diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 94e8a80..d08c9d3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 			   driver.o class.o platform.o \
 			   cpu.o firmware.o init.o map.o devres.o \
 			   attribute_container.o transport_class.o \
-			   topology.o
+			   topology.o container.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)	+= devtmpfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_CMA) += dma-contiguous.o
 obj-y			+= power/
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 2cbc677..24f4242 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 #endif
 extern int platform_bus_init(void);
 extern void cpu_dev_init(void);
+extern void container_dev_init(void);
 
 struct kobject *virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/container.c b/drivers/base/container.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecbfbe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/container.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * System bus type for containers.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, Intel Corporation
+ * Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/container.h>
+
+#include "base.h"
+
+#define CONTAINER_BUS_NAME	"container"
+
+static int trivial_online(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int container_offline(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct container_dev *cdev = to_container_dev(dev);
+
+	return cdev->offline ? cdev->offline(cdev) : 0;
+}
+
+struct bus_type container_subsys = {
+	.name = CONTAINER_BUS_NAME,
+	.dev_name = CONTAINER_BUS_NAME,
+	.online = trivial_online,
+	.offline = container_offline,
+};
+
+void __init container_dev_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = subsys_system_register(&container_subsys, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("%s() failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/base/init.c b/drivers/base/init.c
index c16f0b8..da033d3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/init.c
+++ b/drivers/base/init.c
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
 	platform_bus_init();
 	cpu_dev_init();
 	memory_dev_init();
+	container_dev_init();
 }