diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
index 4b48318..906590a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/ipmi.h>
 
 /* This files describes the interface for IPMI system management interface
    drivers to bind into the IPMI message handler. */
@@ -86,6 +87,13 @@
 	int (*start_processing)(void       *send_info,
 				ipmi_smi_t new_intf);
 
+	/*
+	 * Get the detailed private info of the low level interface and store
+	 * it into the structure of ipmi_smi_data. For example: the
+	 * ACPI device handle will be returned for the pnp_acpi IPMI device.
+	 */
+	int (*get_smi_info)(void *send_info, struct ipmi_smi_info *data);
+
 	/* Called to enqueue an SMI message to be sent.  This
 	   operation is not allowed to fail.  If an error occurs, it
 	   should report back the error in a received message.  It may