diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index 59472cd..2a19883 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ Code  Seq#    Include File                                           Comments
 0xB4  00-0F  linux/gpio.h                                            <mailto:linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>
 0xB5  00-0F  uapi/linux/rpmsg.h                                      <mailto:linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org>
 0xB6  all    linux/fpga-dfl.h
+0xB7  all    uapi/linux/remoteproc_cdev.h                            <mailto:linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org>
 0xC0  00-0F  linux/usb/iowarrior.h
 0xCA  00-0F  uapi/misc/cxl.h
 0xCA  10-2F  uapi/misc/ocxl.h
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
index 48315dc..c6659dfe 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ config REMOTEPROC
 
 if REMOTEPROC
 
+config REMOTEPROC_CDEV
+	bool "Remoteproc character device interface"
+	help
+	  Say y here to have a character device interface for the remoteproc
+	  framework. Userspace can boot/shutdown remote processors through
+	  this interface.
+
+	  It's safe to say N if you don't want to use this interface.
+
 config IMX_REMOTEPROC
 	tristate "IMX6/7 remoteproc support"
 	depends on ARCH_MXC
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile b/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
index 4d4307d..3dfa28e 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ remoteproc-y				+= remoteproc_debugfs.o
 remoteproc-y				+= remoteproc_sysfs.o
 remoteproc-y				+= remoteproc_virtio.o
 remoteproc-y				+= remoteproc_elf_loader.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_REMOTEPROC_CDEV)		+= remoteproc_cdev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IMX_REMOTEPROC)		+= imx_rproc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INGENIC_VPU_RPROC)		+= ingenic_rproc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTK_SCP)			+= mtk_scp.o mtk_scp_ipi.o
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ac11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Character device interface driver for Remoteproc framework.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/remoteproc.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/remoteproc_cdev.h>
+
+#include "remoteproc_internal.h"
+
+#define NUM_RPROC_DEVICES	64
+static dev_t rproc_major;
+
+static ssize_t rproc_cdev_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	struct rproc *rproc = container_of(filp->f_inode->i_cdev, struct rproc, cdev);
+	int ret = 0;
+	char cmd[10];
+
+	if (!len || len > sizeof(cmd))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = copy_from_user(cmd, buf, len);
+	if (ret)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (!strncmp(cmd, "start", len)) {
+		if (rproc->state == RPROC_RUNNING)
+			return -EBUSY;
+
+		ret = rproc_boot(rproc);
+	} else if (!strncmp(cmd, "stop", len)) {
+		if (rproc->state != RPROC_RUNNING)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		rproc_shutdown(rproc);
+	} else {
+		dev_err(&rproc->dev, "Unrecognized option\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return ret ? ret : len;
+}
+
+static long rproc_device_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct rproc *rproc = container_of(filp->f_inode->i_cdev, struct rproc, cdev);
+	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+	int32_t param;
+
+	switch (ioctl) {
+	case RPROC_SET_SHUTDOWN_ON_RELEASE:
+		if (copy_from_user(&param, argp, sizeof(int32_t)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		rproc->cdev_put_on_release = !!param;
+		break;
+	case RPROC_GET_SHUTDOWN_ON_RELEASE:
+		param = (int32_t)rproc->cdev_put_on_release;
+		if (copy_to_user(argp, &param, sizeof(int32_t)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		break;
+	default:
+		dev_err(&rproc->dev, "Unsupported ioctl\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int rproc_cdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct rproc *rproc = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct rproc, cdev);
+
+	if (rproc->cdev_put_on_release && rproc->state == RPROC_RUNNING)
+		rproc_shutdown(rproc);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations rproc_fops = {
+	.write = rproc_cdev_write,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = rproc_device_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,
+	.release = rproc_cdev_release,
+};
+
+int rproc_char_device_add(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	cdev_init(&rproc->cdev, &rproc_fops);
+	rproc->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+
+	rproc->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(rproc_major), rproc->index);
+	cdev_set_parent(&rproc->cdev, &rproc->dev.kobj);
+	ret = cdev_add(&rproc->cdev, rproc->dev.devt, 1);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		dev_err(&rproc->dev, "Failed to add char dev for %s\n", rproc->name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void rproc_char_device_remove(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	__unregister_chrdev(MAJOR(rproc->dev.devt), rproc->index, 1, "remoteproc");
+}
+
+void __init rproc_init_cdev(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&rproc_major, 0, NUM_RPROC_DEVICES, "remoteproc");
+	if (ret < 0)
+		pr_err("Failed to alloc rproc_cdev region, err %d\n", ret);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
index cd4176b..c340028 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
@@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ void rproc_exit_sysfs(void);
 void rproc_coredump_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc);
 void rproc_coredump(struct rproc *rproc);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_REMOTEPROC_CDEV
+void rproc_init_cdev(void);
+void rproc_exit_cdev(void);
+int rproc_char_device_add(struct rproc *rproc);
+void rproc_char_device_remove(struct rproc *rproc);
+#else
+static inline void rproc_init_cdev(void)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void rproc_exit_cdev(void)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * The character device interface is an optional feature, if it is not enabled
+ * the function should not return an error.
+ */
+static inline int rproc_char_device_add(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void  rproc_char_device_remove(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 void rproc_free_vring(struct rproc_vring *rvring);
 int rproc_alloc_vring(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int i);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index 0e8d2ff..2fa68bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/virtio.h>
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
@@ -509,6 +510,8 @@ struct rproc_dump_segment {
  * @autonomous: true if an external entity has booted the remote processor
  * @dump_segments: list of segments in the firmware
  * @nb_vdev: number of vdev currently handled by rproc
+ * @char_dev: character device of the rproc
+ * @cdev_put_on_release: flag to indicate if remoteproc should be shutdown on @char_dev release
  */
 struct rproc {
 	struct list_head node;
@@ -546,6 +549,8 @@ struct rproc {
 	int nb_vdev;
 	u8 elf_class;
 	u16 elf_machine;
+	struct cdev cdev;
+	bool cdev_put_on_release;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/remoteproc_cdev.h b/include/uapi/linux/remoteproc_cdev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c43768e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/remoteproc_cdev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * IOCTLs for Remoteproc's character device interface.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_REMOTEPROC_CDEV_H_
+#define _UAPI_REMOTEPROC_CDEV_H_
+
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define RPROC_MAGIC	0xB7
+
+/*
+ * The RPROC_SET_SHUTDOWN_ON_RELEASE ioctl allows to enable/disable the shutdown of a remote
+ * processor automatically when the controlling userpsace closes the char device interface.
+ *
+ * input parameter: integer
+ *   0		: disable automatic shutdown
+ *   other	: enable automatic shutdown
+ */
+#define RPROC_SET_SHUTDOWN_ON_RELEASE _IOW(RPROC_MAGIC, 1, __s32)
+
+/*
+ * The RPROC_GET_SHUTDOWN_ON_RELEASE ioctl gets information about whether the automatic shutdown of
+ * a remote processor is enabled or disabled when the controlling userspace closes the char device
+ * interface.
+ *
+ * output parameter: integer
+ *   0		: automatic shutdown disable
+ *   other	: automatic shutdown enable
+ */
+#define RPROC_GET_SHUTDOWN_ON_RELEASE _IOR(RPROC_MAGIC, 2, __s32)
+
+#endif
