diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
index 5d3b0db5ce0a..922e4eaed9c5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ config FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT
 	  blitting. This is used by drivers that don't provide their own
 	  (accelerated) version and the framebuffer is in system RAM.
 
+config FB_PROVIDE_GET_FB_UNMAPPED_AREA
+	bool
+	depends on FB
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  Allow generic frame-buffer to provide get_fb_unmapped_area
+	  function.
+
 menuconfig FB_FOREIGN_ENDIAN
 	bool "Framebuffer foreign endianness support"
 	depends on FB
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 76c1ad96fb37..069fe7960df1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1492,6 +1492,21 @@ __releases(&info->lock)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FB_PROVIDE_GET_FB_UNMAPPED_AREA
+unsigned long get_fb_unmapped_area(struct file *filp,
+				   unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
+				   unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct fb_info * const info = filp->private_data;
+	unsigned long fb_size = PAGE_ALIGN(info->fix.smem_len);
+
+	if (pgoff > fb_size || len > fb_size - pgoff)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return (unsigned long)info->screen_base + pgoff;
+}
+#endif
+
 static const struct file_operations fb_fops = {
 	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
 	.read =		fb_read,
@@ -1503,7 +1518,8 @@ static const struct file_operations fb_fops = {
 	.mmap =		fb_mmap,
 	.open =		fb_open,
 	.release =	fb_release,
-#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_FB_UNMAPPED_AREA
+#if defined(HAVE_ARCH_FB_UNMAPPED_AREA) || \
+    defined(CONFIG_FB_PROVIDE_GET_FB_UNMAPPED_AREA)
 	.get_unmapped_area = get_fb_unmapped_area,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO