diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt
index e9e20ec..e626302 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/simple-card.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Optional properties:
 					  Each entry is a pair of strings, the first being the
 					  connection's sink, the second being the connection's
 					  source.
+- simple-sudio-card,widgets		: The name of the audio card off-CODEC widgets.
 
 Required subnodes:
 
diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card.h b/include/sound/simple_card.h
index 6c74527..75574f8 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card.h
@@ -12,8 +12,16 @@
 #ifndef __SIMPLE_CARD_H
 #define __SIMPLE_CARD_H
 
+#include <linux/of.h>
 #include <sound/soc.h>
 
+struct asoc_simple_card_widgets {
+	const char *name;
+	struct list_head list;
+	const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *widgets;
+	unsigned int widgets_cnt;
+};
+
 struct asoc_simple_dai {
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned int fmt;
@@ -35,4 +43,10 @@ struct asoc_simple_card_info {
 	struct snd_soc_card snd_card;
 };
 
+struct asoc_simple_card_widgets *
+asoc_simple_card_get_widgets(struct device_node *);
+int asoc_simple_card_widgets_register(struct asoc_simple_card_widgets *);
+void
+asoc_simple_card_widgets_unregister(struct asoc_simple_card_widgets *);
+
 #endif /* __SIMPLE_CARD_H */
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/Makefile b/sound/soc/generic/Makefile
index 9c3b246..dbacd12 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/Makefile
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-snd-soc-simple-card-objs	:= simple-card.o
+snd-soc-simple-card-objs	:= simple-card-widgets.o
+snd-soc-simple-card-objs	+= simple-card.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SIMPLE_CARD)	+= snd-soc-simple-card.o
diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-widgets.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-widgets.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eb0c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card-widgets.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * ASoC simple sound card widgets support
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ * Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo@freescale.com>
+ *
+ * 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/module.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <sound/simple_card.h>
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(simple_widgets_mutex);
+static LIST_HEAD(simple_widgets_list);
+
+void
+asoc_simple_card_widgets_unregister(struct asoc_simple_card_widgets *comp)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&simple_widgets_mutex);
+	list_del(&comp->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&simple_widgets_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_widgets_unregister);
+
+int
+asoc_simple_card_widgets_register(struct asoc_simple_card_widgets *comp)
+{
+	if (!comp) {
+		pr_err("Simple Card: Failed to register widgets\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&simple_widgets_mutex);
+	list_add(&comp->list, &simple_widgets_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&simple_widgets_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_widgets_register);
+
+struct asoc_simple_card_widgets *
+asoc_simple_card_get_widgets(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct asoc_simple_card_widgets *comp;
+	const char *string;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!np)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (!of_property_read_bool(np, "simple-audio-card,widgets"))
+		return NULL;
+
+	ret = of_property_read_string(np, "simple-audio-card,widgets",
+				      &string);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+	mutex_lock(&simple_widgets_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(comp, &simple_widgets_list, list) {
+		if (!strcmp(string, comp->name)) {
+			mutex_unlock(&simple_widgets_mutex);
+			return comp;
+		}
+
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&simple_widgets_mutex);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(asoc_simple_card_get_widgets);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:asoc-simple-card-widgets");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ASoC Simple Sound Card Widgets");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo@freescale.com>");
