diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 2649a068671d..ec256352f423 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,29 @@ static bool acpi_of_match_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
 	return false;
 }
 
+static bool __acpi_match_device_cls(const struct acpi_device_id *id,
+				    struct acpi_hardware_id *hwid)
+{
+	int i, msk, byte_shift;
+	char buf[3];
+
+	if (!id->cls)
+		return false;
+
+	/* Apply class-code bitmask, before checking each class-code byte */
+	for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
+		byte_shift = 8 * (3 - i);
+		msk = (id->cls_msk >> byte_shift) & 0xFF;
+		if (!msk)
+			continue;
+
+		sprintf(buf, "%02x", (id->cls >> byte_shift) & msk);
+		if (strncmp(buf, &hwid->id[(i - 1) * 2], 2))
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 static const struct acpi_device_id *__acpi_match_device(
 	struct acpi_device *device,
 	const struct acpi_device_id *ids,
@@ -1036,9 +1059,12 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id *__acpi_match_device(
 
 	list_for_each_entry(hwid, &device->pnp.ids, list) {
 		/* First, check the ACPI/PNP IDs provided by the caller. */
-		for (id = ids; id->id[0]; id++)
-			if (!strcmp((char *) id->id, hwid->id))
+		for (id = ids; id->id[0] || id->cls; id++) {
+			if (id->id[0] && !strcmp((char *) id->id, hwid->id))
 				return id;
+			else if (id->cls && __acpi_match_device_cls(id, hwid))
+				return id;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Next, check ACPI_DT_NAMESPACE_HID and try to match the
@@ -2101,6 +2127,8 @@ static void acpi_set_pnp_ids(acpi_handle handle, struct acpi_device_pnp *pnp,
 		if (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_UID)
 			pnp->unique_id = kstrdup(info->unique_id.string,
 							GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_CLS)
+			acpi_add_id(pnp, info->class_code.string);
 
 		kfree(info);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index c471dfc93b71..bdfdb9f65c23 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ static inline acpi_handle acpi_device_handle(struct acpi_device *adev)
 	acpi_fwnode_handle(adev) : NULL)
 #define ACPI_HANDLE(dev)		acpi_device_handle(ACPI_COMPANION(dev))
 
+/**
+ * ACPI_DEVICE_CLASS - macro used to describe an ACPI device with
+ * the PCI-defined class-code information
+ *
+ * @_cls : the class, subclass, prog-if triple for this device
+ * @_msk : the class mask for this device
+ *
+ * This macro is used to create a struct acpi_device_id that matches a
+ * specific PCI class. The .id and .driver_data fields will be left
+ * initialized with the default value.
+ */
+#define ACPI_DEVICE_CLASS(_cls, _msk)	.cls = (_cls), .cls_msk = (_msk),
+
 static inline bool has_acpi_companion(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return is_acpi_node(dev->fwnode);
@@ -446,6 +459,7 @@ struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *);
 #define ACPI_COMPANION(dev)		(NULL)
 #define ACPI_COMPANION_SET(dev, adev)	do { } while (0)
 #define ACPI_HANDLE(dev)		(NULL)
+#define ACPI_DEVICE_CLASS(_cls, _msk)	.cls = (0), .cls_msk = (0),
 
 struct fwnode_handle;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 8183d6640ca7..34f25b7bf642 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ struct css_device_id {
 struct acpi_device_id {
 	__u8 id[ACPI_ID_LEN];
 	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
+	__u32 cls;
+	__u32 cls_msk;
 };
 
 #define PNP_ID_LEN	8
diff --git a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
index eff7de1fc82e..e70fcd12eeeb 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ int main(void)
 
 	DEVID(acpi_device_id);
 	DEVID_FIELD(acpi_device_id, id);
+	DEVID_FIELD(acpi_device_id, cls);
+	DEVID_FIELD(acpi_device_id, cls_msk);
 
 	DEVID(pnp_device_id);
 	DEVID_FIELD(pnp_device_id, id);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 84c86f3cd6cd..5f2088209132 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -523,12 +523,40 @@ static int do_serio_entry(const char *filename,
 }
 ADD_TO_DEVTABLE("serio", serio_device_id, do_serio_entry);
 
-/* looks like: "acpi:ACPI0003 or acpi:PNP0C0B" or "acpi:LNXVIDEO" */
+/* looks like: "acpi:ACPI0003" or "acpi:PNP0C0B" or "acpi:LNXVIDEO" or
+ *             "acpi:bbsspp" (bb=base-class, ss=sub-class, pp=prog-if)
+ *
+ * NOTE: Each driver should use one of the following : _HID, _CIDs
+ *       or _CLS. Also, bb, ss, and pp can be substituted with ??
+ *       as don't care byte.
+ */
 static int do_acpi_entry(const char *filename,
 			void *symval, char *alias)
 {
 	DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, acpi_device_id, id);
-	sprintf(alias, "acpi*:%s:*", *id);
+	DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, acpi_device_id, cls);
+	DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, acpi_device_id, cls_msk);
+
+	if (id && strlen((const char *)*id))
+		sprintf(alias, "acpi*:%s:*", *id);
+	else if (cls) {
+		int i, byte_shift, cnt = 0;
+		unsigned int msk;
+
+		sprintf(&alias[cnt], "acpi*:");
+		cnt = 6;
+		for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
+			byte_shift = 8 * (3-i);
+			msk = (*cls_msk >> byte_shift) & 0xFF;
+			if (msk)
+				sprintf(&alias[cnt], "%02x",
+					(*cls >> byte_shift) & 0xFF);
+			else
+				sprintf(&alias[cnt], "??");
+			cnt += 2;
+		}
+		sprintf(&alias[cnt], ":*");
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
 ADD_TO_DEVTABLE("acpi", acpi_device_id, do_acpi_entry);