diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index ed92b30..ba5f96db 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -364,6 +364,32 @@
 	unsigned int slave_id;
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum dma_residue_granularity - Granularity of the reported transfer residue
+ * @DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_DESCRIPTOR: Residue reporting is not support. The
+ *  DMA channel is only able to tell whether a descriptor has been completed or
+ *  not, which means residue reporting is not supported by this channel. The
+ *  residue field of the dma_tx_state field will always be 0.
+ * @DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_SEGMENT: Residue is updated after each successfully
+ *  completed segment of the transfer (For cyclic transfers this is after each
+ *  period). This is typically implemented by having the hardware generate an
+ *  interrupt after each transferred segment and then the drivers updates the
+ *  outstanding residue by the size of the segment. Another possibility is if
+ *  the hardware supports scatter-gather and the segment descriptor has a field
+ *  which gets set after the segment has been completed. The driver then counts
+ *  the number of segments without the flag set to compute the residue.
+ * @DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_BURST: Residue is updated after each transferred
+ *  burst. This is typically only supported if the hardware has a progress
+ *  register of some sort (E.g. a register with the current read/write address
+ *  or a register with the amount of bursts/beats/bytes that have been
+ *  transferred or still need to be transferred).
+ */
+enum dma_residue_granularity {
+	DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_DESCRIPTOR = 0,
+	DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_SEGMENT = 1,
+	DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_BURST = 2,
+};
+
 /* struct dma_slave_caps - expose capabilities of a slave channel only
  *
  * @src_addr_widths: bit mask of src addr widths the channel supports
@@ -374,6 +400,7 @@
  * 	should be checked by controller as well
  * @cmd_pause: true, if pause and thereby resume is supported
  * @cmd_terminate: true, if terminate cmd is supported
+ * @residue_granularity: granularity of the reported transfer residue
  */
 struct dma_slave_caps {
 	u32 src_addr_widths;
@@ -381,6 +408,7 @@
 	u32 directions;
 	bool cmd_pause;
 	bool cmd_terminate;
+	enum dma_residue_granularity residue_granularity;
 };
 
 static inline const char *dma_chan_name(struct dma_chan *chan)