diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 778241173ed4..f4c90fc99be2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_table_handler, acpi_gbl_table_handler);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(void *, acpi_gbl_table_handler_context);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_interface_handler, acpi_gbl_interface_handler);
 ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_sci_handler_info *, acpi_gbl_sci_handler_list);
+ACPI_GLOBAL(struct acpi_ged_handler_info *, acpi_gbl_ged_handler_list);
 
 /* Owner ID support */
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index 75a81b6c1a16..82563b44af35 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -543,6 +543,14 @@ struct acpi_field_info {
 	u32 pkg_length;
 };
 
+/* Information about the interrupt ID and _EVT of a GED device */
+
+struct acpi_ged_handler_info {
+	struct acpi_ged_handler_info *next;
+	u32 int_id;		/* The interrupt ID that triggers the execution ofthe evt_method. */
+	struct acpi_namespace_node *evt_method;	/* The _EVT method to be executed when an interrupt with ID = int_ID is received */
+};
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  * Generic "state" object for stacks
diff --git a/include/acpi/acnames.h b/include/acpi/acnames.h
index d71291f25a80..76aa6aa346ba 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acnames.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acnames.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define METHOD_NAME__DDN        "_DDN"
 #define METHOD_NAME__DIS        "_DIS"
 #define METHOD_NAME__DMA        "_DMA"
+#define METHOD_NAME__EVT        "_EVT"
 #define METHOD_NAME__HID        "_HID"
 #define METHOD_NAME__INI        "_INI"
 #define METHOD_NAME__PLD        "_PLD"