diff --git a/drivers/video/Makefile b/drivers/video/Makefile
index 6d89532a32..d29280cee4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_DM
 obj-$(CONFIG_DISPLAY_PORT) += dp-uclass.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_VIDEO) += backlight-uclass.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DM_VIDEO) += panel-uclass.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_VIDEO) += video-uclass.o vidconsole-uclass.o console_normal.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_VIDEO) += video_bmp.o
 ifdef CONFIG_DM_VIDEO
diff --git a/drivers/video/panel-uclass.c b/drivers/video/panel-uclass.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f4c41b735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/panel-uclass.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <panel.h>
+
+int panel_enable_backlight(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct panel_ops *ops = panel_get_ops(dev);
+
+	if (!ops->enable_backlight)
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
+	return ops->enable_backlight(dev);
+}
+
+UCLASS_DRIVER(panel) = {
+	.id		= UCLASS_PANEL,
+	.name		= "panel",
+};
diff --git a/include/dm/uclass-id.h b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
index 5421981eb5..8308c238ca 100644
--- a/include/dm/uclass-id.h
+++ b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum uclass_id {
 	UCLASS_MMC,		/* SD / MMC card or chip */
 	UCLASS_MOD_EXP,		/* RSA Mod Exp device */
 	UCLASS_MTD,		/* Memory Technology Device (MTD) device */
+	UCLASS_PANEL,		/* Display panel, such as an LCD */
 	UCLASS_PANEL_BACKLIGHT,	/* Backlight controller for panel */
 	UCLASS_PCH,		/* x86 platform controller hub */
 	UCLASS_PCI,		/* PCI bus */
diff --git a/include/panel.h b/include/panel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57fccf222e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/panel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PANEL_H
+#define _PANEL_H
+
+struct panel_ops {
+	/**
+	 * enable_backlight() - Enable the panel backlight
+	 *
+	 * @dev:	Panel device containing the backlight to enable
+	 * @return 0 if OK, -ve on error
+	 */
+	int (*enable_backlight)(struct udevice *dev);
+};
+
+#define panel_get_ops(dev)	((struct panel_ops *)(dev)->driver->ops)
+
+/**
+ * panel_enable_backlight() - Enable the panel backlight
+ *
+ * @dev:	Panel device containing the backlight to enable
+ * @return 0 if OK, -ve on error
+ */
+int panel_enable_backlight(struct udevice *dev);
+
+#endif