diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
index 0d2796cdf738d1631539db8e9b29d5887db98735..739212252b09aefb874d56dc431ce72eccdb22f7 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ static irqreturn_t gpio_keys_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct input_dev *input = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pdata->nbuttons; i++) {
-		int gpio = pdata->buttons[i].gpio;
+		struct gpio_keys_button *button = &pdata->buttons[i];
+		int gpio = button->gpio;
+
 		if (irq == gpio_to_irq(gpio)) {
-			int state = (gpio_get_value(gpio) ? 1 : 0) ^ (pdata->buttons[i].active_low);
+			unsigned int type = button->type ?: EV_KEY;
+			int state = (gpio_get_value(gpio) ? 1 : 0) ^ button->active_low;
 
-			input_report_key(input, pdata->buttons[i].keycode, state);
+			input_event(input, type, button->code, !!state);
 			input_sync(input);
 		}
 	}
@@ -71,19 +74,21 @@ static int __devinit gpio_keys_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	input->id.version = 0x0100;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pdata->nbuttons; i++) {
-		int code = pdata->buttons[i].keycode;
-		int irq = gpio_to_irq(pdata->buttons[i].gpio);
+		struct gpio_keys_button *button = &pdata->buttons[i];
+		int irq = gpio_to_irq(button->gpio);
+		unsigned int type = button->type ?: EV_KEY;
 
 		set_irq_type(irq, IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH);
 		error = request_irq(irq, gpio_keys_isr, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM,
-				     pdata->buttons[i].desc ? pdata->buttons[i].desc : "gpio_keys",
+				     button->desc ? button->desc : "gpio_keys",
 				     pdev);
 		if (error) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "gpio-keys: unable to claim irq %d; error %d\n",
 				irq, error);
 			goto fail;
 		}
-		set_bit(code, input->keybit);
+
+		input_set_capability(input, type, button->code);
 	}
 
 	error = input_register_device(input);
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio_keys.h b/include/linux/gpio_keys.h
index 2b217c7b931252b962402442244dc00b212041ea..265d17830a0f7500cdc83e393d8950f616ff3c86 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio_keys.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio_keys.h
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 struct gpio_keys_button {
 	/* Configuration parameters */
-	int keycode;
+	int code;		/* input event code (KEY_*, SW_*) */
 	int gpio;
 	int active_low;
 	char *desc;
+	int type;		/* input event type (EV_KEY, EV_SW) */
 };
 
 struct gpio_keys_platform_data {