diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 33118862fb8bb7032397d0376c705cf105a7d84c..c627a9a1cd56be49bcbc4cbdb7e6d9f93ce95285 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_accel_scale
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_accel_peak_scale
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_anglvel_scale
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_energy_scale
+What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_distance_scale
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_magn_scale
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_magn_x_scale
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_magn_y_scale
@@ -1059,6 +1060,15 @@ Description:
 		device (e.g.: human activity sensors report energy burnt by the
 		user). Units after application of scale are Joules.
 
+What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_distance_input
+What:		/sys/.../iio:deviceX/in_distance_raw
+KernelVersion:	3.20
+Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		This attribute is used to read the distance covered by the user
+		since the last reboot while activated. Units after application
+		of scale are meters.
+
 What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/store_eeprom
 KernelVersion:	3.4.0
 Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 8d2c9ba85fd72f89d0ff28b54c756490b71f5dba..655755b49ccdd7dc701b8c511f0e778f6b333648 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
 	[IIO_ACTIVITY] = "activity",
 	[IIO_STEPS] = "steps",
 	[IIO_ENERGY] = "energy",
+	[IIO_DISTANCE] = "distance",
 };
 
 static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/types.h b/include/linux/iio/types.h
index 26b8a1c5e2af1a04ce0e63e13676b57c954fd864..a7de445222f42aba9f528ee24cacfd3efc997292 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/types.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum iio_chan_type {
 	IIO_ACTIVITY,
 	IIO_STEPS,
 	IIO_ENERGY,
+	IIO_DISTANCE,
 };
 
 enum iio_modifier {