diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
index 8b041d0ab426..036383dad6d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
@@ -202,3 +202,106 @@ the following file:
 
 If you echo 0 into it means MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET will be used. The data type
 for the timeout is an int.
+
+EFI embedded firmware fallback mechanism
+========================================
+
+On some devices the system's EFI code / ROM may contain an embedded copy
+of firmware for some of the system's integrated peripheral devices and
+the peripheral's Linux device-driver needs to access this firmware.
+
+Device drivers which need such firmware can use the
+firmware_request_platform() function for this, note that this is a
+separate fallback mechanism from the other fallback mechanisms and
+this does not use the sysfs interface.
+
+A device driver which needs this can describe the firmware it needs
+using an efi_embedded_fw_desc struct:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/efi_embedded_fw.h
+   :functions: efi_embedded_fw_desc
+
+The EFI embedded-fw code works by scanning all EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE memory
+segments for an eight byte sequence matching prefix; if the prefix is found it
+then does a sha256 over length bytes and if that matches makes a copy of length
+bytes and adds that to its list with found firmwares.
+
+To avoid doing this somewhat expensive scan on all systems, dmi matching is
+used. Drivers are expected to export a dmi_system_id array, with each entries'
+driver_data pointing to an efi_embedded_fw_desc.
+
+To register this array with the efi-embedded-fw code, a driver needs to:
+
+1. Always be builtin to the kernel or store the dmi_system_id array in a
+   separate object file which always gets builtin.
+
+2. Add an extern declaration for the dmi_system_id array to
+   include/linux/efi_embedded_fw.h.
+
+3. Add the dmi_system_id array to the embedded_fw_table in
+   drivers/firmware/efi/embedded-firmware.c wrapped in a #ifdef testing that
+   the driver is being builtin.
+
+4. Add "select EFI_EMBEDDED_FIRMWARE if EFI_STUB" to its Kconfig entry.
+
+The firmware_request_platform() function will always first try to load firmware
+with the specified name directly from the disk, so the EFI embedded-fw can
+always be overridden by placing a file under /lib/firmware.
+
+Note that:
+
+1. The code scanning for EFI embedded-firmware runs near the end
+   of start_kernel(), just before calling rest_init(). For normal drivers and
+   subsystems using subsys_initcall() to register themselves this does not
+   matter. This means that code running earlier cannot use EFI
+   embedded-firmware.
+
+2. At the moment the EFI embedded-fw code assumes that firmwares always start at
+   an offset which is a multiple of 8 bytes, if this is not true for your case
+   send in a patch to fix this.
+
+3. At the moment the EFI embedded-fw code only works on x86 because other archs
+   free EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE before the EFI embedded-fw code gets a chance to
+   scan it.
+
+4. The current brute-force scanning of EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE is an ad-hoc
+   brute-force solution. There has been discussion to use the UEFI Platform
+   Initialization (PI) spec's Firmware Volume protocol. This has been rejected
+   because the FV Protocol relies on *internal* interfaces of the PI spec, and:
+   1. The PI spec does not define peripheral firmware at all
+   2. The internal interfaces of the PI spec do not guarantee any backward
+   compatibility. Any implementation details in FV may be subject to change,
+   and may vary system to system. Supporting the FV Protocol would be
+   difficult as it is purposely ambiguous.
+
+Example how to check for and extract embedded firmware
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+To check for, for example Silead touchscreen controller embedded firmware,
+do the following:
+
+1. Boot the system with efi=debug on the kernel commandline
+
+2. cp /sys/kernel/debug/efi/boot_services_code? to your home dir
+
+3. Open the boot_services_code? files in a hex-editor, search for the
+   magic prefix for Silead firmware: F0 00 00 00 02 00 00 00, this gives you
+   the beginning address of the firmware inside the boot_services_code? file.
+
+4. The firmware has a specific pattern, it starts with a 8 byte page-address,
+   typically F0 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 for the first page followed by 32-bit
+   word-address + 32-bit value pairs. With the word-address incrementing 4
+   bytes (1 word) for each pair until a page is complete. A complete page is
+   followed by a new page-address, followed by more word + value pairs. This
+   leads to a very distinct pattern. Scroll down until this pattern stops,
+   this gives you the end of the firmware inside the boot_services_code? file.
+
+5. "dd if=boot_services_code? of=firmware bs=1 skip=<begin-addr> count=<len>"
+   will extract the firmware for you. Inspect the firmware file in a
+   hexeditor to make sure you got the dd parameters correct.
+
+6. Copy it to /lib/firmware under the expected name to test it.
+
+7. If the extracted firmware works, you can use the found info to fill an
+   efi_embedded_fw_desc struct to describe it, run "sha256sum firmware"
+   to get the sha256sum to put in the sha256 field.
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/lookup-order.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/lookup-order.rst
index 88c81739683c..6064672a782e 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/lookup-order.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/lookup-order.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ a driver issues a firmware API call.
   return it immediately
 * The ''Direct filesystem lookup'' is performed next, if found we
   return it immediately
+* The ''Platform firmware fallback'' is performed next, but only when
+  firmware_request_platform() is used, if found we return it immediately
 * If no firmware has been found and the fallback mechanism was enabled
   the sysfs interface is created. After this either a kobject uevent
   is issued or the custom firmware loading is relied upon for firmware
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst
index f62bdcbfed5b..cd076462d235 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ firmware_request_nowarn
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
    :functions: firmware_request_nowarn
 
