diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 62a8768..ec993aa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -584,10 +584,25 @@
 {
 	struct platform_device	*pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 
-	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=platform:%s", pdev->name);
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s", PLATFORM_MODULE_PREFIX,
+		(pdev->id_entry) ? pdev->id_entry->name : pdev->name);
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct platform_device_id *platform_match_id(
+			struct platform_device_id *id,
+			struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	while (id->name[0]) {
+		if (strcmp(pdev->name, id->name) == 0) {
+			pdev->id_entry = id;
+			return id;
+		}
+		id++;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * platform_match - bind platform device to platform driver.
  * @dev: device.
@@ -604,7 +619,13 @@
 static int platform_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+	struct platform_driver *pdrv = to_platform_driver(drv);
 
+	/* match against the id table first */
+	if (pdrv->id_table)
+		return platform_match_id(pdrv->id_table, pdev) != NULL;
+
+	/* fall-back to driver name match */
 	return (strcmp(pdev->name, drv->name) == 0);
 }