diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index a150f8d53322..3feb5377fbf6 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ config THERMAL_GOV_USER_SPACE
 config CPU_THERMAL
 	bool "generic cpu cooling support"
 	depends on CPU_FREQ
+	depends on THERMAL_OF
 	help
 	  This implements the generic cpu cooling mechanism through frequency
 	  reduction. An ACPI version of this already exists
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
index 02a46f23d14c..a6cb5531403f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
@@ -417,18 +417,21 @@ static struct notifier_block thermal_cpufreq_notifier_block = {
 };
 
 /**
- * cpufreq_cooling_register - function to create cpufreq cooling device.
+ * __cpufreq_cooling_register - helper function to create cpufreq cooling device
+ * @np: a valid struct device_node to the cooling device device tree node
  * @clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen.
  *
  * This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with the name
  * "thermal-cpufreq-%x". This api can support multiple instances of cpufreq
- * cooling devices.
+ * cooling devices. It also gives the opportunity to link the cooling device
+ * with a device tree node, in order to bind it via the thermal DT code.
  *
  * Return: a valid struct thermal_cooling_device pointer on success,
  * on failure, it returns a corresponding ERR_PTR().
  */
-struct thermal_cooling_device *
-cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+static struct thermal_cooling_device *
+__cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
+			   const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
 {
 	struct thermal_cooling_device *cool_dev;
 	struct cpufreq_cooling_device *cpufreq_dev = NULL;
@@ -467,8 +470,8 @@ cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
 	snprintf(dev_name, sizeof(dev_name), "thermal-cpufreq-%d",
 		 cpufreq_dev->id);
 
-	cool_dev = thermal_cooling_device_register(dev_name, cpufreq_dev,
-						   &cpufreq_cooling_ops);
+	cool_dev = thermal_of_cooling_device_register(np, dev_name, cpufreq_dev,
+						      &cpufreq_cooling_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(cool_dev)) {
 		release_idr(&cpufreq_idr, cpufreq_dev->id);
 		kfree(cpufreq_dev);
@@ -488,8 +491,49 @@ cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
 
 	return cool_dev;
 }
+
+/**
+ * cpufreq_cooling_register - function to create cpufreq cooling device.
+ * @clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen.
+ *
+ * This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with the name
+ * "thermal-cpufreq-%x". This api can support multiple instances of cpufreq
+ * cooling devices.
+ *
+ * Return: a valid struct thermal_cooling_device pointer on success,
+ * on failure, it returns a corresponding ERR_PTR().
+ */
+struct thermal_cooling_device *
+cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+{
+	return __cpufreq_cooling_register(NULL, clip_cpus);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_cooling_register);
 
+/**
+ * of_cpufreq_cooling_register - function to create cpufreq cooling device.
+ * @np: a valid struct device_node to the cooling device device tree node
+ * @clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen.
+ *
+ * This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with the name
+ * "thermal-cpufreq-%x". This api can support multiple instances of cpufreq
+ * cooling devices. Using this API, the cpufreq cooling device will be
+ * linked to the device tree node provided.
+ *
+ * Return: a valid struct thermal_cooling_device pointer on success,
+ * on failure, it returns a corresponding ERR_PTR().
+ */
+struct thermal_cooling_device *
+of_cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
+			    const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+{
+	if (!np)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	return __cpufreq_cooling_register(np, clip_cpus);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_cpufreq_cooling_register);
+
 /**
  * cpufreq_cooling_unregister - function to remove cpufreq cooling device.
  * @cdev: thermal cooling device pointer.
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu_cooling.h b/include/linux/cpu_cooling.h
index a5d52eea8232..c303d383def1 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu_cooling.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu_cooling.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef __CPU_COOLING_H__
 #define __CPU_COOLING_H__
 
+#include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/thermal.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 
@@ -35,6 +36,24 @@
 struct thermal_cooling_device *
 cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus);
 
+/**
+ * of_cpufreq_cooling_register - create cpufreq cooling device based on DT.
+ * @np: a valid struct device_node to the cooling device device tree node.
+ * @clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_OF
+struct thermal_cooling_device *
+of_cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
+			    const struct cpumask *clip_cpus);
+#else
+static inline struct thermal_cooling_device *
+of_cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
+			    const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * cpufreq_cooling_unregister - function to remove cpufreq cooling device.
  * @cdev: thermal cooling device pointer.
@@ -48,6 +67,12 @@ cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
+static inline struct thermal_cooling_device *
+of_cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
+			    const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 static inline
 void cpufreq_cooling_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 {