diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c
index e2482b40da51..e60709261951 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct ad7879 {
 	unsigned int		irq;
 	bool			disabled;	/* P: input->mutex */
 	bool			suspended;	/* P: input->mutex */
+	bool			swap_xy;
 	u16			conversion_data[AD7879_NR_SENSE];
 	char			phys[32];
 	u8			first_conversion_delay;
@@ -161,6 +162,9 @@ static int ad7879_report(struct ad7879 *ts)
 	z1 = ts->conversion_data[AD7879_SEQ_Z1] & MAX_12BIT;
 	z2 = ts->conversion_data[AD7879_SEQ_Z2] & MAX_12BIT;
 
+	if (ts->swap_xy)
+		swap(x, y);
+
 	/*
 	 * The samples processed here are already preprocessed by the AD7879.
 	 * The preprocessing function consists of a median and an averaging
@@ -520,6 +524,7 @@ struct ad7879 *ad7879_probe(struct device *dev, u8 devid, unsigned int irq,
 	ts->dev = dev;
 	ts->input = input_dev;
 	ts->irq = irq;
+	ts->swap_xy = pdata->swap_xy;
 
 	setup_timer(&ts->timer, ad7879_timer, (unsigned long) ts);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/ad7879.h b/include/linux/spi/ad7879.h
index 6334cee1a3be..58368be0b4c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/ad7879.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/ad7879.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ struct ad7879_platform_data {
 	u16	y_min, y_max;
 	u16	pressure_min, pressure_max;
 
+	bool	swap_xy;		/* swap x and y axes */
+
 	/* [0..255] 0=OFF Starts at 1=550us and goes
 	 * all the way to 9.440ms in steps of 35us.
 	 */