--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/gpio.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
 #include <asm/mach/irq.h>
@@ -375,12 +376,50 @@ static struct platform_device *ixp46x_de
 unsigned long ixp4xx_exp_bus_size;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ixp4xx_exp_bus_size);
 
+static int ixp4xx_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio)
+{
+	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_IN);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ixp4xx_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio, int level)
+{
+	gpio_line_set(gpio, level);
+	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_OUT);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ixp4xx_gpio_get_value(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio)
+{
+	int value;
+
+	gpio_line_get(gpio, &value);
+	return value;
+}
+
+static void ixp4xx_gpio_set_value(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned gpio, int value)
+{
+	gpio_line_set(gpio, value);
+}
+
+static struct gpio_chip ixp4xx_gpio_chip = {
+	.label			= "IXP4XX_GPIO_CHIP",
+	.direction_input	= ixp4xx_gpio_direction_input,
+	.direction_output	= ixp4xx_gpio_direction_output,
+	.get			= ixp4xx_gpio_get_value,
+	.set			= ixp4xx_gpio_set_value,
+	.base			= 0,
+	.ngpio			= 16,
+};
+
 void __init ixp4xx_sys_init(void)
 {
 	ixp4xx_exp_bus_size = SZ_16M;
 
 	platform_add_devices(ixp4xx_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(ixp4xx_devices));
 
+	gpiochip_add(&ixp4xx_gpio_chip);
+
 	if (cpu_is_ixp46x()) {
 		int region;
 
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ config ARCH_IXP4XX
 	select GENERIC_GPIO
 	select GENERIC_TIME
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  Support for Intel's IXP4XX (XScale) family of processors.
 
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/gpio.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/gpio.h
@@ -27,47 +27,31 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
+#include <asm-generic/gpio.h>			/* cansleep wrappers */
 
-static inline int gpio_request(unsigned gpio, const char *label)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void gpio_free(unsigned gpio)
-{
-	might_sleep();
-
-	return;
-}
-
-static inline int gpio_direction_input(unsigned gpio)
-{
-	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_IN);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int gpio_direction_output(unsigned gpio, int level)
-{
-	gpio_line_set(gpio, level);
-	gpio_line_config(gpio, IXP4XX_GPIO_OUT);
-	return 0;
-}
+#define NR_BUILTIN_GPIO 16
 
 static inline int gpio_get_value(unsigned gpio)
 {
-	int value;
-
-	gpio_line_get(gpio, &value);
-
-	return value;
+	if (gpio < NR_BUILTIN_GPIO)
+	{
+		int value;
+		gpio_line_get(gpio, &value);
+		return value;
+	}
+	else
+		return __gpio_get_value(gpio);
 }
 
 static inline void gpio_set_value(unsigned gpio, int value)
 {
-	gpio_line_set(gpio, value);
+	if (gpio < NR_BUILTIN_GPIO)
+		gpio_line_set(gpio, value);
+	else
+		__gpio_set_value(gpio, value);
 }
 
-#include <asm-generic/gpio.h>			/* cansleep wrappers */
+#define gpio_cansleep __gpio_cansleep
 
 extern int gpio_to_irq(int gpio);
 extern int irq_to_gpio(unsigned int irq);
