diff --git a/Documentation/rtc.txt b/Documentation/rtc.txt
index 2745e8197fd..9104c106208 100644
--- a/Documentation/rtc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rtc.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ rtc attributes without requiring the use of ioctls. All dates and times
 are in the RTC's timezone, rather than in system time.
 
 date:  	   	 RTC-provided date
+hctosys:   	 1 if the RTC provided the system time at boot via the
+		 CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS kernel option, 0 otherwise
 max_user_freq:	 The maximum interrupt rate an unprivileged user may request
 		 from this RTC.
 name:		 The name of the RTC corresponding to this sysfs directory
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
index 2531ce4c9db..7dd23a6fc82 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ rtc_sysfs_set_max_user_freq(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return n;
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+rtc_sysfs_show_hctosys(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+		char *buf)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE
+	if (strcmp(dev_name(&to_rtc_device(dev)->dev),
+		   CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE) == 0)
+		return sprintf(buf, "1\n");
+	else
+#endif
+		return sprintf(buf, "0\n");
+}
+
 static struct device_attribute rtc_attrs[] = {
 	__ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, rtc_sysfs_show_name, NULL),
 	__ATTR(date, S_IRUGO, rtc_sysfs_show_date, NULL),
@@ -109,6 +122,7 @@ static struct device_attribute rtc_attrs[] = {
 	__ATTR(since_epoch, S_IRUGO, rtc_sysfs_show_since_epoch, NULL),
 	__ATTR(max_user_freq, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, rtc_sysfs_show_max_user_freq,
 			rtc_sysfs_set_max_user_freq),
+	__ATTR(hctosys, S_IRUGO, rtc_sysfs_show_hctosys, NULL),
 	{ },
 };