diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index f85aaf21e783..0a6f0b3bdc78 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>	/* For task queue support */
 
+#include <linux/vgaarb.h>
 /**
  * Get interrupt from bus id.
  *
@@ -171,6 +172,26 @@ err:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_vblank_init);
 
+static void drm_irq_vgaarb_nokms(void *cookie, bool state)
+{
+	struct drm_device *dev = cookie;
+
+	if (dev->driver->vgaarb_irq) {
+		dev->driver->vgaarb_irq(dev, state);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!dev->irq_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	if (state)
+		dev->driver->irq_uninstall(dev);
+	else {
+		dev->driver->irq_preinstall(dev);
+		dev->driver->irq_postinstall(dev);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Install IRQ handler.
  *
@@ -231,6 +252,9 @@ int drm_irq_install(struct drm_device *dev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+		vga_client_register(dev->pdev, (void *)dev, drm_irq_vgaarb_nokms, NULL);
+
 	/* After installing handler */
 	ret = dev->driver->irq_postinstall(dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -279,6 +303,9 @@ int drm_irq_uninstall(struct drm_device * dev)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("irq=%d\n", dev->pdev->irq);
 
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+		vga_client_register(dev->pdev, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 	dev->driver->irq_uninstall(dev);
 
 	free_irq(dev->pdev->irq, dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 9909505d070a..5a49a1867b35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "intel_drv.h"
 #include "i915_drm.h"
 #include "i915_drv.h"
+#include <linux/vgaarb.h>
 
 /* Really want an OS-independent resettable timer.  Would like to have
  * this loop run for (eg) 3 sec, but have the timer reset every time
@@ -1012,6 +1013,19 @@ static int i915_probe_agp(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t *aperture_size,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* true = enable decode, false = disable decoder */
+static unsigned int i915_vga_set_decode(void *cookie, bool state)
+{
+	struct drm_device *dev = cookie;
+
+	intel_modeset_vga_set_state(dev, state);
+	if (state)
+		return VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO | VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MEM |
+		       VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_IO | VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_MEM;
+	else
+		return VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_IO | VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_MEM;
+}
+
 static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  unsigned long prealloc_size,
 				  unsigned long agp_size)
@@ -1057,6 +1071,11 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		DRM_INFO("failed to find VBIOS tables\n");
 
+	/* if we have > 1 VGA cards, then disable the radeon VGA resources */
+	ret = vga_client_register(dev->pdev, dev, NULL, i915_vga_set_decode);
+	if (ret)
+		goto destroy_ringbuffer;
+
 	ret = drm_irq_install(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto destroy_ringbuffer;
@@ -1324,6 +1343,7 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
 		drm_irq_uninstall(dev);
+		vga_client_register(dev->pdev, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	}
 
 	if (dev->pdev->msi_enabled)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 77ed060b4292..a0632f8e76ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ static inline void opregion_enable_asle(struct drm_device *dev) { return; }
 /* modesetting */
 extern void intel_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void intel_modeset_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev);
+extern int intel_modeset_vga_set_state(struct drm_device *dev, bool state);
 
 /**
  * Lock test for when it's just for synchronization of ring access.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index e38cd21161c8..3f7963553464 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  * fb aperture size and the amount of pre-reserved memory.
  */
 #define INTEL_GMCH_CTRL		0x52
+#define INTEL_GMCH_VGA_DISABLE  (1 << 1)
 #define INTEL_GMCH_ENABLED	0x4
 #define INTEL_GMCH_MEM_MASK	0x1
 #define INTEL_GMCH_MEM_64M	0x1
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 155719ff99d1..0227b1652906 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -3917,3 +3917,20 @@ struct drm_encoder *intel_best_encoder(struct drm_connector *connector)
 
 	return &intel_output->enc;
 }
+
+/*
+ * set vga decode state - true == enable VGA decode
+ */
+int intel_modeset_vga_set_state(struct drm_device *dev, bool state)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	u16 gmch_ctrl;
+
+	pci_read_config_word(dev_priv->bridge_dev, INTEL_GMCH_CTRL, &gmch_ctrl);
+	if (state)
+		gmch_ctrl &= ~INTEL_GMCH_VGA_DISABLE;
+	else
+		gmch_ctrl |= INTEL_GMCH_VGA_DISABLE;
+	pci_write_config_word(dev_priv->bridge_dev, INTEL_GMCH_CTRL, gmch_ctrl);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index b9e47f1e1cc0..3a0004f755d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -178,4 +178,5 @@ extern int intel_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 				    struct drm_mode_fb_cmd *mode_cmd,
 				    struct drm_framebuffer **fb,
 				    struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+
 #endif /* __INTEL_DRV_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
index 737970b43aef..be51c5f7d0f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
@@ -1955,6 +1955,20 @@ void r100_vram_init_sizes(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 		rdev->mc.real_vram_size = rdev->mc.aper_size;
 }
 
