diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index b5b0cdc21d01..c4889a4b26cf 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ static DEFINE_IDA(nvmem_ida);
 static LIST_HEAD(nvmem_cells);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_cells_mutex);
 
+static LIST_HEAD(nvmem_cell_lookups);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_lookup_mutex);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 static struct lock_class_key eeprom_lock_key;
 #endif
@@ -247,6 +250,41 @@ static const struct attribute_group *nvmem_ro_root_dev_groups[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
+/**
+ * nvmem_add_lookup_table() - register a number of nvmem cell lookup entries
+ *
+ * @lookup: array of nvmem cell lookup entries
+ * @nentries: number of lookup entries in the array
+ */
+void nvmem_add_lookup_table(struct nvmem_cell_lookup *lookup, size_t nentries)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_lookup_mutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < nentries; i++)
+		list_add_tail(&lookup[i].list, &nvmem_cell_lookups);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_lookup_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_add_lookup_table);
+
+/**
+ * nvmem_del_lookup_table() - unregister a set of previously added nvmem cell
+ *                            lookup entries
+ *
+ * @lookup: array of nvmem cell lookup entries
+ * @nentries: number of lookup entries in the array
+ */
+void nvmem_del_lookup_table(struct nvmem_cell_lookup *lookup, size_t nentries)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_lookup_mutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < nentries; i++)
+		list_del(&lookup[i].list);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_lookup_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_del_lookup_table);
+
 static void nvmem_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
@@ -916,6 +954,37 @@ struct nvmem_cell *of_nvmem_cell_get(struct device_node *np,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_nvmem_cell_get);
 #endif
 
+static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_cell_from_lookup(const char *cell_id)
+{
+	struct nvmem_cell *cell = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+	struct nvmem_cell_lookup *lookup;
+	struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
+	int rc;
+
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_lookup_mutex);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(lookup, &nvmem_cell_lookups, list) {
+		if (strcmp(cell_id, lookup->info.name) == 0) {
+			nvmem = nvmem_find(lookup->nvmem_name);
+			if (!nvmem)
+				goto out;
+
+			rc = nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, &lookup->info, 1);
+			if (rc) {
+				cell = ERR_PTR(rc);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			cell = nvmem_cell_get_from_list(cell_id);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_lookup_mutex);
+	return cell;
+}
+
 /**
  * nvmem_cell_get() - Get nvmem cell of device form a given cell name
  *
@@ -936,7 +1005,11 @@ struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_cell_get(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id)
 			return cell;
 	}
 
-	return nvmem_cell_get_from_list(cell_id);
+	cell = nvmem_cell_get_from_list(cell_id);
+	if (!IS_ERR(cell) || PTR_ERR(cell) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return cell;
+
+	return nvmem_cell_from_lookup(cell_id);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_get);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
index 4e85447f7860..f4b5d3186e94 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ struct nvmem_cell_info {
 	unsigned int		nbits;
 };
 
+struct nvmem_cell_lookup {
+	struct nvmem_cell_info	info;
+	struct list_head	list;
+	const char		*nvmem_name;
+};
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NVMEM)
 
 /* Cell based interface */
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
index 24def6ad09bb..6a17d722062b 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 struct nvmem_device;
 struct nvmem_cell_info;
+struct nvmem_cell_lookup;
 typedef int (*nvmem_reg_read_t)(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
 				void *val, size_t bytes);
 typedef int (*nvmem_reg_write_t)(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ struct nvmem_config {
 struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *cfg);
 int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem);
 
+void nvmem_add_lookup_table(struct nvmem_cell_lookup *lookup, size_t nentries);
+void nvmem_del_lookup_table(struct nvmem_cell_lookup *lookup, size_t nentries);
+
 struct nvmem_device *devm_nvmem_register(struct device *dev,
 					 const struct nvmem_config *cfg);
 
@@ -92,6 +96,12 @@ static inline int nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+static inline void
+nvmem_add_lookup_table(struct nvmem_cell_lookup *lookup, size_t nentries) {}
+
+static inline void
+nvmem_del_lookup_table(struct nvmem_cell_lookup *lookup, size_t nentries) {}
+
 static inline struct nvmem_device *
 devm_nvmem_register(struct device *dev, const struct nvmem_config *c)
 {
