diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 678de9264617..ea787eb3810d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ struct linereq {
 	 GPIO_V2_LINE_DIRECTION_FLAGS | \
 	 GPIO_V2_LINE_DRIVE_FLAGS | \
 	 GPIO_V2_LINE_EDGE_FLAGS | \
+	 GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME | \
 	 GPIO_V2_LINE_BIAS_FLAGS)
 
 static void linereq_put_event(struct linereq *lr,
@@ -535,6 +536,14 @@ static void linereq_put_event(struct linereq *lr,
 		pr_debug_ratelimited("event FIFO is full - event dropped\n");
 }
 
+static u64 line_event_timestamp(struct line *line)
+{
+	if (test_bit(FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME, &line->desc->flags))
+		return ktime_get_real_ns();
+
+	return ktime_get_ns();
+}
+
 static irqreturn_t edge_irq_thread(int irq, void *p)
 {
 	struct line *line = p;
@@ -553,7 +562,7 @@ static irqreturn_t edge_irq_thread(int irq, void *p)
 		 * which case we didn't get the timestamp from
 		 * edge_irq_handler().
 		 */
-		le.timestamp_ns = ktime_get_ns();
+		le.timestamp_ns = line_event_timestamp(line);
 		if (lr->num_lines != 1)
 			line->req_seqno = atomic_inc_return(&lr->seqno);
 	}
@@ -598,7 +607,7 @@ static irqreturn_t edge_irq_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	 * Just store the timestamp in hardirq context so we get it as
 	 * close in time as possible to the actual event.
 	 */
-	line->timestamp_ns = ktime_get_ns();
+	line->timestamp_ns = line_event_timestamp(line);
 
 	if (lr->num_lines != 1)
 		line->req_seqno = atomic_inc_return(&lr->seqno);
@@ -673,7 +682,7 @@ static void debounce_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	memset(&le, 0, sizeof(le));
 
 	lr = line->req;
-	le.timestamp_ns = ktime_get_ns();
+	le.timestamp_ns = line_event_timestamp(line);
 	le.offset = gpio_chip_hwgpio(line->desc);
 	line->line_seqno++;
 	le.line_seqno = line->line_seqno;
@@ -977,6 +986,9 @@ static void gpio_v2_line_config_flags_to_desc_flags(u64 flags,
 		   flags & GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_PULL_DOWN);
 	assign_bit(FLAG_BIAS_DISABLE, flagsp,
 		   flags & GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_DISABLED);
+
+	assign_bit(FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME, flagsp,
+		   flags & GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME);
 }
 
 static long linereq_get_values(struct linereq *lr, void __user *ip)
@@ -1940,6 +1952,9 @@ static void gpio_desc_to_lineinfo(struct gpio_desc *desc,
 	if (test_bit(FLAG_EDGE_FALLING, &desc->flags))
 		info->flags |= GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EDGE_FALLING;
 
+	if (test_bit(FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME, &desc->flags))
+		info->flags |= GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME;
+
 	debounce_period_us = READ_ONCE(desc->debounce_period_us);
 	if (debounce_period_us) {
 		info->attrs[num_attrs].id = GPIO_V2_LINE_ATTR_ID_DEBOUNCE;
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
index b674b5bb980e..2f228ffe8320 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct gpio_desc {
 #define FLAG_BIAS_DISABLE    15	/* GPIO has pull disabled */
 #define FLAG_EDGE_RISING     16	/* GPIO CDEV detects rising edge events */
 #define FLAG_EDGE_FALLING    17	/* GPIO CDEV detects falling edge events */
+#define FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME	18 /* GPIO CDEV reports REALTIME timestamps in events */
 
 	/* Connection label */
 	const char		*label;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
index 2072c260f5d0..e4eb0b8c5cf9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct gpiochip_info {
  * @GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_PULL_UP: line has pull-up bias enabled
  * @GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_PULL_DOWN: line has pull-down bias enabled
  * @GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_DISABLED: line has bias disabled
+ * @GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME: line events contain REALTIME timestamps
  */
 enum gpio_v2_line_flag {
 	GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_USED			= _BITULL(0),
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ enum gpio_v2_line_flag {
 	GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_PULL_UP		= _BITULL(8),
 	GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_PULL_DOWN	= _BITULL(9),
 	GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_BIAS_DISABLED		= _BITULL(10),
+	GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME	= _BITULL(11),
 };
 
 /**
@@ -270,9 +272,6 @@ enum gpio_v2_line_event_id {
 /**
  * struct gpio_v2_line_event - The actual event being pushed to userspace
  * @timestamp_ns: best estimate of time of event occurrence, in nanoseconds.
- * The @timestamp_ns is read from %CLOCK_MONOTONIC and is intended to allow
- * the accurate measurement of the time between events. It does not provide
- * the wall-clock time.
  * @id: event identifier with value from &enum gpio_v2_line_event_id
  * @offset: the offset of the line that triggered the event
  * @seqno: the sequence number for this event in the sequence of events for
@@ -280,6 +279,13 @@ enum gpio_v2_line_event_id {
  * @line_seqno: the sequence number for this event in the sequence of
  * events on this particular line
  * @padding: reserved for future use
+ *
+ * By default the @timestamp_ns is read from %CLOCK_MONOTONIC and is
+ * intended to allow the accurate measurement of the time between events.
+ * It does not provide the wall-clock time.
+ *
+ * If the %GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_REALTIME flag is set then the
+ * @timestamp_ns is read from %CLOCK_REALTIME.
  */
 struct gpio_v2_line_event {
 	__aligned_u64 timestamp_ns;
