diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 659879a..6f2e96c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
 	  Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative
 	  governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
 	  driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
+
+config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHED
+	bool "sched"
+	select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHED
+	help
+	  Use the CPUfreq governor 'sched' as default. This scales
+	  cpu frequency using CPU utilization estimates from the
+	  scheduler.
 endchoice
 
 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
@@ -183,6 +191,18 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
 
 	  If in doubt, say N.
 
+config CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHED
+	bool "'sched' cpufreq governor"
+	depends on CPU_FREQ
+	select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
+	help
+	  'sched' - this governor scales cpu frequency from the
+	  scheduler as a function of cpu capacity utilization. It does
+	  not evaluate utilization on a periodic basis (as ondemand
+	  does) but instead is event-driven by the scheduler.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N.
+
 comment "CPU frequency scaling drivers"
 
 config CPUFREQ_DT
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 7f8c63d..7e4bde1 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ extern struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_ondemand;
 #elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE)
 extern struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_conservative;
 #define CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR	(&cpufreq_gov_conservative)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHED)
+extern struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_sched;
+#define CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR	(&cpufreq_gov_sched)
 #endif
 
 /*********************************************************************
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 3b0de68..d910a31 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -927,6 +927,14 @@ enum cpu_idle_type {
 #define SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT	10
 #define SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE	(1L << SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT)
 
