diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
index f1878666e917cf..8913d3dd57248b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
@@ -301,7 +301,12 @@ config SPI_PXA2XX_PXADMA
 	bool "PXA2xx SSP legacy PXA DMA API support"
 	depends on SPI_PXA2XX && ARCH_PXA
 	help
-	  Enable PXA private legacy DMA API support.
+	  Enable PXA private legacy DMA API support. Note that this is
+	  deprecated in favor of generic DMA engine API.
+
+config SPI_PXA2XX_DMA
+	def_bool y
+	depends on SPI_PXA2XX && !SPI_PXA2XX_PXADMA
 
 config SPI_PXA2XX
 	tristate "PXA2xx SSP SPI master"
diff --git a/drivers/spi/Makefile b/drivers/spi/Makefile
index 2e3cdd3caba921..e53c3094134040 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_PL022)			+= spi-pl022.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_PPC4xx)		+= spi-ppc4xx.o
 spi-pxa2xx-platform-objs		:= spi-pxa2xx.o
 spi-pxa2xx-platform-$(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX_PXADMA)	+= spi-pxa2xx-pxadma.o
+spi-pxa2xx-platform-$(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX_DMA)	+= spi-pxa2xx-dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX)		+= spi-pxa2xx-platform.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX_PCI)		+= spi-pxa2xx-pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_RSPI)			+= spi-rspi.o
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-dma.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-dma.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c735c5a008a2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-dma.c
@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+/*
+ * PXA2xx SPI DMA engine support.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, Intel Corporation
+ * Author: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.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/init.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
+#include <linux/pxa2xx_ssp.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h>
+
+#include "spi-pxa2xx.h"
+
+static int pxa2xx_spi_map_dma_buffer(struct driver_data *drv_data,
+				     enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+	int i, nents, len = drv_data->len;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
+	struct device *dmadev;
+	struct sg_table *sgt;
+	void *buf, *pbuf;
+
+	/*
+	 * Some DMA controllers have problems transferring buffers that are
+	 * not multiple of 4 bytes. So we truncate the transfer so that it
+	 * is suitable for such controllers, and handle the trailing bytes
+	 * manually after the DMA completes.
+	 *
+	 * REVISIT: It would be better if this information could be
+	 * retrieved directly from the DMA device in a similar way than
+	 * ->copy_align etc. is done.
+	 */
+	len = ALIGN(drv_data->len, 4);
+
+	if (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
+		dmadev = drv_data->tx_chan->device->dev;
+		sgt = &drv_data->tx_sgt;
+		buf = drv_data->tx;
+		drv_data->tx_map_len = len;
+	} else {
+		dmadev = drv_data->rx_chan->device->dev;
+		sgt = &drv_data->rx_sgt;
+		buf = drv_data->rx;
+		drv_data->rx_map_len = len;
+	}
+
+	nents = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, SZ_2K);
+	if (nents != sgt->nents) {
+		int ret;
+
+		sg_free_table(sgt);
+		ret = sg_alloc_table(sgt, nents, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	pbuf = buf;
+	for_each_sg(sgt->sgl, sg, sgt->nents, i) {
+		size_t bytes = min_t(size_t, len, SZ_2K);
+
+		if (buf)
+			sg_set_buf(sg, pbuf, bytes);
+		else
+			sg_set_buf(sg, drv_data->dummy, bytes);
+
+		pbuf += bytes;
+		len -= bytes;
+	}
+
+	nents = dma_map_sg(dmadev, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents, dir);
+	if (!nents)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return nents;
+}
+
+static void pxa2xx_spi_unmap_dma_buffer(struct driver_data *drv_data,
+					enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+	struct device *dmadev;
+	struct sg_table *sgt;
+
+	if (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
+		dmadev = drv_data->tx_chan->device->dev;
+		sgt = &drv_data->tx_sgt;
+	} else {
+		dmadev = drv_data->rx_chan->device->dev;
+		sgt = &drv_data->rx_sgt;
+	}
+
+	dma_unmap_sg(dmadev, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents, dir);
+}
+
+static void pxa2xx_spi_unmap_dma_buffers(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+	if (!drv_data->dma_mapped)
+		return;
+
+	pxa2xx_spi_unmap_dma_buffer(drv_data, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	pxa2xx_spi_unmap_dma_buffer(drv_data, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+	drv_data->dma_mapped = 0;