+firmware_request_platform
+-------------------------
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+   :functions: firmware_request_platform
+
 request_firmware_direct
 -----------------------
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile
index 0b2dfa6259c9..e87843408fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER) += fallback_table.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
 firmware_class-objs := main.o
 firmware_class-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER) += fallback.o
+firmware_class-$(CONFIG_EFI_EMBEDDED_FIRMWARE) += fallback_platform.o
 
 obj-y += builtin/
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
index 21063503e4ea..06f4577733a8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
@@ -66,4 +66,14 @@ static inline void unregister_sysfs_loader(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_EMBEDDED_FIRMWARE
+int firmware_fallback_platform(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, enum fw_opt opt_flags);
+#else
+static inline int firmware_fallback_platform(struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
+					     enum fw_opt opt_flags)
+{
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __FIRMWARE_FALLBACK_H */
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37746efaf8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/efi_embedded_fw.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+#include "fallback.h"
+#include "firmware.h"
+
+int firmware_fallback_platform(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, enum fw_opt opt_flags)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	rc = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	rc = efi_get_embedded_fw(fw_priv->fw_name, &fw_priv->data,
+				 &fw_priv->size);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc; /* rc == -ENOENT when the fw was not found */
+
+	fw_state_done(fw_priv);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
index 8656e5239a80..25836a6afc9f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
  *	firmware caching mechanism.
  * @FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS: Disable the sysfs fallback mechanism. Takes
  *	precedence over &FW_OPT_UEVENT and &FW_OPT_USERHELPER.
+ * @FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM: Enable fallback to device fw copy embedded in
+ *	the platform's main firmware. If both this fallback and the sysfs
+ *      fallback are enabled, then this fallback will be tried first.
  */
 enum fw_opt {
 	FW_OPT_UEVENT			= BIT(0),
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ enum fw_opt {
 	FW_OPT_NO_WARN			= BIT(3),
 	FW_OPT_NOCACHE			= BIT(4),
 	FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS		= BIT(5),
+	FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM	= BIT(6),
 };
 
 enum fw_status {
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index 08f8995a530a..006ff71458b1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -775,6 +775,9 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 						 fw_decompress_xz);
 #endif
 
+	if (ret == -ENOENT)
+		ret = firmware_fallback_platform(fw->priv, opt_flags);
+
 	if (ret) {
 		if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NO_WARN))
 			dev_warn(device,
@@ -882,6 +885,30 @@ int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_firmware_direct);
 
+/**
+ * firmware_request_platform() - request firmware with platform-fw fallback
+ * @firmware: pointer to firmware image
+ * @name: name of firmware file
+ * @device: device for which firmware is being loaded
+ *
+ * This function is similar in behaviour to request_firmware, except that if
+ * direct filesystem lookup fails, it will fallback to looking for a copy of the
+ * requested firmware embedded in the platform's main (e.g. UEFI) firmware.
+ **/
+int firmware_request_platform(const struct firmware **firmware,
+			      const char *name, struct device *device)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Need to pin this module until return */
+	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware, name, device, NULL, 0,
+				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM);
+	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(firmware_request_platform);
+
 /**
  * firmware_request_cache() - cache firmware for suspend so resume can use it
  * @name: name of firmware file
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index 2dd566c91d44..4bbd0afd91b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
 		     struct device *device);
 int firmware_request_nowarn(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
 			    struct device *device);
+int firmware_request_platform(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
+			      struct device *device);
 int request_firmware_nowait(
 	struct module *module, bool uevent,
 	const char *name, struct device *device, gfp_t gfp, void *context,
@@ -69,6 +71,13 @@ static inline int firmware_request_nowarn(const struct firmware **fw,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static inline int firmware_request_platform(const struct firmware **fw,
+					    const char *name,
+					    struct device *device)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static inline int request_firmware_nowait(
 	struct module *module, bool uevent,
 	const char *name, struct device *device, gfp_t gfp, void *context,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e0d909d35763..3cbc955f6a1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2961,6 +2961,7 @@ extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);
 	id(UNKNOWN, unknown)		\
 	id(FIRMWARE, firmware)		\
 	id(FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER, firmware)	\
+	id(FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED, firmware)	\
 	id(MODULE, kernel-module)		\
 	id(KEXEC_IMAGE, kexec-image)		\
 	id(KEXEC_INITRAMFS, kexec-initramfs)	\
