diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 8e138201330fc166cd6cd0428023baaed8aca818..d46dc432456c4fc4a1fe72bab319b9bc3eb1fdd8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ static struct uvc_format_desc uvc_fmts[] = {
 		.guid		= UVC_GUID_FORMAT_D3DFMT_L8,
 		.fcc		= V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY,
 	},
+	{
+		.name		= "IR 8-bit (L8_IR)",
+		.guid		= UVC_GUID_FORMAT_KSMEDIA_L8_IR,
+		.fcc		= V4L2_PIX_FMT_GREY,
+	},
 	{
 		.name		= "Greyscale 10-bit (Y10 )",
 		.guid		= UVC_GUID_FORMAT_Y10,
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
index be5cf179228baa14eacf2cd3cbe3942b5e011dd8..6b955e0dd9560dab072411db0e3e09098bdc101b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@
 #define UVC_GUID_FORMAT_D3DFMT_L8 \
 	{0x32, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, \
 	 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0xaa, 0x00, 0x38, 0x9b, 0x71}
+#define UVC_GUID_FORMAT_KSMEDIA_L8_IR \
+	{0x32, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, \
+	 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0xaa, 0x00, 0x38, 0x9b, 0x71}
 
 
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