+}
+
+static void pxa2xx_spi_dma_transfer_complete(struct driver_data *drv_data,
+					     bool error)
+{
+	struct spi_message *msg = drv_data->cur_msg;
+
+	/*
+	 * It is possible that one CPU is handling ROR interrupt and other
+	 * just gets DMA completion. Calling pump_transfers() twice for the
+	 * same transfer leads to problems thus we prevent concurrent calls
+	 * by using ->dma_running.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&drv_data->dma_running)) {
+		void __iomem *reg = drv_data->ioaddr;
+
+		/*
+		 * If the other CPU is still handling the ROR interrupt we
+		 * might not know about the error yet. So we re-check the
+		 * ROR bit here before we clear the status register.
+		 */
+		if (!error) {
+			u32 status = read_SSSR(reg) & drv_data->mask_sr;
+			error = status & SSSR_ROR;
+		}
+
+		/* Clear status & disable interrupts */
+		write_SSCR1(read_SSCR1(reg) & ~drv_data->dma_cr1, reg);
+		write_SSSR_CS(drv_data, drv_data->clear_sr);
+		if (!pxa25x_ssp_comp(drv_data))
+			write_SSTO(0, reg);
+
+		if (!error) {
+			pxa2xx_spi_unmap_dma_buffers(drv_data);
+
+			/* Handle the last bytes of unaligned transfer */
+			drv_data->tx += drv_data->tx_map_len;
+			drv_data->write(drv_data);
+
+			drv_data->rx += drv_data->rx_map_len;
+			drv_data->read(drv_data);
+
+			msg->actual_length += drv_data->len;
+			msg->state = pxa2xx_spi_next_transfer(drv_data);
+		} else {
+			/* In case we got an error we disable the SSP now */
+			write_SSCR0(read_SSCR0(reg) & ~SSCR0_SSE, reg);
+
+			msg->state = ERROR_STATE;
+		}
+
+		tasklet_schedule(&drv_data->pump_transfers);
+	}
+}
+
+static void pxa2xx_spi_dma_callback(void *data)
+{
+	pxa2xx_spi_dma_transfer_complete(data, false);
+}
+
+static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+pxa2xx_spi_dma_prepare_one(struct driver_data *drv_data,
+			   enum dma_transfer_direction dir)
+{
+	struct pxa2xx_spi_master *pdata = drv_data->master_info;
+	struct chip_data *chip = drv_data->cur_chip;
+	enum dma_slave_buswidth width;
+	struct dma_slave_config cfg;
+	struct dma_chan *chan;
+	struct sg_table *sgt;
+	int nents, ret;
+
+	switch (drv_data->n_bytes) {
+	case 1:
+		width = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_1_BYTE;
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		width = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_2_BYTES;
+		break;
+	default:
+		width = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(cfg));
+	cfg.direction = dir;
+
+	if (dir == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV) {
+		cfg.dst_addr = drv_data->ssdr_physical;
+		cfg.dst_addr_width = width;
+		cfg.dst_maxburst = chip->dma_burst_size;
+		cfg.slave_id = pdata->tx_slave_id;
+
+		sgt = &drv_data->tx_sgt;
+		nents = drv_data->tx_nents;
+		chan = drv_data->tx_chan;
+	} else {
+		cfg.src_addr = drv_data->ssdr_physical;
+		cfg.src_addr_width = width;
+		cfg.src_maxburst = chip->dma_burst_size;
+		cfg.slave_id = pdata->rx_slave_id;
+
+		sgt = &drv_data->rx_sgt;
+		nents = drv_data->rx_nents;
+		chan = drv_data->rx_chan;
+	}
+
+	ret = dmaengine_slave_config(chan, &cfg);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_warn(&drv_data->pdev->dev, "DMA slave config failed\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgt->sgl, nents, dir,
+				       DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT | DMA_CTRL_ACK);
+}
+
+static bool pxa2xx_spi_dma_filter(struct dma_chan *chan, void *param)
+{
+	const struct pxa2xx_spi_master *pdata = param;
+
+	return chan->chan_id == pdata->tx_chan_id ||
+	       chan->chan_id == pdata->rx_chan_id;
+}
+
+bool pxa2xx_spi_dma_is_possible(size_t len)
+{
+	return len <= MAX_DMA_LEN;
+}
+
+int pxa2xx_spi_map_dma_buffers(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+	const struct chip_data *chip = drv_data->cur_chip;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!chip->enable_dma)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Don't bother with DMA if we can't do even a single burst */
+	if (drv_data->len < chip->dma_burst_size)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = pxa2xx_spi_map_dma_buffer(drv_data, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	if (ret <= 0) {
+		dev_warn(&drv_data->pdev->dev, "failed to DMA map TX\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	drv_data->tx_nents = ret;
+
+	ret = pxa2xx_spi_map_dma_buffer(drv_data, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	if (ret <= 0) {
