diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index d3fec58..56377df 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -635,6 +635,18 @@
 						  dir, flags, NULL);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE
+struct rio_dma_ext;
+static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_rio_sg(
+	struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl,	unsigned int sg_len,
+	enum dma_transfer_direction dir, unsigned long flags,
+	struct rio_dma_ext *rio_ext)
+{
+	return chan->device->device_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, sg_len,
+						  dir, flags, rio_ext);
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic(
 		struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t buf_addr, size_t buf_len,
 		size_t period_len, enum dma_transfer_direction dir)
diff --git a/include/linux/rio.h b/include/linux/rio.h
index 4d50611..a90ebad 100644
--- a/include/linux/rio.h
+++ b/include/linux/rio.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/rio_regs.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
+#endif
 
 #define RIO_NO_HOPCOUNT		-1
 #define RIO_INVALID_DESTID	0xffff
@@ -254,6 +257,9 @@
 	u32 phys_efptr;
 	unsigned char name[40];
 	void *priv;		/* Master port private data */
+#ifdef CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE
+	struct dma_device	dma;
+#endif
 };
 
 /**
@@ -395,6 +401,47 @@
 	u32 raw[RIO_PW_MSG_SIZE/sizeof(u32)];
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE
+
+/**
+ * enum rio_write_type - RIO write transaction types used in DMA transfers
+ *
+ * Note: RapidIO specification defines write (NWRITE) and
+ * write-with-response (NWRITE_R) data transfer operations.
+ * Existing DMA controllers that service RapidIO may use one of these operations
+ * for entire data transfer or their combination with only the last data packet
+ * requires response.
+ */
+enum rio_write_type {
+	RDW_DEFAULT,		/* default method used by DMA driver */
+	RDW_ALL_NWRITE,		/* all packets use NWRITE */
+	RDW_ALL_NWRITE_R,	/* all packets use NWRITE_R */
+	RDW_LAST_NWRITE_R,	/* last packet uses NWRITE_R, others - NWRITE */
+};
+
+struct rio_dma_ext {
+	u16 destid;
+	u64 rio_addr;	/* low 64-bits of 66-bit RapidIO address */
+	u8  rio_addr_u;  /* upper 2-bits of 66-bit RapidIO address */
+	enum rio_write_type wr_type; /* preferred RIO write operation type */
+};
+
+struct rio_dma_data {
+	/* Local data (as scatterlist) */
+	struct scatterlist	*sg;	/* I/O scatter list */
+	unsigned int		sg_len;	/* size of scatter list */
+	/* Remote device address (flat buffer) */
+	u64 rio_addr;	/* low 64-bits of 66-bit RapidIO address */
+	u8  rio_addr_u;  /* upper 2-bits of 66-bit RapidIO address */
+	enum rio_write_type wr_type; /* preferred RIO write operation type */
+};
+
+static inline struct rio_mport *dma_to_mport(struct dma_device *ddev)
+{
+	return container_of(ddev, struct rio_mport, dma);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE */
+
 /* Architecture and hardware-specific functions */
 extern int rio_register_mport(struct rio_mport *);
 extern int rio_open_inb_mbox(struct rio_mport *, void *, int, int);
diff --git a/include/linux/rio_drv.h b/include/linux/rio_drv.h
index 7f07470..31ad146 100644
--- a/include/linux/rio_drv.h
+++ b/include/linux/rio_drv.h
@@ -377,6 +377,15 @@
 struct rio_dev *rio_dev_get(struct rio_dev *);
 void rio_dev_put(struct rio_dev *);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE
+extern struct dma_chan *rio_request_dma(struct rio_dev *rdev);
+extern void rio_release_dma(struct dma_chan *dchan);
+extern struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *rio_dma_prep_slave_sg(
+		struct rio_dev *rdev, struct dma_chan *dchan,
+		struct rio_dma_data *data,
+		enum dma_transfer_direction direction, unsigned long flags);
+#endif
+
 /**
  * rio_name - Get the unique RIO device identifier
  * @rdev: RIO device