diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
index c7c52832ad4a..d3fd0c6fcd81 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
@@ -856,6 +856,12 @@ int dsi_panel_set_backlight(struct dsi_panel *panel, u32 bl_lvl)
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_PWM:
 		rc = dsi_panel_update_pwm_backlight(panel, bl_lvl);
 		break;
+	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_I2C:
+		if (!(bl->raw_bd))
+			bl->raw_bd = backlight_device_get_by_type(BACKLIGHT_RAW);
+		else
+			rc = backlight_device_set_brightness(bl->raw_bd, bl_lvl);
+		break;
 	default:
 		DSI_ERR("Backlight type(%d) not supported\n", bl->type);
 		rc = -ENOTSUPP;
@@ -878,6 +884,10 @@ static u32 dsi_panel_get_brightness(struct dsi_backlight_config *bl)
 		if (bd->ops && bd->ops->get_brightness)
 			cur_bl_level = bd->ops->get_brightness(bd);
 		break;
+	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_I2C:
+		if (bd && bd->ops && bd->ops->get_brightness)
+			cur_bl_level = bd->ops->get_brightness(bd);
+		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_DCS:
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_EXTERNAL:
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_PWM:
@@ -1139,6 +1149,8 @@ static int dsi_panel_bl_register(struct dsi_panel *panel)
 		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_DCS:
 		break;
+	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_I2C:
+		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_DUMMY:
 		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_EXTERNAL:
@@ -1176,6 +1188,8 @@ static int dsi_panel_bl_unregister(struct dsi_panel *panel)
 		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_DCS:
 		break;
+	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_I2C:
+		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_DUMMY:
 		break;
 	case DSI_BACKLIGHT_EXTERNAL:
@@ -2905,6 +2919,8 @@ static int dsi_panel_parse_bl_config(struct dsi_panel *panel)
 		panel->bl_config.type = DSI_BACKLIGHT_DUMMY;
 	} else if (!strcmp(bl_type, "bl_ctrl_external")) {
 		panel->bl_config.type = DSI_BACKLIGHT_EXTERNAL;
+	} else if (!strcmp(bl_type, "bl_ctrl_i2c")) {
+		panel->bl_config.type = DSI_BACKLIGHT_I2C;
 	} else {
 		DSI_DEBUG("[%s] bl-pmic-control-type unknown-%s\n",
 			 panel->name, bl_type);
diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h
index 71d28a2c99d5..e8d1dc76d778 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ enum dsi_backlight_type {
 	DSI_BACKLIGHT_DCS,
 	DSI_BACKLIGHT_DUMMY,
 	DSI_BACKLIGHT_EXTERNAL,
+	DSI_BACKLIGHT_I2C,
 	DSI_BACKLIGHT_UNKNOWN,
 	DSI_BACKLIGHT_MAX,
 };