+		pxa2xx_spi_unmap_dma_buffer(drv_data, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		dev_warn(&drv_data->pdev->dev, "failed to DMA map RX\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	drv_data->rx_nents = ret;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+irqreturn_t pxa2xx_spi_dma_transfer(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+	u32 status;
+
+	status = read_SSSR(drv_data->ioaddr) & drv_data->mask_sr;
+	if (status & SSSR_ROR) {
+		dev_err(&drv_data->pdev->dev, "FIFO overrun\n");
+
+		dmaengine_terminate_all(drv_data->rx_chan);
+		dmaengine_terminate_all(drv_data->tx_chan);
+
+		pxa2xx_spi_dma_transfer_complete(drv_data, true);
+		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	}
+
+	return IRQ_NONE;
+}
+
+int pxa2xx_spi_dma_prepare(struct driver_data *drv_data, u32 dma_burst)
+{
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx_desc, *rx_desc;
+
+	tx_desc = pxa2xx_spi_dma_prepare_one(drv_data, DMA_MEM_TO_DEV);
+	if (!tx_desc) {
+		dev_err(&drv_data->pdev->dev,
+			"failed to get DMA TX descriptor\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	rx_desc = pxa2xx_spi_dma_prepare_one(drv_data, DMA_DEV_TO_MEM);
+	if (!rx_desc) {
+		dev_err(&drv_data->pdev->dev,
+			"failed to get DMA RX descriptor\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	/* We are ready when RX completes */
+	rx_desc->callback = pxa2xx_spi_dma_callback;
+	rx_desc->callback_param = drv_data;
+
+	dmaengine_submit(rx_desc);
+	dmaengine_submit(tx_desc);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void pxa2xx_spi_dma_start(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+	dma_async_issue_pending(drv_data->rx_chan);
+	dma_async_issue_pending(drv_data->tx_chan);
+
+	atomic_set(&drv_data->dma_running, 1);
+}
+
+int pxa2xx_spi_dma_setup(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+	struct pxa2xx_spi_master *pdata = drv_data->master_info;
+	dma_cap_mask_t mask;
+
+	dma_cap_zero(mask);
+	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
+
+	drv_data->dummy = devm_kzalloc(&drv_data->pdev->dev, SZ_2K, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!drv_data->dummy)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	drv_data->tx_chan = dma_request_channel(mask, pxa2xx_spi_dma_filter,
+						pdata);
+	if (!drv_data->tx_chan)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	drv_data->rx_chan = dma_request_channel(mask, pxa2xx_spi_dma_filter,
+						pdata);
+	if (!drv_data->rx_chan) {
+		dma_release_channel(drv_data->tx_chan);
+		drv_data->tx_chan = NULL;
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void pxa2xx_spi_dma_release(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+	if (drv_data->rx_chan) {
+		dmaengine_terminate_all(drv_data->rx_chan);
+		dma_release_channel(drv_data->rx_chan);
+		sg_free_table(&drv_data->rx_sgt);
+		drv_data->rx_chan = NULL;
+	}
+	if (drv_data->tx_chan) {
+		dmaengine_terminate_all(drv_data->tx_chan);
+		dma_release_channel(drv_data->tx_chan);
+		sg_free_table(&drv_data->tx_sgt);
+		drv_data->tx_chan = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+void pxa2xx_spi_dma_resume(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+}
+
+int pxa2xx_spi_set_dma_burst_and_threshold(struct chip_data *chip,
+					   struct spi_device *spi,
+					   u8 bits_per_word, u32 *burst_code,
+					   u32 *threshold)
+{
+	struct pxa2xx_spi_chip *chip_info = spi->controller_data;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the DMA burst size is given in chip_info we use that,
+	 * otherwise we use the default. Also we use the default FIFO
+	 * thresholds for now.
+	 */
+	*burst_code = chip_info ? chip_info->dma_burst_size : 16;
+	*threshold = SSCR1_RxTresh(RX_THRESH_DFLT)
+		   | SSCR1_TxTresh(TX_THRESH_DFLT);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index 5b7c2a4ba828b8..c3d78073d1ad09 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		drv_data->mask_sr = SSSR_RFS | SSSR_TFS | SSSR_ROR;
 	} else {
 		drv_data->int_cr1 = SSCR1_TIE | SSCR1_RIE | SSCR1_TINTE;
-		drv_data->dma_cr1 = SSCR1_TSRE | SSCR1_RSRE | SSCR1_TINTE;
+		drv_data->dma_cr1 = DEFAULT_DMA_CR1;
 		drv_data->clear_sr = SSSR_ROR | SSSR_TINT;
 		drv_data->mask_sr = SSSR_TINT | SSSR_RFS | SSSR_TFS | SSSR_ROR;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
index 0a98905c916e89..97ff4717e6ac75 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@
 #ifndef SPI_PXA2XX_H
 #define SPI_PXA2XX_H
 
