/acpi.c b/drivers/core/acpi.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba50d688fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/core/acpi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Core driver model support for ACPI table generation
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
+ */
+
+#define LOG_CATEOGRY	LOGC_ACPI
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <dm/acpi.h>
+#include <dm/root.h>
+
+int acpi_copy_name(char *out_name, const char *name)
+{
+	strncpy(out_name, name, ACPI_NAME_LEN);
+	out_name[ACPI_NAME_LEN] = '\0';
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int acpi_get_name(const struct udevice *dev, char *out_name)
+{
+	struct acpi_ops *aops;
+
+	aops = device_get_acpi_ops(dev);
+	if (aops && aops->get_name)
+		return aops->get_name(dev, out_name);
+
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
diff --git a/include/dm/acpi.h b/include/dm/acpi.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba0813fa21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/dm/acpi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Core ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DM_ACPI_H__
+#define __DM_ACPI_H__
+
+/* Allow operations to be optional for ACPI */
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(ACPIGEN)
+#define ACPI_OPS_PTR(_ptr)	.acpi_ops	= _ptr,
+#else
+#define ACPI_OPS_PTR(_ptr)
+#endif
+
+/* Length of an ACPI name string, excluding nul terminator */
+#define ACPI_NAME_LEN	4
+
+/* Length of an ACPI name string including nul terminator */
+#define ACPI_NAME_MAX	(ACPI_NAME_LEN + 1)
+
+/**
+ * struct acpi_ops - ACPI operations supported by driver model
+ */
+struct acpi_ops {
+	/**
+	 * get_name() - Obtain the ACPI name of a device
+	 *
+	 * @dev: Device to check
+	 * @out_name: Place to put the name, must hold at least ACPI_NAME_MAX
+	 *	bytes
+	 * @return 0 if OK, -ENOENT if no name is available, other -ve value on
+	 *	other error
+	 */
+	int (*get_name)(const struct udevice *dev, char *out_name);
+};
+
+#define device_get_acpi_ops(dev)	((dev)->driver->acpi_ops)
+
+/**
+ * acpi_get_name() - Obtain the ACPI name of a device
+ *
+ * @dev: Device to check
+ * @out_name: Place to put the name, must hold at least ACPI_NAME_MAX
+ *	bytes
+ * @return 0 if OK, -ENOENT if no name is available, other -ve value on
+ *	other error
+ */
+int acpi_get_name(const struct udevice *dev, char *out_name);
+
+/**
+ * acpi_copy_name() - Copy an ACPI name to an output buffer
+ *
+ * This convenience function can be used to return a literal string as a name
+ * in functions that implement the get_name() method.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ *	static int mydev_get_name(const struct udevice *dev, char *out_name)
+ *	{
+ *		return acpi_copy_name(out_name, "WIBB");
+ *	}
+ *
+ * @out_name: Place to put the name
+ * @name: Name to copy
+ * @return 0 (always)
+ */
+int acpi_copy_name(char *out_name, const char *name);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/dm/device.h b/include/dm/device.h
index a56164b19bb..35e19d87005 100644
--- a/include/dm/device.h
+++ b/include/dm/device.h
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ struct udevice_id {
  * pointers defined by the driver, to implement driver functions required by
  * the uclass.
  * @flags: driver flags - see DM_FLAGS_...
+ * @acpi_ops: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) operations,
+ * allowing the device to add things to the ACPI tables passed to Linux
  */
 struct driver {
 	char *name;
@@ -264,6 +266,9 @@ struct driver {
 	int per_child_platdata_auto_alloc_size;
 	const void *ops;	/* driver-specific operations */
 	uint32_t flags;
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(ACPIGEN)
+	struct acpi_ops *acpi_ops;
+#endif
 };
 
 /* Declare a new U-Boot driver */
diff --git a/include/log.h b/include/log.h
index 62fb8afbd0e..fbcbd42fb4b 100644
--- a/include/log.h
+++ b/include/log.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ enum log_category_t {
 	LOGC_SANDBOX,	/* Related to the sandbox board */
 	LOGC_BLOBLIST,	/* Bloblist */
 	LOGC_DEVRES,	/* Device resources (devres_... functions) */
+	/* Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) */
+	LOGC_ACPI,
 
 	LOGC_COUNT,	/* Number of log categories */
 	LOGC_END,	/* Sentinel value for a list of log categories */