+struct sched_capacity_reqs {
+	unsigned long cfs;
+	unsigned long rt;
+	unsigned long dl;
+
+	unsigned long total;
+};
+
 /*
  * Wake-queues are lists of tasks with a pending wakeup, whose
  * callers have already marked the task as woken internally,
diff --git a/kernel/sched/Makefile b/kernel/sched/Makefile
index 6768797..90ed832 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/sched/Makefile
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP) += auto_group.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS) += stats.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG) += debug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT) += cpuacct.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHED) += cpufreq_sched.o
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_sched.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_sched.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af8b5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_sched.c
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (C)  2015 Michael Turquette <mturquette@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.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/cpufreq.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+#include "sched.h"
+
+#define THROTTLE_NSEC		50000000 /* 50ms default */
+
+struct static_key __read_mostly __sched_freq = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
+static bool __read_mostly cpufreq_driver_slow;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHED
+static struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_sched;
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Capacity margin added to CFS and RT capacity requests to provide
+ * some head room if task utilization further increases.
+ */
+unsigned int capacity_margin = 1280;
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, enabled);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sched_capacity_reqs, cpu_sched_capacity_reqs);
+
+/**
+ * gov_data - per-policy data internal to the governor
+ * @throttle: next throttling period expiry. Derived from throttle_nsec
+ * @throttle_nsec: throttle period length in nanoseconds
+ * @task: worker thread for dvfs transition that may block/sleep
+ * @irq_work: callback used to wake up worker thread
+ * @requested_freq: last frequency requested by the sched governor
+ *
+ * struct gov_data is the per-policy cpufreq_sched-specific data structure. A
+ * per-policy instance of it is created when the cpufreq_sched governor receives
+ * the CPUFREQ_GOV_START condition and a pointer to it exists in the gov_data
+ * member of struct cpufreq_policy.
+ *
+ * Readers of this data must call down_read(policy->rwsem). Writers must
+ * call down_write(policy->rwsem).
+ */
+struct gov_data {
+	ktime_t throttle;
+	unsigned int throttle_nsec;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	struct irq_work irq_work;
+	unsigned int requested_freq;
+};
+
+static void cpufreq_sched_try_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+					    unsigned int freq)
+{
+	struct gov_data *gd = policy->governor_data;
+
+	/* avoid race with cpufreq_sched_stop */
+	if (!down_write_trylock(&policy->rwsem))
+		return;
+
+	__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, freq, CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
+
+	gd->throttle = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), gd->throttle_nsec);
+	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
+}
+
+static bool finish_last_request(struct gov_data *gd)
+{
+	ktime_t now = ktime_get();
+
+	if (ktime_after(now, gd->throttle))
+		return false;
+
+	while (1) {
+		int usec_left = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(gd->throttle, now));
+
+		usec_left /= NSEC_PER_USEC;
+		usleep_range(usec_left, usec_left + 100);
+		now = ktime_get();
+		if (ktime_after(now, gd->throttle))
+			return true;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * we pass in struct cpufreq_policy. This is safe because changing out the
+ * policy requires a call to __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP),
+ * which tears down all of the data structures and __cpufreq_governor(policy,
+ * CPUFREQ_GOV_START) will do a full rebuild, including this kthread with the
+ * new policy pointer
+ */
+static int cpufreq_sched_thread(void *data)
+{
+	struct sched_param param;
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
+	struct gov_data *gd;
+	unsigned int new_request = 0;
+	unsigned int last_request = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	policy = (struct cpufreq_policy *) data;
+	gd = policy->governor_data;
+
+	param.sched_priority = 50;
+	ret = sched_setscheduler_nocheck(gd->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("%s: failed to set SCHED_FIFO\n", __func__);
+		do_exit(-EINVAL);
+	} else {
+		pr_debug("%s: kthread (%d) set to SCHED_FIFO\n",
+				__func__, gd->task->pid);
+	}
+
+	do {
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		new_request = gd->requested_freq;
+		if (new_request == last_request) {
+			schedule();
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * if the frequency thread sleeps while waiting to be
+			 * unthrottled, start over to check for a newer request
+			 */
+			if (finish_last_request(gd))
+				continue;
+			last_request = new_request;
+			cpufreq_sched_try_driver_target(policy, new_request);
+		}
+	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void cpufreq_sched_irq_work(struct irq_work *irq_work)
+{
+	struct gov_data *gd;
+
+	gd = container_of(irq_work, struct gov_data, irq_work);
+	if (!gd)
+		return;
+
+	wake_up_process(gd->task);
+}
+
+static void update_fdomain_capacity_request(int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned int freq_new, index_new, cpu_tmp;
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
+	struct gov_data *gd;
+	unsigned long capacity = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid grabbing the policy if possible. A test is still
+	 * required after locking the CPU's policy to avoid racing
+	 * with the governor changing.
+	 */
+	if (!per_cpu(enabled, cpu))
+		return;
+
+	policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(policy))
+		return;
+
+	if (policy->governor != &cpufreq_gov_sched ||
+	    !policy->governor_data)
+		goto out;
+
+	gd = policy->governor_data;
+
+	/* find max capacity requested by cpus in this policy */
+	for_each_cpu(cpu_tmp, policy->cpus) {
+		struct sched_capacity_reqs *scr;
+
+		scr = &per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu_tmp);
+		capacity = max(capacity, scr->total);
+	}
+
+	/* Convert the new maximum capacity request into a cpu frequency */
