diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
index 2066f0bbd4535f16a8de55b1f4e216e8fc43d092..91967a70313accd52816fcc14587d00f99d621f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-mei
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ KernelVersion:	3.10
 Contact:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
 		linux-mei@linux.intel.com
 Description:	Stores the same MODALIAS value emitted by uevent
-		Format: mei:<mei device name>
+		Format: mei:<mei device name>:<device uuid>:
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
index 1101d6efaf27e29459c04eab34867da5a0be5d89..17b00baa53b1cc462984a8ac64ae8a69bff75b74 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
@@ -30,23 +30,40 @@
 #define to_mei_cl_driver(d) container_of(d, struct mei_cl_driver, driver)
 #define to_mei_cl_device(d) container_of(d, struct mei_cl_device, dev)
 
+static inline uuid_le uuid_le_cast(const __u8 uuid[16])
+{
+	return *(uuid_le *)uuid;
+}
+
 static int mei_cl_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 {
 	struct mei_cl_device *device = to_mei_cl_device(dev);
 	struct mei_cl_driver *driver = to_mei_cl_driver(drv);
 	const struct mei_cl_device_id *id;
+	const uuid_le *uuid;
+	const char *name;
 
 	if (!device)
 		return 0;
 
+	uuid = mei_me_cl_uuid(device->me_cl);
+	name = device->name;
+
 	if (!driver || !driver->id_table)
 		return 0;
 
 	id = driver->id_table;
 
-	while (id->name[0]) {
-		if (!strncmp(dev_name(dev), id->name, sizeof(id->name)))
-			return 1;
+	while (uuid_le_cmp(NULL_UUID_LE, uuid_le_cast(id->uuid))) {
+
+		if (!uuid_le_cmp(*uuid, uuid_le_cast(id->uuid))) {
+			if (id->name[0]) {
+				if (!strncmp(name, id->name, sizeof(id->name)))
+					return 1;
+			} else {
+				return 1;
+			}
+		}
 
 		id++;
 	}
@@ -69,7 +86,7 @@ static int mei_cl_device_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "Device probe\n");
 
-	strlcpy(id.name, dev_name(dev), sizeof(id.name));
+	strlcpy(id.name, device->name, sizeof(id.name));
 
 	return driver->probe(device, &id);
 }
@@ -100,9 +117,12 @@ static int mei_cl_device_remove(struct device *dev)
 static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a,
 			     char *buf)
 {
-	int len;
+	struct mei_cl_device *device = to_mei_cl_device(dev);
+	const uuid_le *uuid = mei_me_cl_uuid(device->me_cl);
+	size_t len;
 
-	len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "mei:%s\n", dev_name(dev));
+	len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "mei:%s:" MEI_CL_UUID_FMT ":",
+		device->name, MEI_CL_UUID_ARGS(uuid->b));
 
 	return (len >= PAGE_SIZE) ? (PAGE_SIZE - 1) : len;
 }
@@ -116,7 +136,11 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(mei_cl_dev);
 
 static int mei_cl_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=mei:%s", dev_name(dev)))
+	struct mei_cl_device *device = to_mei_cl_device(dev);
+	const uuid_le *uuid = mei_me_cl_uuid(device->me_cl);
+
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=mei:%s:" MEI_CL_UUID_FMT ":",
+		device->name, MEI_CL_UUID_ARGS(uuid->b)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -185,7 +209,9 @@ struct mei_cl_device *mei_cl_add_device(struct mei_device *dev,
 	device->dev.bus = &mei_cl_bus_type;
 	device->dev.type = &mei_cl_device_type;
 
-	dev_set_name(&device->dev, "%s", name);
+	strlcpy(device->name, name, sizeof(device->name));
+
+	dev_set_name(&device->dev, "mei:%s:%pUl", name, mei_me_cl_uuid(me_cl));
 
 	status = device_register(&device->dev);
 	if (status) {
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index 79ab781845231b0f5a6c8535d9e0335e73624a09..ab719e674edfc8f91e8e17d540d7bf5dccb03f08 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ struct mei_cl *mei_cl_bus_find_cl_by_uuid(struct mei_device *dev, uuid_le uuid);
  * @dev: linux driver model device pointer
  * @me_cl: me client
  * @cl: mei client
+ * @name: device name
  * @ops: ME transport ops
  * @event_work: async work to execute event callback
  * @event_cb: Drivers register this callback to get asynchronous ME
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ struct mei_cl_device {
 
 	struct mei_me_client *me_cl;
 	struct mei_cl *cl;
+	char name[MEI_CL_NAME_SIZE];
 
 	const struct mei_cl_ops *ops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.h b/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.h
index d669900f8278d50a3f409445aa12d0d0736e3f26..06608c28ff14ba38ce292c8361fa0952e996a091 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.h
+++ b/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.h
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 #include <linux/mei_cl_bus.h>
 #include <net/nfc/hci.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
 
