diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
index 740342a2812a..dcb897158228 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
@@ -59,10 +59,17 @@ int usb_choose_configuration(struct usb_device *udev)
 	int num_configs;
 	int insufficient_power = 0;
 	struct usb_host_config *c, *best;
+	struct usb_device_driver *udriver = to_usb_device_driver(udev->dev.driver);
 
 	if (usb_device_is_owned(udev))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (udriver->choose_configuration) {
+		i = udriver->choose_configuration(udev);
+		if (i >= 0)
+			return i;
+	}
+
 	best = NULL;
 	c = udev->config;
 	num_configs = udev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations;
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index 8c61643acd49..618e5a0b1a22 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -1264,6 +1264,9 @@ struct usb_driver {
  *	module is being unloaded.
  * @suspend: Called when the device is going to be suspended by the system.
  * @resume: Called when the device is being resumed by the system.
+ * @choose_configuration: If non-NULL, called instead of the default
+ *	usb_choose_configuration(). If this returns an error then we'll go
+ *	on to call the normal usb_choose_configuration().
  * @dev_groups: Attributes attached to the device that will be created once it
  *	is bound to the driver.
  * @drvwrap: Driver-model core structure wrapper.
@@ -1287,6 +1290,9 @@ struct usb_device_driver {
 
 	int (*suspend) (struct usb_device *udev, pm_message_t message);
 	int (*resume) (struct usb_device *udev, pm_message_t message);
+
+	int (*choose_configuration) (struct usb_device *udev);
+
 	const struct attribute_group **dev_groups;
 	struct usbdrv_wrap drvwrap;
 	const struct usb_device_id *id_table;