diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index b19a18dd994f..e37615f310d7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -445,6 +445,16 @@ int ec_transaction(u8 command,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ec_transaction);
 
+/* Get the handle to the EC device */
+acpi_handle ec_get_handle(void)
+{
+	if (!first_ec)
+		return NULL;
+	return first_ec->handle;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ec_get_handle);
+
 void acpi_ec_block_transactions(void)
 {
 	struct acpi_ec *ec = first_ec;
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 3f968665899b..f53fea61f40a 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ extern int ec_write(u8 addr, u8 val);
 extern int ec_transaction(u8 command,
                           const u8 *wdata, unsigned wdata_len,
                           u8 *rdata, unsigned rdata_len);
+extern acpi_handle ec_get_handle(void);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_WMI) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_WMI_MODULE)