diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 1ddd8861c71..56a3c0bc996 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -289,6 +289,69 @@ static ssize_t iio_write_channel_ext_info(struct device *dev,
 			       this_attr->c, buf, len);
 }
 
+ssize_t iio_enum_available_read(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+	uintptr_t priv, const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, char *buf)
+{
+	const struct iio_enum *e = (const struct iio_enum *)priv;
+	unsigned int i;
+	size_t len = 0;
+
+	if (!e->num_items)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < e->num_items; ++i)
+		len += snprintf(buf + len, PAGE_SIZE - len, "%s ", e->items[i]);
+
+	/* replace last space with a newline */
+	buf[len - 1] = '\n';
+
+	return len;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_enum_available_read);
+
+ssize_t iio_enum_read(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+	uintptr_t priv, const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, char *buf)
+{
+	const struct iio_enum *e = (const struct iio_enum *)priv;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!e->get)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	i = e->get(indio_dev, chan);
+	if (i < 0)
+		return i;
+	else if (i >= e->num_items)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", e->items[i]);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_enum_read);
+
+ssize_t iio_enum_write(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+	uintptr_t priv, const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, const char *buf,
+	size_t len)
+{
+	const struct iio_enum *e = (const struct iio_enum *)priv;
+	unsigned int i;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!e->set)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < e->num_items; i++) {
+		if (sysfs_streq(buf, e->items[i]))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (i == e->num_items)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = e->set(indio_dev, chan, i);
+	return ret ? ret : len;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_enum_write);
+
 static ssize_t iio_read_channel_info(struct device *dev,
 				     struct device_attribute *attr,
 				     char *buf)
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index 3238fa3374f..944c6351173 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -129,6 +129,70 @@ struct iio_chan_spec_ext_info {
 	uintptr_t private;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct iio_enum - Enum channel info attribute
+ * items: A array of strings.
+ * num_items: Length of the item array.
+ * set: Set callback function, may be NULL.
+ * get: Get callback function, may be NULL.
+ *
+ * The iio_enum struct can be used to implement enum style channel attributes.
+ * Enum style attributes are those which have a set of strings which map to
+ * unsigned integer values. The IIO enum helper code takes care of mapping
+ * between value and string as well as generating a "_available" file which
+ * contains a list of all available items. The set callback will be called when
+ * the attribute is updated. The last parameter is the index to the newly
+ * activated item. The get callback will be used to query the currently active
+ * item and is supposed to return the index for it.
+ */
+struct iio_enum {
+	const char * const *items;
+	unsigned int num_items;
+	int (*set)(struct iio_dev *, const struct iio_chan_spec *, unsigned int);
+	int (*get)(struct iio_dev *, const struct iio_chan_spec *);
+};
+
+ssize_t iio_enum_available_read(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+	uintptr_t priv, const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, char *buf);
+ssize_t iio_enum_read(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+	uintptr_t priv, const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, char *buf);
+ssize_t iio_enum_write(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+	uintptr_t priv, const struct iio_chan_spec *chan, const char *buf,
+	size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * IIO_ENUM() - Initialize enum extended channel attribute
+ * @_name: Attribute name
+ * @_shared: Whether the attribute is shared between all channels
+ * @_e: Pointer to a iio_enum struct
+ *
+ * This should usually be used together with IIO_ENUM_AVAILABLE()
+ */
+#define IIO_ENUM(_name, _shared, _e) \
+{ \
+	.name = (_name), \
+	.shared = (_shared), \
+	.read = iio_enum_read, \
+	.write = iio_enum_write, \
+	.private = (uintptr_t)(_e), \
+}
+
+/**
+ * IIO_ENUM_AVAILABLE() - Initialize enum available extended channel attribute
+ * @_name: Attribute name ("_available" will be appended to the name)
+ * @_e: Pointer to a iio_enum struct
+ *
+ * Creates a read only attribute which list all the available enum items in a
+ * space separated list. This should usually be used together with IIO_ENUM()
+ */
+#define IIO_ENUM_AVAILABLE(_name, _e) \
+{ \
+	.name = (_name "_available"), \
+	.shared = true, \
+	.read = iio_enum_available_read, \
+	.private = (uintptr_t)(_e), \
+}
+
 /**
  * struct iio_chan_spec - specification of a single channel
  * @type:		What type of measurement is the channel making.