diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 7d8a7ce..ed3e8a2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@
 {
 	int retval;
 
+	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&bus->bus_notifier);
+
 	retval = kobject_set_name(&bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "%s", bus->name);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
@@ -782,6 +784,18 @@
 	subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 }
 
+int bus_register_notifier(struct bus_type *bus, struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&bus->bus_notifier, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_register_notifier);
+
+int bus_unregister_notifier(struct bus_type *bus, struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&bus->bus_notifier, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_unregister_notifier);
+
 int __init buses_init(void)
 {
 	return subsystem_register(&bus_subsys);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 002fde4..d4f35d8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
 
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
@@ -428,6 +429,11 @@
 	if (platform_notify)
 		platform_notify(dev);
 
+	/* notify clients of device entry (new way) */
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE, dev);
+
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
 	if (dev->driver)
@@ -504,6 +510,9 @@
  BusError:
 	device_pm_remove(dev);
  PMError:
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
 	device_remove_groups(dev);
  GroupError:
  	device_remove_attrs(dev);
@@ -622,6 +631,9 @@
 	 */
 	if (platform_notify_remove)
 		platform_notify_remove(dev);
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
 	bus_remove_device(dev);
 	device_pm_remove(dev);
 	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index c5d6bb4..9c88b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
 
 	pr_debug("bound device '%s' to driver '%s'\n",
 		 dev->bus_id, dev->driver->name);
+
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER, dev);
+
 	klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_driver, &dev->driver->klist_devices);
 	ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->driver->kobj, &dev->kobj,
 			  kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
@@ -288,6 +293,11 @@
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "driver");
 		klist_remove(&dev->knode_driver);
 
+		if (dev->bus)
+			blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+						     BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER,
+						     dev);
+
 		if (dev->bus && dev->bus->remove)
 			dev->bus->remove(dev);
 		else if (drv->remove)