diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
index 2dda72004a7d..c025d274771e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ config MDIO_HISI_FEMAC
 	  This module provides a driver for the MDIO busses found in the
 	  Hisilicon SoC that have an Fast Ethernet MAC.
 
+config MDIO_I2C
+	tristate
+	depends on I2C
+	help
+	  Support I2C based PHYs.  This provides a MDIO bus bridged
+	  to I2C to allow PHYs connected in I2C mode to be accessed
+	  using the existing infrastructure.
+
+	  This is library mode.
+
 config MDIO_MOXART
         tristate "MOXA ART MDIO interface support"
         depends on ARCH_MOXART
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Makefile b/drivers/net/phy/Makefile
index 8e9b9f349384..113e8d525c5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_BUS_MUX_MMIOREG) += mdio-mux-mmioreg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_CAVIUM)	+= mdio-cavium.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_GPIO)		+= mdio-gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_HISI_FEMAC)	+= mdio-hisi-femac.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_I2C)		+= mdio-i2c.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_MOXART)	+= mdio-moxart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_OCTEON)	+= mdio-octeon.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MDIO_SUN4I)	+= mdio-sun4i.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-i2c.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-i2c.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d24fd13ca86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-i2c.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * MDIO I2C bridge
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Russell King
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Network PHYs can appear on I2C buses when they are part of SFP module.
+ * This driver exposes these PHYs to the networking PHY code, allowing
+ * our PHY drivers access to these PHYs, and so allowing configuration
+ * of their settings.
+ */
+#include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/phy.h>
+
+#include "mdio-i2c.h"
+
+/*
+ * I2C bus addresses 0x50 and 0x51 are normally an EEPROM, which is
+ * specified to be present in SFP modules.  These correspond with PHY
+ * addresses 16 and 17.  Disallow access to these "phy" addresses.
+ */
+static bool i2c_mii_valid_phy_id(int phy_id)
+{
+	return phy_id != 0x10 && phy_id != 0x11;
+}
+
+static unsigned int i2c_mii_phy_addr(int phy_id)
+{
+	return phy_id + 0x40;
+}
+
+static int i2c_mii_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, int reg)
+{
+	struct i2c_adapter *i2c = bus->priv;
+	struct i2c_msg msgs[2];
+	u8 data[2], dev_addr = reg;
+	int bus_addr, ret;
+
+	if (!i2c_mii_valid_phy_id(phy_id))
+		return 0xffff;
+
+	bus_addr = i2c_mii_phy_addr(phy_id);
+	msgs[0].addr = bus_addr;
+	msgs[0].flags = 0;
+	msgs[0].len = 1;
+	msgs[0].buf = &dev_addr;
+	msgs[1].addr = bus_addr;
+	msgs[1].flags = I2C_M_RD;
+	msgs[1].len = sizeof(data);
+	msgs[1].buf = data;
+
+	ret = i2c_transfer(i2c, msgs, ARRAY_SIZE(msgs));
+	if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(msgs))
+		return 0xffff;
+
+	return data[0] << 8 | data[1];
+}
+
+static int i2c_mii_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, int reg, u16 val)
+{
+	struct i2c_adapter *i2c = bus->priv;
+	struct i2c_msg msg;
+	int ret;
+	u8 data[3];
+
+	if (!i2c_mii_valid_phy_id(phy_id))
+		return 0;
+
+	data[0] = reg;
+	data[1] = val >> 8;
+	data[2] = val;
+
+	msg.addr = i2c_mii_phy_addr(phy_id);
+	msg.flags = 0;
+	msg.len = 3;
+	msg.buf = data;
+
+	ret = i2c_transfer(i2c, &msg, 1);
+
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
+}
+
+struct mii_bus *mdio_i2c_alloc(struct device *parent, struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
+{
+	struct mii_bus *mii;
+
+	if (!i2c_check_functionality(i2c, I2C_FUNC_I2C))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	mii = mdiobus_alloc();
+	if (!mii)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	snprintf(mii->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "i2c:%s", dev_name(parent));
+	mii->parent = parent;
+	mii->read = i2c_mii_read;
+	mii->write = i2c_mii_write;
+	mii->priv = i2c;
+
+	return mii;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mdio_i2c_alloc);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Russell King");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MDIO I2C bridge library");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-i2c.h b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-i2c.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..889ab57d7f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-i2c.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * MDIO I2C bridge
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Russell King
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#ifndef MDIO_I2C_H
+#define MDIO_I2C_H
+
+struct device;
+struct i2c_adapter;
+struct mii_bus;
+
+struct mii_bus *mdio_i2c_alloc(struct device *parent, struct i2c_adapter *i2c);
+
+#endif
