diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index c65992d..286995a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -281,3 +281,17 @@
 	dev_priv->backlight_level = intel_panel_get_backlight(dev);
 	dev_priv->backlight_enabled = dev_priv->backlight_level != 0;
 }
+
+enum drm_connector_status
+intel_panel_detect(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+
+	/* Assume that the BIOS does not lie through the OpRegion... */
+	if (dev_priv->opregion.lid_state)
+		return ioread32(dev_priv->opregion.lid_state) & 0x1 ?
+			connector_status_connected :
+			connector_status_disconnected;
+
+	return connector_status_unknown;
+}