diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/accel/Kconfig
index 0e56ace61103379bb5e6f2d01e173e76ee9b25e9..2f0c0d512ae78735cdfac69305ee00a01e91108b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/Kconfig
@@ -143,10 +143,11 @@ config BMC150_ACCEL
 	select BMC150_ACCEL_SPI if SPI
 	help
 	  Say yes here to build support for the following Bosch accelerometers:
-	  BMA222, BMA222E, BMA250E, BMA253, BMA254, BMA255, BMA280, BMC150, BMI055.
+	  BMA222, BMA222E, BMA250E, BMA253, BMA254, BMA255, BMA280, BMC150, BMC156
+	  BMI055.
 
 	  Note that some of these are combo modules:
-	    - BMC150: accelerometer and magnetometer
+	    - BMC150/BMC156: accelerometer and magnetometer
 	    - BMI055: accelerometer and gyroscope
 
 	  This driver is only implementing accelerometer part, which has
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c
index 8d3dd3c2bcc21cba5729b605ce70046fbeaa8ba0..e8693a42ad464fe9bd02ed5f3617bfa8713af90d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ static void bmc150_accel_interrupts_setup(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	 * Without interrupt-names, we assume the irq belongs to INT1.
 	 */
 	irq_info = bmc150_accel_interrupts_int1;
-	if (irq == of_irq_get_byname(dev->of_node, "INT2"))
+	if (data->type == BOSCH_BMC156 ||
+	    irq == of_irq_get_byname(dev->of_node, "INT2"))
 		irq_info = bmc150_accel_interrupts_int2;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BMC150_ACCEL_INTERRUPTS; i++)
@@ -1174,7 +1175,7 @@ static const struct bmc150_accel_chip_info bmc150_accel_chip_info_tbl[] = {
 				 {306458, BMC150_ACCEL_DEF_RANGE_16G} },
 	},
 	{
-		.name = "BMA253/BMA254/BMA255/BMC150/BMI055",
+		.name = "BMA253/BMA254/BMA255/BMC150/BMC156/BMI055",
 		.chip_id = 0xFA,
 		.channels = bmc150_accel_channels,
 		.num_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(bmc150_accel_channels),
@@ -1661,7 +1662,8 @@ static int bmc150_accel_chip_init(struct bmc150_accel_data *data)
 }
 
 int bmc150_accel_core_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap, int irq,
-			    const char *name, bool block_supported)
+			    enum bmc150_type type, const char *name,
+			    bool block_supported)
 {
 	const struct attribute **fifo_attrs;
 	struct bmc150_accel_data *data;
@@ -1676,6 +1678,7 @@ int bmc150_accel_core_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap, int irq,
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, indio_dev);
 
 	data->regmap = regmap;
+	data->type = type;
 
 	if (!bmc150_apply_acpi_orientation(dev, &data->orientation)) {
 		ret = iio_read_mount_matrix(dev, &data->orientation);
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c
index 999495f0669df3ba727db324466362e5cbd47858..88bd8a25f142bda04d1e9ac659d8b9aaaa56de5d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static int bmc150_accel_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 {
 	struct regmap *regmap;
 	const char *name = NULL;
+	enum bmc150_type type = BOSCH_UNKNOWN;
 	bool block_supported =
 		i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter, I2C_FUNC_I2C) ||
 		i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
@@ -188,10 +189,13 @@ static int bmc150_accel_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		return PTR_ERR(regmap);
 	}
 
-	if (id)
+	if (id) {
 		name = id->name;
+		type = id->driver_data;
+	}
 
-	ret = bmc150_accel_core_probe(&client->dev, regmap, client->irq, name, block_supported);
+	ret = bmc150_accel_core_probe(&client->dev, regmap, client->irq,
+				      type, name, block_supported);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ static const struct i2c_device_id bmc150_accel_id[] = {
 	{"bma255"},
 	{"bma280"},
 	{"bmc150_accel"},
+	{"bmc156_accel", BOSCH_BMC156},
 	{"bmi055_accel"},
 	{}
 };
@@ -251,6 +256,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id bmc150_accel_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "bosch,bma255" },
 	{ .compatible = "bosch,bma280" },
 	{ .compatible = "bosch,bmc150_accel" },
+	{ .compatible = "bosch,bmc156_accel" },
 	{ .compatible = "bosch,bmi055_accel" },
 	{ },
 };
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-spi.c b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-spi.c
index 54b8c9c8068b502e76a2a5b08f9c53c55931e12c..191e312dc91a7303ac3510c204f601c387abdb1f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-spi.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 static int bmc150_accel_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct regmap *regmap;
+	const char *name = NULL;
+	enum bmc150_type type = BOSCH_UNKNOWN;
 	const struct spi_device_id *id = spi_get_device_id(spi);
 
 	regmap = devm_regmap_init_spi(spi, &bmc150_regmap_conf);
@@ -24,7 +26,12 @@ static int bmc150_accel_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		return PTR_ERR(regmap);
 	}
 
-	return bmc150_accel_core_probe(&spi->dev, regmap, spi->irq, id->name,
+	if (id) {
+		name = id->name;
+		type = id->driver_data;
+	}
+
+	return bmc150_accel_core_probe(&spi->dev, regmap, spi->irq, type, name,
 				       true);
 }
 
@@ -54,6 +61,7 @@ static const struct spi_device_id bmc150_accel_id[] = {
 	{"bma255"},
 	{"bma280"},
 	{"bmc150_accel"},
+	{"bmc156_accel", BOSCH_BMC156},
 	{"bmi055_accel"},
 	{}
 };
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.h b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.h
index 47121f070fe9513b9cbc108bf41a3fa88a37300c..1bb5023e8ed9cfc3dd3a9e463503a1bdf7df73e9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.h
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ struct i2c_client;
 struct bmc150_accel_chip_info;
 struct bmc150_accel_interrupt_info;
 
+/*
+ * We can often guess better than "UNKNOWN" based on the device IDs
+ * but unfortunately this information is not always accurate. There are some
+ * devices where ACPI firmware specifies an ID like "BMA250E" when the device
+ * actually has a BMA222E. The driver attempts to detect those by reading the
+ * chip ID from the registers but this information is not always enough either.
+ *
+ * Therefore, this enum should be only used when the chip ID detection is not
+ * enough and we can be reasonably sure that the device IDs are reliable
+ * in practice (e.g. for device tree platforms).
+ */
+enum bmc150_type {
+	BOSCH_UNKNOWN,
+	BOSCH_BMC156,
+};
+
 struct bmc150_accel_interrupt {
 	const struct bmc150_accel_interrupt_info *info;
 	atomic_t users;
@@ -62,6 +78,7 @@ struct bmc150_accel_data {
 	int ev_enable_state;
 	int64_t timestamp, old_timestamp; /* Only used in hw fifo mode. */
 	const struct bmc150_accel_chip_info *chip_info;
+	enum bmc150_type type;
 	struct i2c_client *second_device;
 	void (*resume_callback)(struct device *dev);
 	struct delayed_work resume_work;
@@ -69,7 +86,8 @@ struct bmc150_accel_data {
 };
 
 int bmc150_accel_core_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap, int irq,
-			    const char *name, bool block_supported);
+			    enum bmc150_type type, const char *name,
+			    bool block_supported);
 int bmc150_accel_core_remove(struct device *dev);
 extern const struct dev_pm_ops bmc150_accel_pm_ops;
 extern const struct regmap_config bmc150_regmap_conf;