diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig b/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
index f6aa437473de..2b02b9351fa4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 menu "PCS device drivers"
 
+config PCS_STANDALONE
+	tristate
+	select PHYLINK
+
 config PCS_XPCS
 	tristate "Synopsys DesignWare Ethernet XPCS"
 	select PHYLINK
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile b/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile
index 4f7920618b90..0cb0057f2b8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 pcs_xpcs-$(CONFIG_PCS_XPCS)	:= pcs-xpcs.o pcs-xpcs-plat.o \
 				   pcs-xpcs-nxp.o pcs-xpcs-wx.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_PCS_STANDALONE)	+= pcs-standalone.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCS_XPCS)		+= pcs_xpcs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCS_LYNX)		+= pcs-lynx.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCS_MTK_LYNXI)	+= pcs-mtk-lynxi.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-standalone.c b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-standalone.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1569793328a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-standalone.c
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Helpers for standalone PCS drivers
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/pcs/pcs-standalone.h>
+#include <linux/phylink.h>
+
+static LIST_HEAD(pcs_list);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(pcs_mutex);
+
+struct pcs_standalone {
+	struct device *dev;
+	struct phylink_pcs *pcs;
+	struct list_head list;
+};
+
+static void devm_pcs_provider_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+	struct pcs_standalone *pcssa = (struct pcs_standalone *)res;
+
+	mutex_lock(&pcs_mutex);
+	list_del(&pcssa->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&pcs_mutex);
+}
+
+int devm_pcs_register(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs)
+{
+	struct pcs_standalone *pcssa;
+
+	pcssa = devres_alloc(devm_pcs_provider_release, sizeof(*pcssa),
+			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pcssa)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	devres_add(dev, pcssa);
+	pcssa->pcs = pcs;
+	pcssa->dev = dev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&pcs_mutex);
+	list_add_tail(&pcssa->list, &pcs_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&pcs_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_pcs_register);
+
+static struct pcs_standalone *of_pcs_locate(const struct device_node *_np, u32 index)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+	struct pcs_standalone *iter, *pcssa = NULL;
+
+	if (!_np)
+		return NULL;
+
+	np = of_parse_phandle(_np, "pcs-handle", index);
+	if (!np)
+		return NULL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&pcs_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(iter, &pcs_list, list) {
+		if (iter->dev->of_node != np)
+			continue;
+
+		pcssa = iter;
+		break;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&pcs_mutex);
+
+	of_node_put(np);
+
+	return pcssa ?: ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+}
+
+struct phylink_pcs *devm_of_pcs_get(struct device *dev,
+				    const struct device_node *np,
+				    unsigned int index)
+{
+	struct pcs_standalone *pcssa;
+
+	pcssa = of_pcs_locate(np ?: dev->of_node, index);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pcssa))
+		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(pcssa));
+
+	device_link_add(dev, pcssa->dev, DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER);
+
+	return pcssa->pcs;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_pcs_get);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Helper for standalone PCS drivers");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/pcs/pcs-standalone.h b/include/linux/pcs/pcs-standalone.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad7819f4a2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/pcs/pcs-standalone.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __LINUX_PCS_STANDALONE_H
+#define __LINUX_PCS_STANDALONE_H
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/phylink.h>
+#include <linux/phy/phy.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PCS_STANDALONE)
+int devm_pcs_register(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
+struct phylink_pcs *devm_of_pcs_get(struct device *dev,
+				    const struct device_node *np, unsigned int index);
+#else
+static inline int devm_pcs_register(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs);
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+static inline struct phylink_pcs *devm_of_pcs_get(struct device *dev,
+						  const struct device_node *np,
+						  unsigned int index)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PCS_STANDALONE */
+#endif /* __LINUX_PCS_STANDALONE_H */
