diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 5d74826d75be..b38d5028a03e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ config CPUFREQ_DT
 	depends on HAVE_CLK && OF
 	# if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y:
 	depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL
+	select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
 	select PM_OPP
 	help
 	  This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management.
@@ -233,6 +234,15 @@ config CPUFREQ_DT
 
 	  If in doubt, say N.
 
+config CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
+	bool
+	help
+	  This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency
+	  management.  This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the
+	  supported platforms.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N.
+
 if X86
 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86"
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile b/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile
index 6d1186701a9c..d7b646c0f2e9 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON)		+= cpufreq_governor.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET)	+= cpufreq_governor_attr_set.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT)		+= cpufreq-dt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV)	+= cpufreq-dt-platdev.o
 
 ##################################################################################
 # x86 drivers.
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt-platdev.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt-platdev.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a3532427ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt-platdev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Linaro.
+ * Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+
+static const struct of_device_id machines[] = {
+};
+
+static int __init cpufreq_dt_platdev_init(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np = of_find_node_by_path("/");
+
+	if (!np)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (!of_match_node(machines, np))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	of_node_put(of_root);
+
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(platform_device_register_simple("cpufreq-dt", -1,
+							       NULL, 0));
+}
+device_initcall(cpufreq_dt_platdev_init);