diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 9f20fda..2a04daa 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  */
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@
 	/* Used for registering chardevs */
 	struct class *class;
 
+	/* Used for exporting per-port information to debugfs */
+	struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
+
 	/* Number of devices this driver is handling */
 	unsigned int index;
 
@@ -158,6 +162,9 @@
 	/* The IO vqs for this port */
 	struct virtqueue *in_vq, *out_vq;
 
+	/* File in the debugfs directory that exposes this port's information */
+	struct dentry *debugfs_file;
+
 	/*
 	 * The entries in this struct will be valid if this port is
 	 * hooked up to an hvc console
@@ -783,6 +790,49 @@
 	.attrs = port_sysfs_entries,
 };
 
+static int debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t debugfs_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
+			    size_t count, loff_t *offp)
+{
+	struct port *port;
+	char *buf;
+	ssize_t ret, out_offset, out_count;
+
+	out_count = 1024;
+	buf = kmalloc(out_count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	port = filp->private_data;
+	out_offset = 0;
+	out_offset += snprintf(buf + out_offset, out_count,
+			       "name: %s\n", port->name ? port->name : "");
+	out_offset += snprintf(buf + out_offset, out_count - out_offset,
+			       "guest_connected: %d\n", port->guest_connected);
+	out_offset += snprintf(buf + out_offset, out_count - out_offset,
+			       "host_connected: %d\n", port->host_connected);
+	out_offset += snprintf(buf + out_offset, out_count - out_offset,
+			       "is_console: %s\n",
+			       is_console_port(port) ? "yes" : "no");
+	out_offset += snprintf(buf + out_offset, out_count - out_offset,
+			       "console_vtermno: %u\n", port->cons.vtermno);
+
+	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, offp, buf, out_offset);
+	kfree(buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations port_debugfs_ops = {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.open  = debugfs_open,
+	.read  = debugfs_read,
+};
+
 /* Remove all port-specific data. */
 static int remove_port(struct port *port)
 {
@@ -809,6 +859,8 @@
 	discard_port_data(port);
 	kfree(port->name);
 
+	debugfs_remove(port->debugfs_file);
+
 	kfree(port);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1021,6 +1073,7 @@
 
 static int add_port(struct ports_device *portdev, u32 id)
 {
+	char debugfs_name[16];
 	struct port *port;
 	struct port_buffer *inbuf;
 	dev_t devt;
@@ -1096,6 +1149,18 @@
 	 */
 	send_control_msg(port, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_READY, 1);
 
+	if (pdrvdata.debugfs_dir) {
+		/*
+		 * Finally, create the debugfs file that we can use to
+		 * inspect a port's state at any time
+		 */
+		sprintf(debugfs_name, "vport%up%u",
+			port->portdev->drv_index, id);
+		port->debugfs_file = debugfs_create_file(debugfs_name, 0444,
+							 pdrvdata.debugfs_dir,
+							 port,
+							 &port_debugfs_ops);
+	}
 	return 0;
 
 free_inbuf:
@@ -1406,6 +1471,12 @@
 		pr_err("Error %d creating virtio-ports class\n", err);
 		return err;
 	}
+
+	pdrvdata.debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("virtio-ports", NULL);
+	if (!pdrvdata.debugfs_dir) {
+		pr_warning("Error %ld creating debugfs dir for virtio-ports\n",
+			   PTR_ERR(pdrvdata.debugfs_dir));
+	}
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pdrvdata.consoles);
 
 	return register_virtio_driver(&virtio_console);