diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/tlv.h b/include/uapi/sound/tlv.h
index ffc4f20..b741e0e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/tlv.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/tlv.h
@@ -28,4 +28,64 @@
 #define SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_CHMAP_VAR	0x102	/* channels freely swappable */
 #define SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_CHMAP_PAIRED	0x103	/* pair-wise swappable */
 
+/*
+ * TLV structure is right behind the struct snd_ctl_tlv:
+ *   unsigned int type  	- see SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_*
+ *   unsigned int length
+ *   .... data aligned to sizeof(unsigned int), use
+ *        block_length = (length + (sizeof(unsigned int) - 1)) &
+ *                       ~(sizeof(unsigned int) - 1)) ....
+ */
+#define TLV_ITEM(type, ...) \
+	(type), TLV_LENGTH(__VA_ARGS__), __VA_ARGS__
+#define TLV_LENGTH(...) \
+	((unsigned int)sizeof((const unsigned int[]) { __VA_ARGS__ }))
+
+#define TLV_CONTAINER_ITEM(...) \
+	TLV_ITEM(SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_CONTAINER, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define DECLARE_TLV_CONTAINER(name, ...) \
+	unsigned int name[] = { TLV_CONTAINER_ITEM(__VA_ARGS__) }
+
+#define TLV_DB_SCALE_MASK	0xffff
+#define TLV_DB_SCALE_MUTE	0x10000
+#define TLV_DB_SCALE_ITEM(min, step, mute)			\
+	TLV_ITEM(SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_SCALE,			\
+		 (min),					\
+		 ((step) & TLV_DB_SCALE_MASK) |		\
+			((mute) ? TLV_DB_SCALE_MUTE : 0))
+#define DECLARE_TLV_DB_SCALE(name, min, step, mute) \
+	unsigned int name[] = { TLV_DB_SCALE_ITEM(min, step, mute) }
+
+/* dB scale specified with min/max values instead of step */
+#define TLV_DB_MINMAX_ITEM(min_dB, max_dB)			\
+	TLV_ITEM(SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_MINMAX, (min_dB), (max_dB))
+#define TLV_DB_MINMAX_MUTE_ITEM(min_dB, max_dB)			\
+	TLV_ITEM(SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_MINMAX_MUTE, (min_dB), (max_dB))
+#define DECLARE_TLV_DB_MINMAX(name, min_dB, max_dB) \
+	unsigned int name[] = { TLV_DB_MINMAX_ITEM(min_dB, max_dB) }
+#define DECLARE_TLV_DB_MINMAX_MUTE(name, min_dB, max_dB) \
+	unsigned int name[] = { TLV_DB_MINMAX_MUTE_ITEM(min_dB, max_dB) }
+
+/* linear volume between min_dB and max_dB (.01dB unit) */
+#define TLV_DB_LINEAR_ITEM(min_dB, max_dB)		    \
+	TLV_ITEM(SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_LINEAR, (min_dB), (max_dB))
+#define DECLARE_TLV_DB_LINEAR(name, min_dB, max_dB)	\
+	unsigned int name[] = { TLV_DB_LINEAR_ITEM(min_dB, max_dB) }
+
+/* dB range container:
+ * Items in dB range container must be ordered by their values and by their
+ * dB values. This implies that larger values must correspond with larger
+ * dB values (which is also required for all other mixer controls).
+ */
+/* Each item is: <min> <max> <TLV> */
+#define TLV_DB_RANGE_ITEM(...) \
+	TLV_ITEM(SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_RANGE, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define DECLARE_TLV_DB_RANGE(name, ...) \
+	unsigned int name[] = { TLV_DB_RANGE_ITEM(__VA_ARGS__) }
+/* The below assumes that each item TLV is 4 words like DB_SCALE or LINEAR */
+#define TLV_DB_RANGE_HEAD(num)			\
+	SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_RANGE, 6 * (num) * sizeof(unsigned int)
+
+#define TLV_DB_GAIN_MUTE	-9999999
+
 #endif