diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/i2c.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/i2c.h
index 4c108f54c556..fd75dadfa89c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/i2c.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/i2c.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define __ASM__ARCH_OMAP_I2C_H
 
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/i2c-omap.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_I2C_OMAP) || defined(CONFIG_I2C_OMAP_MODULE)
 extern int omap_register_i2c_bus(int bus_id, u32 clkrate,
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c-omap.h b/include/linux/i2c-omap.h
index 7472449cbb74..701886da76c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c-omap.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c-omap.h
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
+/*
+ * Version 2 of the I2C peripheral unit has a different register
+ * layout and extra registers.  The ID register in the V2 peripheral
+ * unit on the OMAP4430 reports the same ID as the V1 peripheral
+ * unit on the OMAP3530, so we must inform the driver which IP
+ * version we know it is running on from platform / cpu-specific
+ * code using these constants in the hwmod class definition.
+ */
+
+#define OMAP_I2C_IP_VERSION_1 1
+#define OMAP_I2C_IP_VERSION_2 2
+
 struct omap_i2c_bus_platform_data {
 	u32		clkrate;
 	void		(*set_mpu_wkup_lat)(struct device *dev, long set);