diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index de8729d6820c..186cbe6983a9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
 #include "VersionInfo.h"
 #include "osd.h"
 #include "logging.h"
@@ -974,6 +975,22 @@ static void __exit vmbus_exit(void)
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * We use a PCI table to determine if we should autoload this driver  This is
+ * needed by distro tools to determine if the hyperv drivers should be
+ * installed and/or configured.  We don't do anything else with the table, but
+ * it needs to be present.
+ *
+ * We might consider triggering off of DMI table info as well, as that does
+ * decribe the virtual machine being run on, but not all configuration tools
+ * seem to be able to handle DMI device ids properly.
+ */
+const static struct pci_device_id microsoft_hv_pci_table[] = {
+	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x1414, 0x5353) },	/* VGA compatible controller */
+	{ 0 }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, microsoft_hv_pci_table);
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(HV_DRV_VERSION);
 module_param(vmbus_irq, int, S_IRUGO);