diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index 327e0967ba54..43f667523ab0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -239,6 +239,19 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id video_detect_dmi_table[] = {
 		},
 	},
 
+	/*
+	 * Models which should use the vendor backlight interface,
+	 * because of broken native backlight control.
+	 */
+	{
+	 .callback = video_detect_force_vendor,
+	 /* Sony Vaio PCG-FRV35 */
+	 .matches = {
+		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Sony Corporation"),
+		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PCG-FRV35"),
+		},
+	},
+
 	/*
 	 * Toshiba models with Transflective display, these need to use
 	 * the toshiba_acpi vendor driver for proper Transflective handling.