diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
index 770a162e55f3..a50823c9fae3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/greybus_protocols.h
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ struct gb_spi_transfer_response {
 #define GB_SVC_TYPE_DME_PEER_SET	0x0a
 #define GB_SVC_TYPE_ROUTE_CREATE	0x0b
 #define GB_SVC_TYPE_ROUTE_DESTROY	0x0c
+#define GB_SVC_TYPE_LINK_CONFIG		0x0d
 
 /*
  * SVC version request/response has the same payload as
@@ -806,6 +807,20 @@ struct gb_svc_dme_peer_set_response {
 	__le16	result_code;
 } __packed;
 
+#define GB_SVC_LINK_CONFIG_BURST_PWM		0
+#define GB_SVC_LINK_CONFIG_BURST_HS_A		1
+#define GB_SVC_LINK_CONFIG_BURST_HS_B		2
+#define GB_SVC_LINK_CONFIG_FLAG_AUTO_SLEEP	(1 << 0)
+
+struct gb_svc_link_config_request {
+	__u8 intf_id;
+	__u8 burst;
+	__u8 gear;
+	__u8 nlanes;
+	__u8 flags;
+} __packed;
+/* link config response has no payload */
+
 /* Attributes for peer get/set operations */
 #define DME_ATTR_SELECTOR_INDEX		0
 #define DME_ATTR_T_TST_SRC_INCREMENT	0x4083
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
index 5c4ca7938387..ff865b3b4825 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
@@ -270,6 +270,24 @@ static void gb_svc_route_destroy(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf1_id, u8 intf2_id)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Creates bi-directional routes between the devices */
+int gb_svc_link_config(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id,
+		       unsigned int burst, unsigned int gear,
+		       unsigned int nlanes, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct gb_svc_link_config_request request;
+
+	request.intf_id = intf_id;
+	request.burst = burst;
+	request.gear = gear;
+	request.nlanes = nlanes;
+	request.flags = flags;
+
+	return gb_operation_sync(svc->connection, GB_SVC_TYPE_LINK_CONFIG,
+				 &request, sizeof(request), NULL, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gb_svc_link_config);
+
 static int gb_svc_version_request(struct gb_operation *op)
 {
 	struct gb_connection *connection = op->connection;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h
index b7cb7e4c6cf5..23060357e3ad 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ int gb_svc_dme_peer_get(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, u16 attr, u16 selector,
 			u32 *value);
 int gb_svc_dme_peer_set(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, u16 attr, u16 selector,
 			u32 value);
+int gb_svc_link_config(struct gb_svc *svc, u8 intf_id, unsigned int burst,
+		       unsigned int gear, unsigned int nlanes,
+		       unsigned int flags);
 
 int gb_svc_protocol_init(void);
 void gb_svc_protocol_exit(void);