+#define MEI_NFC_UUID __UUID_LE(0x0bb17a78, 0x2a8e, 0x4c50, \
+		0x94, 0xd4, 0x50, 0x26, 0x67, 0x23, 0x77, 0x5c)
 #define MEI_NFC_HEADER_SIZE 10
 #define MEI_NFC_MAX_HCI_PAYLOAD 300
 
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c b/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c
index 2d1395be64ae93e9a33f8d5c20603bff84e77d3e..f9f5fc97cdd707dc90387095dfd027310cb1cf2b 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int microread_mei_remove(struct mei_cl_device *device)
 }
 
 static struct mei_cl_device_id microread_mei_tbl[] = {
-	{ MICROREAD_DRIVER_NAME },
+	{ MICROREAD_DRIVER_NAME, MEI_NFC_UUID},
 
 	/* required last entry */
 	{ }
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c b/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c
index 330cd40310098e22333d6a35f66fa451a3aaa72e..101a37e12efaf54c841125b5809c37384e41eebe 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int pn544_mei_remove(struct mei_cl_device *device)
 }
 
 static struct mei_cl_device_id pn544_mei_tbl[] = {
-	{ PN544_DRIVER_NAME },
+	{ PN544_DRIVER_NAME, MEI_NFC_UUID},
 
 	/* required last entry */
 	{ }
diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 3bfd56778c29c5c1d94dd72d6f0e5c1624ac826d..2d2b2b571d6165f1dc537534251ff5a6d2a683f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -599,9 +599,22 @@ struct ipack_device_id {
 
 #define MEI_CL_MODULE_PREFIX "mei:"
 #define MEI_CL_NAME_SIZE 32
+#define MEI_CL_UUID_FMT "%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x"
+#define MEI_CL_UUID_ARGS(_u) \
+	_u[0], _u[1], _u[2], _u[3], _u[4], _u[5], _u[6], _u[7], \
+	_u[8], _u[9], _u[10], _u[11], _u[12], _u[13], _u[14], _u[15]
 
+/**
+ * struct mei_cl_device_id - MEI client device identifier
+ * @name: helper name
+ * @uuid: client uuid
+ * @driver_info: information used by the driver.
+ *
+ * identifies mei client device by uuid and name
+ */
 struct mei_cl_device_id {
 	char name[MEI_CL_NAME_SIZE];
+	__u8 uuid[16];
 	kernel_ulong_t driver_info;
 };
 
diff --git a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
index fce36d0f6898e00d86edc549d984bc2e70015dff..091f6290a651348f5be0073233d55f7c10987f89 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ int main(void)
 
 	DEVID(mei_cl_device_id);
 	DEVID_FIELD(mei_cl_device_id, name);
+	DEVID_FIELD(mei_cl_device_id, uuid);
 
 	DEVID(rio_device_id);
 	DEVID_FIELD(rio_device_id, did);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 78691d51a4797aa319e8ace1a61b2fa8c773e40b..62c517f4b5923a1f2efedcb7bb2e0ecd1bde5500 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ static inline void add_wildcard(char *str)
 		strcat(str + len, "*");
 }
 
+static inline void add_uuid(char *str, __u8 uuid[16])
+{
+	int len = strlen(str);
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+		sprintf(str + len + (i << 1), "%02x", uuid[i]);
+}
+
 /**
  * Check that sizeof(device_id type) are consistent with size of section
  * in .o file. If in-consistent then userspace and kernel does not agree
@@ -1160,13 +1169,18 @@ static int do_cpu_entry(const char *filename, void *symval, char *alias)
 }
 ADD_TO_DEVTABLE("cpu", cpu_feature, do_cpu_entry);
 
-/* Looks like: mei:S */
+/* Looks like: mei:S:uuid */
 static int do_mei_entry(const char *filename, void *symval,
 			char *alias)
 {
 	DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, mei_cl_device_id, name);
+	DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, mei_cl_device_id, uuid);
+
+	sprintf(alias, MEI_CL_MODULE_PREFIX);
+	sprintf(alias + strlen(alias), "%s:",  (*name)[0]  ? *name : "*");
+	add_uuid(alias, *uuid);
 
-	sprintf(alias, MEI_CL_MODULE_PREFIX "%s", *name);
+	strcat(alias, ":*");
 
 	return 1;
 }