diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index dc3dcad05929..f213d39d7c3c 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@
 #define SND_SOC_COMP_ORDER_LATE		1
 #define SND_SOC_COMP_ORDER_LAST		2
 
+/* DAI Link Host Mode Support */
+#define SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_NO_HOST		0x1
+#define SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_OPT_HOST		0x2
+
 /*
  * Bias levels
  *
@@ -976,6 +980,12 @@ struct snd_soc_dai_link {
 	/* This DAI link can route to other DAI links at runtime (Frontend)*/
 	unsigned int dynamic:1;
 
+	/*
+	 * This DAI can support no host IO (no pcm data is
+	 * copied to from host)
+	 */
+	unsigned int no_host_mode:2;
+
 	/* DPCM capture and Playback support */
 	unsigned int dpcm_capture:1;
 	unsigned int dpcm_playback:1;
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index 356d4e754561..d07d323d8dcb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -28,6 +28,25 @@
 
 #define DPCM_MAX_BE_USERS	8
 
+/*
+ * ASoC no host IO hardware.
+ * TODO: fine tune these values for all host less transfers.
+ */
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware no_host_hardware = {
+	.info			= SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP |
+				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID |
+				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
+				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE |
+				  SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME,
+	.formats		= SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE |
+				  SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE,
+	.period_bytes_min	= PAGE_SIZE >> 2,
+	.period_bytes_max	= PAGE_SIZE >> 1,
+	.periods_min		= 2,
+	.periods_max		= 4,
+	.buffer_bytes_max	= PAGE_SIZE,
+};
+
 /*
  * snd_soc_dai_stream_valid() - check if a DAI supports the given stream
  *
@@ -493,6 +512,9 @@ static int soc_pcm_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&rtd->pcm_mutex, rtd->pcm_subclass);
 
+	if (rtd->dai_link->no_host_mode == SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_NO_HOST)
+		snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams(substream, &no_host_hardware);
+
 	/* startup the audio subsystem */
 	if (cpu_dai->driver->ops->startup) {
 		ret = cpu_dai->driver->ops->startup(substream, cpu_dai);
@@ -1007,6 +1029,20 @@ static int soc_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	ret = soc_pcm_params_symmetry(substream, params);
         if (ret)
 		goto component_err;
+
+	/* malloc a page for hostless IO.
+	 * FIXME: rework with alsa-lib changes so that this malloc is
+	 * not required.
+	 */
+	if (rtd->dai_link->no_host_mode == SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_NO_HOST) {
+		substream->dma_buffer.dev.type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV;
+		substream->dma_buffer.dev.dev = rtd->dev;
+		substream->dma_buffer.private_data = NULL;
+
+		ret = snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages(substream, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto component_err;
+	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&rtd->pcm_mutex);
 	return ret;
@@ -1089,6 +1125,8 @@ static int soc_pcm_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	if (cpu_dai->driver->ops->hw_free)
 		cpu_dai->driver->ops->hw_free(substream, cpu_dai);
 
+	if (rtd->dai_link->no_host_mode == SND_SOC_DAI_LINK_NO_HOST)
+		snd_pcm_lib_free_pages(substream);
 	mutex_unlock(&rtd->pcm_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3150,6 +3188,18 @@ int soc_new_pcm(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, int num)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* setup any hostless PCMs - i.e. no host IO is performed */
+	if (rtd->dai_link->no_host_mode) {
+		pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream->hw_no_buffer = 1;
+		pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream->hw_no_buffer = 1;
+		snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams(
+			pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream,
+			&no_host_hardware);
+		snd_soc_set_runtime_hwparams(
+			pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream,
+			&no_host_hardware);
+	}
+
 	/* ASoC PCM operations */
 	if (rtd->dai_link->dynamic) {
 		rtd->ops.open		= dpcm_fe_dai_open;