diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 276a7068f23c..9952405deb7d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -547,6 +547,9 @@ static long linehandle_set_config(struct linehandle_state *lh,
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 		}
+
+		atomic_notifier_call_chain(&desc->gdev->notifier,
+					   GPIOLINE_CHANGED_CONFIG, desc);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1202,14 +1205,25 @@ static void gpio_desc_to_lineinfo(struct gpio_desc *desc,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gpio_lock, flags);
 }
 
+struct gpio_chardev_data {
+	struct gpio_device *gdev;
+	wait_queue_head_t wait;
+	DECLARE_KFIFO(events, struct gpioline_info_changed, 32);
+	struct notifier_block lineinfo_changed_nb;
+	unsigned long *watched_lines;
+};
+
 /*
  * gpio_ioctl() - ioctl handler for the GPIO chardev
  */
 static long gpio_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct gpio_device *gdev = filp->private_data;
+	struct gpio_chardev_data *priv = filp->private_data;
+	struct gpio_device *gdev = priv->gdev;
 	struct gpio_chip *chip = gdev->chip;
 	void __user *ip = (void __user *)arg;
+	struct gpio_desc *desc;
+	__u32 offset;
 
 	/* We fail any subsequent ioctl():s when the chip is gone */
 	if (!chip)
@@ -1231,9 +1245,9 @@ static long gpio_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (copy_to_user(ip, &chipinfo, sizeof(chipinfo)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		return 0;
-	} else if (cmd == GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL) {
+	} else if (cmd == GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL ||
+		   cmd == GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL) {
 		struct gpioline_info lineinfo;
-		struct gpio_desc *desc;
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&lineinfo, ip, sizeof(lineinfo)))
 			return -EFAULT;
@@ -1246,11 +1260,25 @@ static long gpio_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 		if (copy_to_user(ip, &lineinfo, sizeof(lineinfo)))
 			return -EFAULT;
+
+		if (cmd == GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL)
+			set_bit(desc_to_gpio(desc), priv->watched_lines);
+
 		return 0;
 	} else if (cmd == GPIO_GET_LINEHANDLE_IOCTL) {
 		return linehandle_create(gdev, ip);
 	} else if (cmd == GPIO_GET_LINEEVENT_IOCTL) {
 		return lineevent_create(gdev, ip);
+	} else if (cmd == GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_UNWATCH_IOCTL) {
+		if (copy_from_user(&offset, ip, sizeof(offset)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		desc = gpiochip_get_desc(chip, offset);
+		if (IS_ERR(desc))
+			return PTR_ERR(desc);
+
+		clear_bit(desc_to_gpio(desc), &desc->flags);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -1263,6 +1291,102 @@ static long gpio_ioctl_compat(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 }
 #endif
 
+static struct gpio_chardev_data *
+to_gpio_chardev_data(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return container_of(nb, struct gpio_chardev_data, lineinfo_changed_nb);
+}
+
+static int lineinfo_changed_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
+				   unsigned long action, void *data)
+{
+	struct gpio_chardev_data *priv = to_gpio_chardev_data(nb);
+	struct gpioline_info_changed chg;
+	struct gpio_desc *desc = data;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!test_bit(desc_to_gpio(desc), priv->watched_lines))
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	memset(&chg, 0, sizeof(chg));
+	chg.info.line_offset = gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc);
+	chg.event_type = action;
+	chg.timestamp = ktime_get_real_ns();
+	gpio_desc_to_lineinfo(desc, &chg.info);
+
+	ret = kfifo_in_spinlocked(&priv->events, &chg,
+				  1, &priv->wait.lock);
+	if (ret)
+		wake_up_poll(&priv->wait, EPOLLIN);
+	else
+		pr_debug_ratelimited("lineinfo event FIFO is full - event dropped\n");
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static __poll_t lineinfo_watch_poll(struct file *filep,
+				    struct poll_table_struct *pollt)
+{
+	struct gpio_chardev_data *priv = filep->private_data;
+	__poll_t events = 0;
+
+	poll_wait(filep, &priv->wait, pollt);
+
+	if (!kfifo_is_empty_spinlocked_noirqsave(&priv->events,
+						 &priv->wait.lock))
+		events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+
+	return events;
+}
+
+static ssize_t lineinfo_watch_read(struct file *filep, char __user *buf,
+				   size_t count, loff_t *off)
+{
+	struct gpio_chardev_data *priv = filep->private_data;
+	struct gpioline_info_changed event;
+	ssize_t bytes_read = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (count < sizeof(event))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	do {
+		spin_lock(&priv->wait.lock);
+		if (kfifo_is_empty(&priv->events)) {
+			if (bytes_read) {
+				spin_unlock(&priv->wait.lock);
+				return bytes_read;
+			}
+
+			if (filep->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+				spin_unlock(&priv->wait.lock);
+				return -EAGAIN;
+			}
+
+			ret = wait_event_interruptible_locked(priv->wait,
+					!kfifo_is_empty(&priv->events));
+			if (ret) {
+				spin_unlock(&priv->wait.lock);
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
+
+		ret = kfifo_out(&priv->events, &event, 1);
+		spin_unlock(&priv->wait.lock);
+		if (ret != 1) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			break;
+			/* We should never get here. See lineevent_read(). */
+		}
+
+		if (copy_to_user(buf + bytes_read, &event, sizeof(event)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		bytes_read += sizeof(event);
+	} while (count >= bytes_read + sizeof(event));
+
+	return bytes_read;
+}
+
 /**
  * gpio_chrdev_open() - open the chardev for ioctl operations
  * @inode: inode for this chardev
@@ -1273,14 +1397,48 @@ static int gpio_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct gpio_device *gdev = container_of(inode->i_cdev,
 					      struct gpio_device, chrdev);
+	struct gpio_chardev_data *priv;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Fail on open if the backing gpiochip is gone */
 	if (!gdev->chip)
 		return -ENODEV;
+
+	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	priv->watched_lines = bitmap_zalloc(gdev->chip->ngpio, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv->watched_lines)
+		goto out_free_priv;
+
+	init_waitqueue_head(&priv->wait);
+	INIT_KFIFO(priv->events);
+	priv->gdev = gdev;
+
+	priv->lineinfo_changed_nb.notifier_call = lineinfo_changed_notify;
+	ret = atomic_notifier_chain_register(&gdev->notifier,
+					     &priv->lineinfo_changed_nb);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_free_bitmap;
+
 	get_device(&gdev->dev);
-	filp->private_data = gdev;
+	filp->private_data = priv;
 
