diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
index fcd37e93ed4d..c42d8c241ad5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ pinctrl-names:	The list of names to assign states. List entry 0 defines the
 		name for integer state ID 0, list entry 1 for state ID 1, and
 		so on.
 
+pinctrl-assert-gpios:
+		List of phandles, each pointing at a GPIO which is used by some
+		board design to steer pins between two peripherals on the board.
+		It plays like a board level pin multiplexer to choose different
+		functions for given pins by pulling up/down the GPIOs.  See
+		bindings/gpio/gpio.txt for details of how to specify GPIO.
+
 For example:
 
 	/* For a client device requiring named states */
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
index 5d6d8b1e9062..d25bc9cbfc63 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/of_gpio.h>
 #include <linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
@@ -181,6 +182,43 @@ bool pinctrl_dt_has_hogs(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 	return prop ? true : false;
 }
 
+static int dt_gpio_assert_pinctrl(struct pinctrl *p)
+{
+	struct device_node *np = p->dev->of_node;
+	enum of_gpio_flags flags;
+	int gpio;
+	int index = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!of_find_property(np, "pinctrl-assert-gpios", NULL))
+		return 0; /* Missing the property, so nothing to be done */
+
+	for (;; index++) {
+		gpio = of_get_named_gpio_flags(np, "pinctrl-assert-gpios",
+					       index, &flags);
+		if (gpio < 0)
+			break; /* End of the phandle list */
+
+		if (!gpio_is_valid(gpio))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		ret = devm_gpio_request_one(p->dev, gpio, GPIOF_OUT_INIT_LOW,
+					    NULL);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		if (flags & OF_GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)
+			continue;
+
+		if (gpio_cansleep(gpio))
+			gpio_set_value_cansleep(gpio, 1);
+		else
+			gpio_set_value(gpio, 1);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int pinctrl_dt_to_map(struct pinctrl *p, struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = p->dev->of_node;
@@ -201,6 +239,12 @@ int pinctrl_dt_to_map(struct pinctrl *p, struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	ret = dt_gpio_assert_pinctrl(p);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_dbg(p->dev, "failed to assert pinctrl setting: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	/* We may store pointers to property names within the node */
 	of_node_get(np);