diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index cad1683..9fee2a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ i915-y += i915_cmd_parser.o \
 	  i915_gpu_error.o \
 	  i915_irq.o \
 	  i915_trace_points.o \
+	  intel_lrc.o \
 	  intel_ringbuffer.o \
 	  intel_uncore.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 44a63f3..54c2bd9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "i915_reg.h"
 #include "intel_bios.h"
 #include "intel_ringbuffer.h"
+#include "intel_lrc.h"
 #include "i915_gem_gtt.h"
 #include <linux/io-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49bb6fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2014 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *    Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
+ *    Michel Thierry <michel.thierry@intel.com>
+ *    Thomas Daniel <thomas.daniel@intel.com>
+ *    Oscar Mateo <oscar.mateo@intel.com>
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * GEN8 brings an expansion of the HW contexts: "Logical Ring Contexts".
+ * These expanded contexts enable a number of new abilities, especially
+ * "Execlists" (also implemented in this file).
+ *
+ * Execlists are the new method by which, on gen8+ hardware, workloads are
+ * submitted for execution (as opposed to the legacy, ringbuffer-based, method).
+ */
+
+#include <drm/drmP.h>
+#include <drm/i915_drm.h>
+#include "i915_drv.h"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6830a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2014 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _INTEL_LRC_H_
+#define _INTEL_LRC_H_
+
+#endif /* _INTEL_LRC_H_ */