-	return nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
+	ret = nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unregister_notifier;
+
+	return ret;
+
+out_unregister_notifier:
+	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&gdev->notifier,
+					 &priv->lineinfo_changed_nb);
+out_free_bitmap:
+	bitmap_free(priv->watched_lines);
+out_free_priv:
+	kfree(priv);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1291,17 +1449,23 @@ static int gpio_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  */
 static int gpio_chrdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct gpio_device *gdev = container_of(inode->i_cdev,
-					      struct gpio_device, chrdev);
+	struct gpio_chardev_data *priv = filp->private_data;
+	struct gpio_device *gdev = priv->gdev;
 
+	bitmap_free(priv->watched_lines);
+	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&gdev->notifier,
+					 &priv->lineinfo_changed_nb);
 	put_device(&gdev->dev);
+	kfree(priv);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 static const struct file_operations gpio_fileops = {
 	.release = gpio_chrdev_release,
 	.open = gpio_chrdev_open,
+	.poll = lineinfo_watch_poll,
+	.read = lineinfo_watch_read,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek = no_llseek,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = gpio_ioctl,
@@ -1512,6 +1676,8 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *chip, void *data,
 	for (i = 0; i < chip->ngpio; i++)
 		gdev->descs[i].gdev = gdev;
 
+	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&gdev->notifier);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gdev->pin_ranges);
 #endif
@@ -2851,6 +3017,8 @@ static int gpiod_request_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, const char *label)
 	}
 done:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gpio_lock, flags);
+	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&desc->gdev->notifier,
+				   GPIOLINE_CHANGED_REQUESTED, desc);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2948,6 +3116,9 @@ static bool gpiod_free_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc)
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gpio_lock, flags);
+	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&desc->gdev->notifier,
+				   GPIOLINE_CHANGED_RELEASED, desc);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
index a1cbeabadc69..8e3969616cfe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct gpio_device {
 	const char		*label;
 	void			*data;
 	struct list_head        list;
+	struct atomic_notifier_head notifier;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL
 	/*
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
index 799cf823d493..10183d4d4276 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
@@ -59,6 +59,34 @@ struct gpioline_info {
 /* Maximum number of requested handles */
 #define GPIOHANDLES_MAX 64
 
+/* Possible line status change events */
+enum {
+	GPIOLINE_CHANGED_REQUESTED = 1,
+	GPIOLINE_CHANGED_RELEASED,
+	GPIOLINE_CHANGED_CONFIG,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct gpioline_info_changed - Information about a change in status
+ * of a GPIO line
+ * @info: updated line information
+ * @timestamp: estimate of time of status change occurrence, in nanoseconds
+ * and GPIOLINE_CHANGED_CONFIG
+ * @event_type: one of GPIOLINE_CHANGED_REQUESTED, GPIOLINE_CHANGED_RELEASED
+ *
+ * Note: struct gpioline_info embedded here has 32-bit alignment on its own,
+ * but it works fine with 64-bit alignment too. With its 72 byte size, we can
+ * guarantee there are no implicit holes between it and subsequent members.
+ * The 5-byte padding at the end makes sure we don't add any implicit padding
+ * at the end of the structure on 64-bit architectures.
+ */
+struct gpioline_info_changed {
+	struct gpioline_info info;
+	__u64 timestamp;
+	__u32 event_type;
+	__u32 padding[5]; /* for future use */
+};
+
 /* Linerequest flags */
 #define GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_INPUT	(1UL << 0)
 #define GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_OUTPUT	(1UL << 1)
@@ -176,6 +204,8 @@ struct gpioevent_data {
 
 #define GPIO_GET_CHIPINFO_IOCTL _IOR(0xB4, 0x01, struct gpiochip_info)
 #define GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL _IOWR(0xB4, 0x02, struct gpioline_info)
+#define GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_WATCH_IOCTL _IOWR(0xB4, 0x0b, struct gpioline_info)
+#define GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_UNWATCH_IOCTL _IOWR(0xB4, 0x0c, __u32)
 #define GPIO_GET_LINEHANDLE_IOCTL _IOWR(0xB4, 0x03, struct gpiohandle_request)
 #define GPIO_GET_LINEEVENT_IOCTL _IOWR(0xB4, 0x04, struct gpioevent_request)
 
