diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index bf61e04..01f1b3d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2263,6 +2263,15 @@ F:	drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.h
 F:	drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c
 F:	drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.c
 
+CPUIDLE DRIVER - ARM BIG LITTLE
+M:      Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
+M:      Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
+L:      linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
+L:      linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
+T:      git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git
+S:      Maintained
+F:      drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
+
 CPUIDLE DRIVERS
 M:	Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
 M:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig b/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig
index 0e2cd5c..0f86587 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ config CPU_IDLE_ZYNQ
 	help
 	  Select this to enable cpuidle on Xilinx Zynq processors.
 
+config CPU_IDLE_BIG_LITTLE
+	bool "Support for ARM big.LITTLE processors"
+	depends on ARCH_VEXPRESS_TC2_PM
+	select ARM_CPU_SUSPEND
+	select CPU_IDLE_MULTIPLE_DRIVERS
+	help
+	  Select this option to enable CPU idle driver for big.LITTLE based
+	  ARM systems. Driver manages CPUs coordination through MCPM and
+	  define different C-states for little and big cores through the
+	  multiple CPU idle drivers infrastructure.
 endif
 
 config ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/Makefile b/drivers/cpuidle/Makefile
index 8767a7b..3b6445c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/Makefile
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED) += coupled.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_CALXEDA) += cpuidle-calxeda.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_KIRKWOOD) += cpuidle-kirkwood.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_ZYNQ) += cpuidle-zynq.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_BIG_LITTLE) += cpuidle-big_little.o
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98cb375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-big_little.c
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 ARM/Linaro
+ *
+ * Authors: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
+ *          Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
+ *          Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Maintainer: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
+ * Maintainer: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
+ */
+#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
+#include <linux/cpu_pm.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+
+#include <asm/cpu.h>
+#include <asm/cputype.h>
+#include <asm/cpuidle.h>
+#include <asm/mcpm.h>
+#include <asm/smp_plat.h>
+#include <asm/suspend.h>
+
+static int bl_enter_powerdown(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
+			      struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int idx);
+
+static struct cpuidle_driver bl_idle_little_driver = {
+	.name = "little_idle",
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.states[0] = ARM_CPUIDLE_WFI_STATE,
+	.states[1] = {
+		.enter			= bl_enter_powerdown,
+		.exit_latency		= 1000,
+		.target_residency	= 3500,
+		.flags			= CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIME_VALID |
+					  CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIMER_STOP,
+		.name			= "C1",
+		.desc			= "ARM little-cluster power down",
+	},
+	.state_count = 2,
+};
+
+static struct cpuidle_driver bl_idle_big_driver = {
+	.name = "big_idle",
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.states[0] = ARM_CPUIDLE_WFI_STATE,
+	.states[1] = {
+		.enter			= bl_enter_powerdown,
+		.exit_latency		= 1000,
+		.target_residency	= 3000,
+		.flags			= CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIME_VALID |
+					  CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIMER_STOP,
+		.name			= "C1",
+		.desc			= "ARM big-cluster power down",
+	},
+	.state_count = 2,
+};
+
+/*
+ * notrace prevents trace shims from getting inserted where they
+ * should not. Global jumps and ldrex/strex must not be inserted
+ * in power down sequences where caches and MMU may be turned off.
+ */
+static int notrace bl_powerdown_finisher(unsigned long arg)
+{
+	/* MCPM works with HW CPU identifiers */
+	unsigned int mpidr = read_cpuid_mpidr();
+	unsigned int cluster = (mpidr >> 8) & 0xf;
+	unsigned int cpu = mpidr & 0xf;
+
+	mcpm_set_entry_vector(cpu, cluster, cpu_resume);
+	/*
+	 * Residency value passed to mcpm_cpu_suspend back-end
+	 * has to be given clear semantics. Set to 0 as a
+	 * temporary value.
+	 */
+	mcpm_cpu_suspend(0);
+	/* return value != 0 means failure */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bl_enter_powerdown - Programs CPU to enter the specified state
+ * @dev: cpuidle device
+ * @drv: The target state to be programmed
+ * @idx: state index
+ *
+ * Called from the CPUidle framework to program the device to the
+ * specified target state selected by the governor.
+ */
+static int bl_enter_powerdown(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
+				struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int idx)
+{
+	struct timespec ts_preidle, ts_postidle, ts_idle;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Used to keep track of the total time in idle */
+	getnstimeofday(&ts_preidle);
+
+	cpu_pm_enter();
+
+	ret = cpu_suspend(0, bl_powerdown_finisher);
+	/* signals the MCPM core that CPU is out of low power state */
+	mcpm_cpu_powered_up();
+
+	cpu_pm_exit();
+
+	getnstimeofday(&ts_postidle);
+	ts_idle = timespec_sub(ts_postidle, ts_preidle);
+
+	dev->last_residency = ts_idle.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC +
+					ts_idle.tv_sec * USEC_PER_SEC;
+	local_irq_enable();
+	return idx;
+}
+
+static int __init bl_idle_driver_init(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int cpu_id)
+{
+	struct cpuinfo_arm *cpu_info;
+	struct cpumask *cpumask;
+	unsigned long cpuid;
+	int cpu;
+
+	cpumask = kzalloc(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cpumask)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		cpu_info = &per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu);
+		cpuid = is_smp() ? cpu_info->cpuid : read_cpuid_id();
+
+		/* read cpu id part number */
+		if ((cpuid & 0xFFF0) == cpu_id)
+			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpumask);
+	}
+
+	drv->cpumask = cpumask;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init bl_idle_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the driver just for a compliant set of machines
+	 */
+	if (!of_machine_is_compatible("arm,vexpress,v2p-ca15_a7"))
+		return -ENODEV;
+	/*
+	 * For now the differentiation between little and big cores
+	 * is based on the part number. A7 cores are considered little
+	 * cores, A15 are considered big cores. This distinction may
+	 * evolve in the future with a more generic matching approach.
+	 */
+	ret = bl_idle_driver_init(&bl_idle_little_driver,
+				  ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A7);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = bl_idle_driver_init(&bl_idle_big_driver, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A15);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_uninit_little;
+
+	ret = cpuidle_register(&bl_idle_little_driver, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_uninit_big;
+
+	ret = cpuidle_register(&bl_idle_big_driver, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unregister_little;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_unregister_little:
+	cpuidle_unregister(&bl_idle_little_driver);
+out_uninit_big:
+	kfree(bl_idle_big_driver.cpumask);
+out_uninit_little:
+	kfree(bl_idle_little_driver.cpumask);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+device_initcall(bl_idle_init);
