diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/i2c/tda998x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/i2c/tda998x.txt
index e9e4bce..e50e7cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/i2c/tda998x.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/i2c/tda998x.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ Optional properties:
   - video-ports: 24 bits value which defines how the video controller
 	output is wired to the TDA998x input - default: <0x230145>
 
+  - audio-ports: must contain one or two values selecting the source
+	in the audio port.
+	The source type is given by the corresponding entry in
+	the audio-port-names property.
+
+  - audio-port-names: must contain entries matching the entries in
+	the audio-ports property.
+	Each value may be "i2s" or "spdif", giving the type of
+	the audio source.
+
+  - #sound-dai-cells: must be set to <1> for use with the simple-card.
+	The TDA998x audio CODEC always defines two DAIs.
+	The DAI 0 is the S/PDIF input and the DAI 1 is the I2S input.
+
 Example:
 
 	tda998x: hdmi-encoder {
@@ -26,4 +40,8 @@ Example:
 		interrupts = <27 2>;		/* falling edge */
 		pinctrl-0 = <&pmx_camera>;
 		pinctrl-names = "default";
+
+		audio-ports = <0x04>, <0x03>;
+		audio-port-names = "spdif", "i2s";
+		#sound-dai-cells = <1>;
 	};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c
index 70658af..9d9b072 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <sound/asoundef.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
 #include <drm/drmP.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ struct tda998x_priv {
 	wait_queue_head_t wq_edid;
 	volatile int wq_edid_wait;
 	struct drm_encoder *encoder;
+
+	u8 audio_ports[2];
 };
 
 #define to_tda998x_priv(x)  ((struct tda998x_priv *)to_encoder_slave(x)->slave_priv)
@@ -1254,12 +1257,16 @@ static int tda998x_create(struct i2c_client *client, struct tda998x_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = client->dev.of_node;
 	u32 video;
-	int rev_lo, rev_hi, ret;
+	int i, rev_lo, rev_hi, ret;
+	const char *p;
 
 	priv->vip_cntrl_0 = VIP_CNTRL_0_SWAP_A(2) | VIP_CNTRL_0_SWAP_B(3);
 	priv->vip_cntrl_1 = VIP_CNTRL_1_SWAP_C(0) | VIP_CNTRL_1_SWAP_D(1);
 	priv->vip_cntrl_2 = VIP_CNTRL_2_SWAP_E(4) | VIP_CNTRL_2_SWAP_F(5);
 
+	priv->params.audio_frame[1] = 1;		/* channels - 1 */
+	priv->params.audio_sample_rate = 48000;		/* 48kHz */
+
 	priv->current_page = 0xff;
 	priv->hdmi = client;
 	priv->cec = i2c_new_dummy(client->adapter, 0x34);
@@ -1351,15 +1358,50 @@ static int tda998x_create(struct i2c_client *client, struct tda998x_priv *priv)
 	/* enable EDID read irq: */
 	reg_set(priv, REG_INT_FLAGS_2, INT_FLAGS_2_EDID_BLK_RD);
 
-	if (!np)
-		return 0;		/* non-DT */
+	/* get the device tree parameters */
+	if (np) {
+
+		/* optional video properties */
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "video-ports", &video);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			priv->vip_cntrl_0 = video >> 16;
+			priv->vip_cntrl_1 = video >> 8;
+			priv->vip_cntrl_2 = video;
+		}
+
+		/* optional audio properties */
+		for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+			u32 port;
 
-	/* get the optional video properties */
-	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "video-ports", &video);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		priv->vip_cntrl_0 = video >> 16;
-		priv->vip_cntrl_1 = video >> 8;
-		priv->vip_cntrl_2 = video;
+			ret = of_property_read_u32_index(np, "audio-ports", i, &port);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+			ret = of_property_read_string_index(np, "audio-port-names",
+							i, &p);
+			if (ret) {
+				dev_err(&client->dev,
+					"missing audio-port-names[%d]\n", i);
+				break;
+			}
+			if (strcmp(p, "spdif") == 0) {
+				priv->audio_ports[0] = port;
+			} else if (strcmp(p, "i2s") == 0) {
+				priv->audio_ports[1] = port;
+			} else {
+				dev_err(&client->dev,
+					"bad audio-port-names '%s'\n", p);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (priv->audio_ports[0]) {
+			priv->params.audio_cfg = priv->audio_ports[0];
+			priv->params.audio_format = AFMT_SPDIF;
+			priv->params.audio_clk_cfg = 0;
+		} else {
+			priv->params.audio_cfg = priv->audio_ports[1];
+			priv->params.audio_format = AFMT_I2S;
+			priv->params.audio_clk_cfg = 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