+void r100_vga_set_state(struct radeon_device *rdev, bool state)
+{
+	uint32_t temp;
+
+	temp = RREG32(RADEON_CONFIG_CNTL);
+	if (state == false) {
+		temp &= ~(1<<8);
+		temp |= (1<<9);
+	} else {
+		temp &= ~(1<<9);
+	}
+	WREG32(RADEON_CONFIG_CNTL, temp);
+}
+
 void r100_vram_info(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 {
 	r100_vram_get_type(rdev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
index 5f42fad19190..eab31c1d6df1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
@@ -1499,6 +1499,20 @@ int r600_startup(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void r600_vga_set_state(struct radeon_device *rdev, bool state)
+{
+	uint32_t temp;
+
+	temp = RREG32(CONFIG_CNTL);
+	if (state == false) {
+		temp &= ~(1<<0);
+		temp |= (1<<1);
+	} else {
+		temp &= ~(1<<1);
+	}
+	WREG32(CONFIG_CNTL, temp);
+}
+
 int r600_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 {
 	int r;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h
index 723295f59281..4a9028a85c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #define CB_COLOR0_MASK                                  0x28100
 
 #define	CONFIG_MEMSIZE					0x5428
+#define CONFIG_CNTL					0x5424
 #define	CP_STAT						0x8680
 #define	CP_COHER_BASE					0x85F8
 #define	CP_DEBUG					0xC1FC
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
index 817af8ecff10..c839b608970f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ struct radeon_asic {
 	int (*suspend)(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 	void (*errata)(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 	void (*vram_info)(struct radeon_device *rdev);
+	void (*vga_set_state)(struct radeon_device *rdev, bool state);
 	int (*gpu_reset)(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 	int (*mc_init)(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 	void (*mc_fini)(struct radeon_device *rdev);
@@ -954,6 +955,7 @@ static inline void radeon_ring_write(struct radeon_device *rdev, uint32_t v)
 #define radeon_cs_parse(p) rdev->asic->cs_parse((p))
 #define radeon_errata(rdev) (rdev)->asic->errata((rdev))
 #define radeon_vram_info(rdev) (rdev)->asic->vram_info((rdev))
+#define radeon_vga_set_state(rdev, state) (rdev)->asic->vga_set_state((rdev), (state))
 #define radeon_gpu_reset(rdev) (rdev)->asic->gpu_reset((rdev))
 #define radeon_mc_init(rdev) (rdev)->asic->mc_init((rdev))
 #define radeon_mc_fini(rdev) (rdev)->asic->mc_fini((rdev))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.h
index 5f2a9e6f12c5..8968f78fa1e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ uint32_t r100_mm_rreg(struct radeon_device *rdev, uint32_t reg);
 void r100_mm_wreg(struct radeon_device *rdev, uint32_t reg, uint32_t v);
 void r100_errata(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 void r100_vram_info(struct radeon_device *rdev);
+void r100_vga_set_state(struct radeon_device *rdev, bool state);
 int r100_gpu_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 int r100_mc_init(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 void r100_mc_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev);
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic r100_asic = {
 	.init = &r100_init,
 	.errata = &r100_errata,
 	.vram_info = &r100_vram_info,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &r100_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = &r100_mc_init,
 	.mc_fini = &r100_mc_fini,
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic r300_asic = {
 	.init = &r300_init,
 	.errata = &r300_errata,
 	.vram_info = &r300_vram_info,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &r300_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = &r300_mc_init,
 	.mc_fini = &r300_mc_fini,
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic r420_asic = {
 	.resume = &r420_resume,
 	.errata = NULL,
 	.vram_info = NULL,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &r300_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = NULL,
 	.mc_fini = NULL,
@@ -262,6 +266,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic rs400_asic = {
 	.init = &r300_init,
 	.errata = &rs400_errata,
 	.vram_info = &rs400_vram_info,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &r300_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = &rs400_mc_init,
 	.mc_fini = &rs400_mc_fini,
@@ -323,6 +328,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic rs600_asic = {
 	.init = &rs600_init,
 	.errata = &rs600_errata,
 	.vram_info = &rs600_vram_info,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &r300_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = &rs600_mc_init,
 	.mc_fini = &rs600_mc_fini,
@@ -372,6 +378,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic rs690_asic = {
 	.init = &rs600_init,
 	.errata = &rs690_errata,
 	.vram_info = &rs690_vram_info,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &r300_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = &rs690_mc_init,
 	.mc_fini = &rs690_mc_fini,
@@ -428,6 +435,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic rv515_asic = {
 	.init = &rv515_init,
 	.errata = &rv515_errata,
 	.vram_info = &rv515_vram_info,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &rv515_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = &rv515_mc_init,
 	.mc_fini = &rv515_mc_fini,
@@ -477,6 +485,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic r520_asic = {
 	.init = &rv515_init,
 	.errata = &r520_errata,
 	.vram_info = &r520_vram_info,
+	.vga_set_state = &r100_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &rv515_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = &r520_mc_init,
 	.mc_fini = &r520_mc_fini,
@@ -520,6 +529,7 @@ int r600_init(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 void r600_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 int r600_suspend(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 int r600_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev);
+void r600_vga_set_state(struct radeon_device *rdev, bool state);
 int r600_wb_init(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 void r600_wb_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev);
 void r600_cp_commit(struct radeon_device *rdev);
@@ -556,6 +566,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic r600_asic = {
 	.resume = &r600_resume,
 	.cp_commit = &r600_cp_commit,
 	.vram_info = NULL,
+	.vga_set_state = &r600_vga_set_state,
 	.gpu_reset = &r600_gpu_reset,
 	.mc_init = NULL,
 	.mc_fini = NULL,
@@ -606,6 +617,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic rv770_asic = {
 	.cp_commit = &r600_cp_commit,
 	.vram_info = NULL,
 	.gpu_reset = &rv770_gpu_reset,
+	.vga_set_state = &r600_vga_set_state,
 	.mc_init = NULL,
 	.mc_fini = NULL,
 	.wb_init = &r600_wb_init,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index 8a40c616b534..daf5db780956 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <drm/drmP.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
 #include <drm/radeon_drm.h>
+#include <linux/vgaarb.h>
 #include "radeon_reg.h"
 #include "radeon.h"
 #include "radeon_asic.h"
@@ -480,7 +481,18 @@ void radeon_combios_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 {
 }
 