+	freq_new = capacity * policy->max >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
+	if (cpufreq_frequency_table_target(policy, policy->freq_table,
+					   freq_new, CPUFREQ_RELATION_L,
+					   &index_new))
+		goto out;
+	freq_new = policy->freq_table[index_new].frequency;
+
+	if (freq_new == gd->requested_freq)
+		goto out;
+
+	gd->requested_freq = freq_new;
+
+	/*
+	 * Throttling is not yet supported on platforms with fast cpufreq
+	 * drivers.
+	 */
+	if (cpufreq_driver_slow)
+		irq_work_queue_on(&gd->irq_work, cpu);
+	else
+		cpufreq_sched_try_driver_target(policy, freq_new);
+
+out:
+	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
+}
+
+void update_cpu_capacity_request(int cpu, bool request)
+{
+	unsigned long new_capacity;
+	struct sched_capacity_reqs *scr;
+
+	/* The rq lock serializes access to the CPU's sched_capacity_reqs. */
+	lockdep_assert_held(&cpu_rq(cpu)->lock);
+
+	scr = &per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu);
+
+	new_capacity = scr->cfs + scr->rt;
+	new_capacity = new_capacity * capacity_margin
+		/ SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
+	new_capacity += scr->dl;
+
+	if (new_capacity == scr->total)
+		return;
+
+	scr->total = new_capacity;
+	if (request)
+		update_fdomain_capacity_request(cpu);
+}
+
+static inline void set_sched_freq(void)
+{
+	static_key_slow_inc(&__sched_freq);
+}
+
+static inline void clear_sched_freq(void)
+{
+	static_key_slow_dec(&__sched_freq);
+}
+
+static int cpufreq_sched_policy_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	struct gov_data *gd;
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus)
+		memset(&per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu), 0,
+		       sizeof(struct sched_capacity_reqs));
+
+	gd = kzalloc(sizeof(*gd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!gd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	gd->throttle_nsec = policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency ?
+			    policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency :
+			    THROTTLE_NSEC;
+	pr_debug("%s: throttle threshold = %u [ns]\n",
+		  __func__, gd->throttle_nsec);
+
+	if (cpufreq_driver_is_slow()) {
+		cpufreq_driver_slow = true;
+		gd->task = kthread_create(cpufreq_sched_thread, policy,
+					  "kschedfreq:%d",
+					  cpumask_first(policy->related_cpus));
+		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gd->task)) {
+			pr_err("%s: failed to create kschedfreq thread\n",
+			       __func__);
+			goto err;
+		}
+		get_task_struct(gd->task);
+		kthread_bind_mask(gd->task, policy->related_cpus);
+		wake_up_process(gd->task);
+		init_irq_work(&gd->irq_work, cpufreq_sched_irq_work);
+	}
+
+	policy->governor_data = gd;
+	set_sched_freq();
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	kfree(gd);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int cpufreq_sched_policy_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	struct gov_data *gd = policy->governor_data;
+
+	clear_sched_freq();
+	if (cpufreq_driver_slow) {
+		kthread_stop(gd->task);
+		put_task_struct(gd->task);
+	}
+
+	policy->governor_data = NULL;
+
+	kfree(gd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cpufreq_sched_start(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus)
+		per_cpu(enabled, cpu) = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cpufreq_sched_stop(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus)
+		per_cpu(enabled, cpu) = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cpufreq_sched_setup(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+			       unsigned int event)
+{
+	switch (event) {
+	case CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT:
+		return cpufreq_sched_policy_init(policy);
+	case CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT:
+		return cpufreq_sched_policy_exit(policy);
+	case CPUFREQ_GOV_START:
+		return cpufreq_sched_start(policy);
+	case CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP:
+		return cpufreq_sched_stop(policy);
+	case CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS:
+		break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHED
+static
+#endif
+struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_sched = {
+	.name			= "sched",
+	.governor		= cpufreq_sched_setup,
+	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+static int __init cpufreq_sched_init(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_possible_mask)
+		per_cpu(enabled, cpu) = 0;
+	return cpufreq_register_governor(&cpufreq_gov_sched);
+}
+
+/* Try to make this the default governor */
+fs_initcall(cpufreq_sched_init);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index a5a6b3e..a88dbec 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1383,6 +1383,57 @@ unsigned long arch_scale_cpu_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHED
+extern unsigned int capacity_margin;
+extern struct static_key __sched_freq;
+
+static inline bool sched_freq(void)
+{
+	return static_key_false(&__sched_freq);
+}
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct sched_capacity_reqs, cpu_sched_capacity_reqs);
+void update_cpu_capacity_request(int cpu, bool request);
+
+static inline void set_cfs_cpu_capacity(int cpu, bool request,
+					unsigned long capacity)
+{
+	if (per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu).cfs != capacity) {
+		per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu).cfs = capacity;
+		update_cpu_capacity_request(cpu, request);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void set_rt_cpu_capacity(int cpu, bool request,
+				       unsigned long capacity)
+{
+	if (per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu).rt != capacity) {
+		per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu).rt = capacity;
+		update_cpu_capacity_request(cpu, request);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void set_dl_cpu_capacity(int cpu, bool request,
+				       unsigned long capacity)
+{
+	if (per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu).dl != capacity) {
+		per_cpu(cpu_sched_capacity_reqs, cpu).dl = capacity;
+		update_cpu_capacity_request(cpu, request);
+	}
+}
+#else
+static inline bool sched_freq(void) { return false; }
+static inline void set_cfs_cpu_capacity(int cpu, bool request,
+					unsigned long capacity)
+{ }
+static inline void set_rt_cpu_capacity(int cpu, bool request,
+				       unsigned long capacity)
+{ }
+static inline void set_dl_cpu_capacity(int cpu, bool request,
+				       unsigned long capacity)
+{ }
+#endif
+
 static inline void sched_rt_avg_update(struct rq *rq, u64 rt_delta)
 {
 	rq->rt_avg += rt_delta * arch_scale_freq_capacity(NULL, cpu_of(rq));
