diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 87b12d2448a0..dddffbd8d2a0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -11891,6 +11891,12 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/kinetic,ktd253.yaml
 F:	drivers/video/backlight/ktd253-backlight.c
 
+KTD2801 BACKLIGHT DRIVER
+M:	Duje Mihanović <duje.mihanovic@skole.hr>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/kinetic,ktd2801.yaml
+F:	drivers/video/backlight/ktd2801-backlight.c
+
 KTEST
 M:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
 M:	John Hawley <warthog9@eaglescrag.net>
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
index 51387b1ef012..585a5a713759 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ config BACKLIGHT_KTD253
 	  which is a 1-wire GPIO-controlled backlight found in some mobile
 	  phones.
 
+config BACKLIGHT_KTD2801
+	tristate "Backlight Driver for Kinetic KTD2801"
+	depends on GPIOLIB || COMPILE_TEST
+	select LEDS_EXPRESSWIRE
+	help
+	  Say Y to enable the backlight driver for the Kinetic KTD2801 1-wire
+	  GPIO-controlled backlight found in Samsung Galaxy Core Prime VE LTE.
+
 config BACKLIGHT_KTZ8866
 	tristate "Backlight Driver for Kinetic KTZ8866"
 	depends on I2C
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile b/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile
index f72e1c3c59e9..b33b647f31ca 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_HP680)		+= hp680_bl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_HP700)		+= jornada720_bl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_IPAQ_MICRO)	+= ipaq_micro_bl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_KTD253)		+= ktd253-backlight.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_KTD2801)		+= ktd2801-backlight.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_KTZ8866)		+= ktz8866.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LM3533)		+= lm3533_bl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LM3630A)		+= lm3630a_bl.o
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/ktd2801-backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/ktd2801-backlight.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b9d1a93aa71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/ktd2801-backlight.c
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Datasheet:
+ * https://www.kinet-ic.com/uploads/web/KTD2801/KTD2801-04b.pdf
+ */
+#include <linux/backlight.h>
+#include <linux/bits.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
+#include <linux/leds-expresswire.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
+
+/* These values have been extracted from Samsung's driver. */
+#define KTD2801_EXPRESSWIRE_DETECT_DELAY_US	150
+#define KTD2801_EXPRESSWIRE_DETECT_US		270
+#define KTD2801_SHORT_BITSET_US			5
+#define KTD2801_LONG_BITSET_US			(3 * KTD2801_SHORT_BITSET_US)
+#define KTD2801_DATA_START_US			5
+#define KTD2801_END_OF_DATA_LOW_US		10
+#define KTD2801_END_OF_DATA_HIGH_US		350
+#define KTD2801_PWR_DOWN_DELAY_US		2600
+
+#define KTD2801_DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS	100
+#define KTD2801_MAX_BRIGHTNESS		255
+
+const struct expresswire_timing ktd2801_timing = {
+	.poweroff_us = KTD2801_PWR_DOWN_DELAY_US,
+	.detect_delay_us = KTD2801_EXPRESSWIRE_DETECT_DELAY_US,
+	.detect_us = KTD2801_EXPRESSWIRE_DETECT_US,
+	.data_start_us = KTD2801_DATA_START_US,
+	.short_bitset_us = KTD2801_SHORT_BITSET_US,
+	.long_bitset_us = KTD2801_LONG_BITSET_US,
+	.end_of_data_low_us = KTD2801_END_OF_DATA_LOW_US,
+	.end_of_data_high_us = KTD2801_END_OF_DATA_HIGH_US
+};
+
+struct ktd2801_backlight {
+	struct expresswire_common_props props;
+	struct backlight_device *bd;
+	bool was_on;
+};
+
+static int ktd2801_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
+{
+	struct ktd2801_backlight *ktd2801 = bl_get_data(bd);
+	u8 brightness = (u8) backlight_get_brightness(bd);
+
+	if (backlight_is_blank(bd)) {
+		expresswire_power_off(&ktd2801->props);
+		ktd2801->was_on = false;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!ktd2801->was_on) {
+		expresswire_enable(&ktd2801->props);
+		ktd2801->was_on = true;
+	}
+
+	expresswire_start(&ktd2801->props);
+
+	for (int i = 7; i >= 0; i--)
+		expresswire_set_bit(&ktd2801->props, !!(brightness & BIT(i)));
+
+	expresswire_end(&ktd2801->props);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct backlight_ops ktd2801_backlight_ops = {
+	.update_status = ktd2801_update_status,
+};
+
+static int ktd2801_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	struct backlight_device *bd;
+	struct ktd2801_backlight *ktd2801;
+	u32 brightness, max_brightness;
+	int ret;
+
+	ktd2801 = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*ktd2801), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ktd2801)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	ktd2801->was_on = true;
+	ktd2801->props.timing = ktd2801_timing;
+
+	ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "max-brightness", &max_brightness);
+	if (ret)
+		max_brightness = KTD2801_MAX_BRIGHTNESS;
+	if (max_brightness > KTD2801_MAX_BRIGHTNESS) {
+		dev_err(dev, "illegal max brightness specified\n");
+		max_brightness = KTD2801_MAX_BRIGHTNESS;
+	}
+
+	ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "default-brightness", &brightness);
+	if (ret)
+		brightness = KTD2801_DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS;
+	if (brightness > max_brightness) {
+		dev_err(dev, "default brightness exceeds max\n");
+		brightness = max_brightness;
+	}
+
+	ktd2801->props.ctrl_gpio = devm_gpiod_get(dev, "ctrl", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
+	if (IS_ERR(ktd2801->props.ctrl_gpio))
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ktd2801->props.ctrl_gpio),
+				"failed to get backlight GPIO");
+	gpiod_set_consumer_name(ktd2801->props.ctrl_gpio, dev_name(dev));
+
+	bd = devm_backlight_device_register(dev, dev_name(dev), dev, ktd2801,
+			&ktd2801_backlight_ops, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(bd))
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(bd),
+				"failed to register backlight");
+
+	bd->props.max_brightness = max_brightness;
+	bd->props.brightness = brightness;
+
+	ktd2801->bd = bd;
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bd);
+	backlight_update_status(bd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct of_device_id ktd2801_of_match[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "kinetic,ktd2801" },
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, ktd2801_of_match);
+
+static struct platform_driver ktd2801_backlight_driver = {
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "ktd2801-backlight",
+		.of_match_table = ktd2801_of_match,
+	},
+	.probe = ktd2801_backlight_probe,
+};
+module_platform_driver(ktd2801_backlight_driver);
+
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(EXPRESSWIRE);
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Duje Mihanović <duje.mihanovic@skole.hr>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Kinetic KTD2801 Backlight Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
