diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Makefile b/drivers/gpio/Makefile
index 8629e9eaf79e..010587025fc8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_OF_GPIO)		+= gpiolib-of.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV)		+= gpiolib-cdev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS)	+= gpiolib-sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ACPI)		+= gpiolib-acpi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_GPIOLIB)		+= gpiolib-swnode.o
 
 # Device drivers. Generally keep list sorted alphabetically
 obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_REGMAP)	+= gpio-regmap.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d005ce0b986d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Software Node helpers for the GPIO API
+ *
+ * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+ */
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
+
+#include "gpiolib.h"
+#include "gpiolib-swnode.h"
+
+static int swnode_gpiochip_match_name(struct gpio_chip *chip, void *data)
+{
+	return !strcmp(chip->label, data);
+}
+
+struct gpio_desc *swnode_find_gpio(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+				   const char *con_id, unsigned int idx,
+				   unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	const struct software_node *chip_node;
+	const struct software_node *swnode;
+	struct fwnode_reference_args args;
+	struct gpio_chip *chip;
+	struct gpio_desc *desc;
+	char prop_name[32]; /* 32 is max size of property name */
+	int error;
+
+	swnode = to_software_node(fwnode);
+	if (!swnode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Note we do not need to try both -gpios and -gpio suffixes,
+	 * as, unlike OF and ACPI, we can fix software nodes to conform
+	 * to the proper binding.
+	 */
+	if (con_id)
+		snprintf(prop_name, sizeof(prop_name), "%s-gpios", con_id);
+	else
+		strscpy(prop_name, "gpios", sizeof(prop_name));
+
+	/*
+	 * We expect all swnode-described GPIOs have GPIO number and
+	 * polarity arguments, hence nargs is set to 2.
+	 */
+	error = fwnode_property_get_reference_args(fwnode, prop_name, NULL,
+						   2, idx, &args);
+	if (error) {
+		pr_debug("%s: can't parse '%s' property of node '%pfwP[%d]'\n",
+			__func__, prop_name, fwnode, idx);
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
+	}
+
+	chip_node = to_software_node(args.fwnode);
+	if (!chip_node || !chip_node->name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	chip = gpiochip_find((void *)chip_node->name,
+			     swnode_gpiochip_match_name);
+	if (!chip)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+
+	desc = gpiochip_get_desc(chip, args.args[0]);
+	*flags = args.args[1]; /* We expect native GPIO flags */
+
+	pr_debug("%s: parsed '%s' property of node '%pfwP[%d]' - status (%d)\n",
+		 __func__, prop_name, fwnode, idx, PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(desc));
+
+	return desc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * swnode_gpio_count - count the GPIOs associated with a device / function
+ * @fwnode:	firmware node of the GPIO consumer, can be %NULL for
+ *		system-global GPIOs
+ * @con_id:	function within the GPIO consumer
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The number of GPIOs associated with a device / function or %-ENOENT,
+ * if no GPIO has been assigned to the requested function.
+ */
+int swnode_gpio_count(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, const char *con_id)
+{
+	struct fwnode_reference_args args;
+	char prop_name[32];
+	int count;
+
+	if (con_id)
+		snprintf(prop_name, sizeof(prop_name), "%s-gpios", con_id);
+	else
+		strscpy(prop_name, "gpios", sizeof(prop_name));
+
+	/*
+	 * This is not very efficient, but GPIO lists usually have only
+	 * 1 or 2 entries.
+	 */
+	count = 0;
+	while (fwnode_property_get_reference_args(fwnode, prop_name, NULL,
+						  0, count, &args) == 0)
+		count++;
+
+	return count ? count : -ENOENT;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afd51c9b6e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-swnode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#ifndef GPIOLIB_SWNODE_H
+#define GPIOLIB_SWNODE_H
+
+struct fwnode_handle;
+
+struct gpio_desc *swnode_find_gpio(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+				   const char *con_id, unsigned int idx,
+				   unsigned long *flags);
+int swnode_gpio_count(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, const char *con_id);
+
+#endif /* GPIOLIB_SWNODE_H */
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 79aaba693c4f..b9976485587d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "gpiolib.h"
 #include "gpiolib-of.h"
 #include "gpiolib-acpi.h"
+#include "gpiolib-swnode.h"
 #include "gpiolib-cdev.h"
 #include "gpiolib-sysfs.h"
 
@@ -3813,6 +3814,19 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpiod_find_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	dev_dbg(consumer, "GPIO lookup for consumer %s in node '%s'\n",
 		con_id, fwnode_get_name(fwnode));
 
+	/*
+	 * First look up GPIO in the secondary software node in case
+	 * it was used to store updated properties.
+	 */
+	if (is_software_node(fwnode->secondary)) {
+		dev_dbg(consumer,
+			"using secondary software node for GPIO lookup\n");
+		desc = swnode_find_gpio(fwnode->secondary,
+					con_id, idx, lookupflags);
+		if (!gpiod_not_found(desc))
+			return desc;
+	}
+
 	/* Using device tree? */
 	if (is_of_node(fwnode)) {
 		dev_dbg(consumer, "using device tree for GPIO lookup\n");
@@ -3821,6 +3835,9 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpiod_find_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	} else if (is_acpi_node(fwnode)) {
 		dev_dbg(consumer, "using ACPI for GPIO lookup\n");
 		desc = acpi_find_gpio(fwnode, con_id, idx, flags, lookupflags);
+	} else if (is_software_node(fwnode)) {
+		dev_dbg(consumer, "using software node for GPIO lookup\n");
+		desc = swnode_find_gpio(fwnode, con_id, idx, lookupflags);
 	}
 
 	return desc;
@@ -3933,13 +3950,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_gpiod_get_index);
  */
 int gpiod_count(struct device *dev, const char *con_id)
 {
-	const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = dev ? dev_fwnode(dev) : NULL;
-	int count = -ENOENT;
+	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = dev ? dev_fwnode(dev) : NULL;
+	int count;
+
+	/*
+	 * First look up GPIO in the secondary software node in case
+	 * it was used to store updated properties.
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fwnode) && is_software_node(fwnode->secondary)) {
+		count = swnode_gpio_count(fwnode->secondary, con_id);
+		if (count > 0)
+			return count;
+	}
 
 	if (is_of_node(fwnode))
 		count = of_gpio_get_count(dev, con_id);
 	else if (is_acpi_node(fwnode))
 		count = acpi_gpio_count(dev, con_id);
+	else if (is_software_node(fwnode))
+		count = swnode_gpio_count(fwnode, con_id);
+	else
+		count = -ENOENT;
 
 	if (count < 0)
 		count = platform_gpio_count(dev, con_id);
