diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
index 661da39d1276..dc612882dd8c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ format_transform_func get_fmt_transform_function(u32 format)
 		return &get_ARGB16161616;
 	else if (format == DRM_FORMAT_XRGB16161616)
 		return &XRGB16161616_to_ARGB16161616;
+	else if (format == DRM_FORMAT_RGB565)
+		return &RGB565_to_ARGB16161616;
 	else
 		return &XRGB8888_to_ARGB16161616;
 }
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ format_transform_func get_wb_fmt_transform_function(u32 format)
 		return &convert_to_ARGB16161616;
 	else if (format == DRM_FORMAT_XRGB16161616)
 		return &convert_to_XRGB16161616;
+	else if (format == DRM_FORMAT_RGB565)
+		return &convert_to_RGB565;
 	else
 		return &convert_to_XRGB8888;
 }
@@ -33,6 +37,26 @@ static int pixel_offset(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int x, int y)
 				  + (x * frame_info->cpp);
 }
 
+/*
+ * FP stands for _Fixed Point_ and **not** _Float Point_
+ * LF stands for Long Float (i.e. double)
+ * The following macros help doing fixed point arithmetic.
+ */
+/*
+ * With FP scale 15 we have 17 and 15 bits of integer and fractional parts
+ * respectively.
+ *  | 0000 0000 0000 0000 0.000 0000 0000 0000 |
+ * 31                                          0
+ */
+#define FP_SCALE 15
+
+#define LF_TO_FP(a) ((a) * (u64)(1 << FP_SCALE))
+#define INT_TO_FP(a) ((a) << FP_SCALE)
+#define FP_MUL(a, b) ((s32)(((s64)(a) * (b)) >> FP_SCALE))
+#define FP_DIV(a, b) ((s32)(((s64)(a) << FP_SCALE) / (b)))
+/* This macro converts a fixed point number to int, and round half up it */
+#define FP_TO_INT_ROUND_UP(a) (((a) + (1 << (FP_SCALE - 1))) >> FP_SCALE)
+
 /*
  * packed_pixels_addr - Get the pointer to pixel of a given pair of coordinates
  *
@@ -125,6 +149,33 @@ void XRGB16161616_to_ARGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 	}
 }
 
+void RGB565_to_ARGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
+			    struct line_buffer *stage_buffer)
+{
+	u16 *src_pixels = get_packed_src_addr(frame_info, y);
+	int x, x_limit = drm_rect_width(&frame_info->dst);
+
+	for (x = 0; x < x_limit; x++, src_pixels++) {
+		u16 rgb_565 = le16_to_cpu(*src_pixels);
+		int fp_r = INT_TO_FP((rgb_565 >> 11) & 0x1f);
+		int fp_g = INT_TO_FP((rgb_565 >> 5) & 0x3f);
+		int fp_b = INT_TO_FP(rgb_565 & 0x1f);
+
+		/*
+		 * The magic constants is the "conversion ratio" and is calculated
+		 * dividing 65535(2^16 - 1) by 31(2^5 -1) and 63(2^6 - 1)
+		 * respectively.
+		 */
+		int fp_rb_ratio = LF_TO_FP(2114.032258065);
+		int fp_g_ratio = LF_TO_FP(1040.238095238);
+
+		stage_buffer[x].a = (u16)0xffff;
+		stage_buffer[x].r = FP_TO_INT_ROUND_UP(FP_MUL(fp_r, fp_rb_ratio));
+		stage_buffer[x].g = FP_TO_INT_ROUND_UP(FP_MUL(fp_g, fp_g_ratio));
+		stage_buffer[x].b = FP_TO_INT_ROUND_UP(FP_MUL(fp_b, fp_rb_ratio));
+	}
+}
+
 
 /*
  * The following  functions take an line of ARGB16161616 pixels from the
@@ -203,3 +254,26 @@ void convert_to_XRGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 		dst_pixels[0] = src_buffer[x].b;
 	}
 }
+
+void convert_to_RGB565(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
+		       struct line_buffer *src_buffer)
+{
+	int x, x_dst = frame_info->dst.x1;
+	u16 *dst_pixels = packed_pixels_addr(frame_info, x_dst, y);
+	int x_limit = drm_rect_width(&frame_info->dst);
+
+	for (x = 0; x < x_limit; x++, dst_pixels++) {
+		int fp_r = INT_TO_FP(src_buffer[x].r);
+		int fp_g = INT_TO_FP(src_buffer[x].g);
+		int fp_b = INT_TO_FP(src_buffer[x].b);
+
+		int fp_rb_ratio = LF_TO_FP(2114.032258065);
+		int fp_g_ratio = LF_TO_FP(1040.238095238);
+
+		u16 r = FP_TO_INT_ROUND_UP(FP_DIV(fp_r, fp_rb_ratio));
+		u16 g = FP_TO_INT_ROUND_UP(FP_DIV(fp_g, fp_g_ratio));
+		u16 b = FP_TO_INT_ROUND_UP(FP_DIV(fp_b, fp_rb_ratio));
+
+		*dst_pixels = cpu_to_le16(r << 11 | g << 5 | b);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.h
index 22358f3a33ab..836d6e43ea90 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ void get_ARGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 void XRGB16161616_to_ARGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 				  struct line_buffer *stage_buffer);
 
+void RGB565_to_ARGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
+			    struct line_buffer *stage_buffer);
+
 void convert_to_ARGB8888(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 			 struct line_buffer *src_buffer);
 
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@ void convert_to_ARGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 void convert_to_XRGB16161616(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 			     struct line_buffer *src_buffer);
 
+void convert_to_RGB565(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
+		       struct line_buffer *src_buffer);
+
 typedef void (*format_transform_func)(struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info, int y,
 				      struct line_buffer *buffer);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_plane.c
index 1d70c9e8f109..4643eefcdf29 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_plane.c
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@
 
 static const u32 vkms_formats[] = {
 	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
-	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB16161616
+	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB16161616,
+	DRM_FORMAT_RGB565
 };
 
 static const u32 vkms_plane_formats[] = {
 	DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
 	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
 	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB16161616,
-	DRM_FORMAT_ARGB16161616
+	DRM_FORMAT_ARGB16161616,
+	DRM_FORMAT_RGB565
 };
 
 static struct drm_plane_state *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_writeback.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_writeback.c
index 393d3fc7966f..1aaa630090d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_writeback.c
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 static const u32 vkms_wb_formats[] = {
 	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
 	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB16161616,
-	DRM_FORMAT_ARGB16161616
+	DRM_FORMAT_ARGB16161616,
+	DRM_FORMAT_RGB565
 };
 
 static const struct drm_connector_funcs vkms_wb_connector_funcs = {