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/pxa2xx_ssp.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h>
 
@@ -53,6 +57,16 @@ struct driver_data {
 	/* Message Transfer pump */
 	struct tasklet_struct pump_transfers;
 
+	/* DMA engine support */
+	struct dma_chan *rx_chan;
+	struct dma_chan *tx_chan;
+	struct sg_table rx_sgt;
+	struct sg_table tx_sgt;
+	int rx_nents;
+	int tx_nents;
+	void *dummy;
+	atomic_t dma_running;
+
 	/* Current message transfer state info */
 	struct spi_message *cur_msg;
 	struct spi_transfer *cur_transfer;
@@ -116,7 +130,6 @@ DEFINE_SSP_REG(SSPSP, 0x2c)
 #define DONE_STATE ((void *)2)
 #define ERROR_STATE ((void *)-1)
 
-#define MAX_DMA_LEN		8191
 #define IS_DMA_ALIGNED(x)	IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long)(x), DMA_ALIGNMENT)
 #define DMA_ALIGNMENT		8
 
@@ -142,7 +155,24 @@ static inline void write_SSSR_CS(struct driver_data *drv_data, u32 val)
 extern int pxa2xx_spi_flush(struct driver_data *drv_data);
 extern void *pxa2xx_spi_next_transfer(struct driver_data *drv_data);
 
+/*
+ * Select the right DMA implementation.
+ */
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX_PXADMA)
+#define SPI_PXA2XX_USE_DMA	1
+#define MAX_DMA_LEN		8191
+#define DEFAULT_DMA_CR1		(SSCR1_TSRE | SSCR1_RSRE | SSCR1_TINTE)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SPI_PXA2XX_DMA)
+#define SPI_PXA2XX_USE_DMA	1
+#define MAX_DMA_LEN		SZ_64K
+#define DEFAULT_DMA_CR1		(SSCR1_TSRE | SSCR1_RSRE | SSCR1_TRAIL)
+#else
+#undef SPI_PXA2XX_USE_DMA
+#define MAX_DMA_LEN		0
+#define DEFAULT_DMA_CR1		0
+#endif
+
+#ifdef SPI_PXA2XX_USE_DMA
 extern bool pxa2xx_spi_dma_is_possible(size_t len);
 extern int pxa2xx_spi_map_dma_buffers(struct driver_data *drv_data);
 extern irqreturn_t pxa2xx_spi_dma_transfer(struct driver_data *drv_data);
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h b/include/linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h
index d6d2b4d557f84f..e5cbbc4c57f73e 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ struct pxa2xx_spi_master {
 	u16 num_chipselect;
 	u8 enable_dma;
 
+	/* DMA engine specific config */
+	int rx_chan_id;
+	int tx_chan_id;
+	int rx_slave_id;
+	int tx_slave_id;
+
 	/* For non-PXA arches */
 	struct ssp_device ssp;
 };