diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index add4790..63f98d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
  *	vdev: the virtio_device
  *	This gives the final feature bits for the device: it can change
  *	the dev->feature bits if it wants.
+ * @bus_name: return the bus name associated with the device
+ *	vdev: the virtio_device
+ *      This returns a pointer to the bus name a la pci_name from which
+ *      the caller can then copy.
  */
 typedef void vq_callback_t(struct virtqueue *);
 struct virtio_config_ops {
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@
 	void (*del_vqs)(struct virtio_device *);
 	u32 (*get_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
 	void (*finalize_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
+	const char *(*bus_name)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
 };
 
 /* If driver didn't advertise the feature, it will never appear. */
@@ -182,5 +187,14 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	return vq;
 }
+
+static inline
+const char *virtio_bus_name(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	if (!vdev->config->bus_name)
+		return "virtio";
+	return vdev->config->bus_name(vdev);
+}
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H */