+/* if we get transitioned to only one device, tak VGA back */
+static unsigned int radeon_vga_set_decode(void *cookie, bool state)
+{
+	struct radeon_device *rdev = cookie;
 
+	radeon_vga_set_state(rdev, state);
+	if (state)
+		return VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO | VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MEM |
+		       VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_IO | VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_MEM;
+	else
+		return VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_IO | VGA_RSRC_NORMAL_MEM;
+}
 /*
  * Radeon device.
  */
@@ -578,6 +590,13 @@ int radeon_device_init(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	if (r) {
 		return r;
 	}
+
+	/* if we have > 1 VGA cards, then disable the radeon VGA resources */
+	r = vga_client_register(rdev->pdev, rdev, NULL, radeon_vga_set_decode);
+	if (r) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (!rdev->new_init_path) {
 		/* Setup errata flags */
 		radeon_errata(rdev);
@@ -586,7 +605,6 @@ int radeon_device_init(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		/* Initialize surface registers */
 		radeon_surface_init(rdev);
 
-		/* TODO: disable VGA need to use VGA request */
 		/* BIOS*/
 		if (!radeon_get_bios(rdev)) {
 			if (ASIC_IS_AVIVO(rdev))
@@ -697,6 +715,7 @@ void radeon_device_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 		radeon_agp_fini(rdev);
 #endif
 		radeon_irq_kms_fini(rdev);
+		vga_client_register(rdev->pdev, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		radeon_fence_driver_fini(rdev);
 		radeon_clocks_fini(rdev);
 		radeon_object_fini(rdev);
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index eeefb6369e19..c8e64bbadbcf 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ struct drm_driver {
 	int (*gem_init_object) (struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 	void (*gem_free_object) (struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 
+	/* vga arb irq handler */
+	void (*vgaarb_irq)(struct drm_device *dev, bool state);
+
 	/* Driver private ops for this object */
 	struct vm_operations_struct *gem_vm_ops;