diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index f5312f51de19..eebd70ef4a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -685,6 +685,18 @@ config THINKPAD_LMI
 
 source "drivers/platform/x86/intel/Kconfig"
 
+config ACPI_QUICKSTART
+	tristate "ACPI Quickstart key driver"
+	depends on ACPI
+	depends on INPUT
+	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you have a platform that supports the ACPI
+	  quickstart key protocol.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+	  called quickstart.
+
 config MSI_LAPTOP
 	tristate "MSI Laptop Extras"
 	depends on ACPI
@@ -803,6 +815,7 @@ config ACPI_TOSHIBA
 	depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n
 	depends on IIO
 	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
+	select ACPI_QUICKSTART
 	help
 	  This driver adds support for access to certain system settings
 	  on "legacy free" Toshiba laptops.  These laptops can be recognized by
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
index 5a428caa654a..a8a8e1ddb2a3 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_THINKPAD_LMI)	+= think-lmi.o
 # Intel
 obj-y				+= intel/
 
+# Microsoft
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_QUICKSTART)	+= quickstart.o
+
 # MSI
 obj-$(CONFIG_MSI_LAPTOP)	+= msi-laptop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MSI_WMI)		+= msi-wmi.o
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/quickstart.c b/drivers/platform/x86/quickstart.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce51abe012f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/quickstart.c
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ *  quickstart.c - ACPI Direct App Launch driver
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2022 Arvid Norlander <lkml@vorapal.se>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Angelo Arrifano <miknix@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *  Information gathered from disassembled dsdt and from here:
+ *  <https://archive.org/details/microsoft-acpi-dirapplaunch>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/input.h>
+#include <linux/input/sparse-keymap.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Arvid Norlander <lkml@vorpal.se>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Angelo Arrifano");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI Direct App Launch driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+#define QUICKSTART_ACPI_DEVICE_NAME	"quickstart"
+#define QUICKSTART_ACPI_HID		"PNP0C32"
+
+/*
+ * There will be two events:
+ * 0x02 - A hot button was pressed while device was off/sleeping.
+ * 0x80 - A hot button was pressed while device was up.
+ */
+#define QUICKSTART_EVENT_WAKE		0x02
+#define QUICKSTART_EVENT_RUNTIME	0x80
+
+/*
+ * Each PNP0C32 device is an individual button. This structure
+ * keeps track of data associated with said device.
+ */
+struct quickstart_acpi {
+	struct platform_device *platform_dev;
+	struct input_dev *input_device;
+	struct quickstart_button *button;
+	/* ID of button as returned by GHID */
+	u32 id;
+	/* Name of input device */
+	char input_name[32];
+	/* Physical path for the input device */
+	char phys[32];
+	/* Track if a wakeup event was received */
+	bool wakeup_cause;
+};
+
+#define quickstart_name(dev) acpi_device_bid(dev->acpi_dev)
+
+/*
+ * Knowing what these buttons do require system specific knowledge.
+ * This could be done by matching on DMI data in a long quirk table.
+ * However, it is easier to leave it up to user space to figure this out.
+ *
+ * Using for example udev hwdb the scancode 0x1 can be remapped suitably.
+ */
+static const struct key_entry quickstart_keymap[] = {
+	{ KE_KEY, 0x1, { KEY_UNKNOWN } },
+	{ KE_END, 0 },
+};
+
+static ssize_t wakeup_cause_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct quickstart_acpi *quickstart = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n",
+			  (quickstart->wakeup_cause ? "true" : "false"));
+}
+
+static ssize_t wakeup_cause_store(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct quickstart_acpi *quickstart = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	if (count < 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strncasecmp(buf, "false", 4) != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	quickstart->wakeup_cause = false;
+	return count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wakeup_cause);
+
+static ssize_t button_id_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			      char *buf)
+{
+	struct quickstart_acpi *quickstart = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", quickstart->id);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(button_id);
+
+/* ACPI Driver functions */
+static void quickstart_acpi_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *context)
+{
+	struct platform_device *device = context;
+	struct quickstart_acpi *quickstart = dev_get_drvdata(&device->dev);
+
+	if (!quickstart)
+		return;
+
+	switch (event) {
+	case QUICKSTART_EVENT_WAKE:
+		quickstart->wakeup_cause = true;
+		break;
+	case QUICKSTART_EVENT_RUNTIME:
+		if (!sparse_keymap_report_event(quickstart->input_device, 0x1,
+						1, true)) {
+			pr_info("Key handling error\n");
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		pr_err("Unexpected ACPI event notify (%u)\n", event);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * The GHID ACPI method is used to indicate the "role" of the button.
+ * However, all the meanings of these values are vendor defined.
+ *
+ * We do however expose this value to user space.
+ */
+static int quickstart_acpi_ghid(struct quickstart_acpi *quickstart)
+{
+	acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(&quickstart->platform_dev->dev);
+	acpi_status status;
+	struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
+	int ret = 0;
+	union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * This returns a buffer telling the button usage ID,
+	 * and triggers pending notify events (The ones before booting).
+	 */
+	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "GHID", NULL, &buffer);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		dev_err(&quickstart->platform_dev->dev,
+			"GHID method failed, ACPI status %u\n", status);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	obj = buffer.pointer;
+
+	/*
+	 * GHID returns buffers, sanity check that is the case.
+	 */
+	if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
+		dev_err(&quickstart->platform_dev->dev,
+			"GHID did not return buffer\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_and_return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Quoting the specification:
+	 * "The GHID method can return a BYTE, WORD, or DWORD.
+	 *  The value must be encoded in little-endian byte
+	 *  order (least significant byte first)."
+	 */
+	switch (obj->buffer.length) {
+	case 1:
+		quickstart->id = *(u8 *)obj->buffer.pointer;
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		quickstart->id = get_unaligned_le16(obj->buffer.pointer);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		quickstart->id = get_unaligned_le32(obj->buffer.pointer);
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		quickstart->id = get_unaligned_le64(obj->buffer.pointer);
+		break;
+	default:
+		dev_err(&quickstart->platform_dev->dev,
+			"GHID method returned buffer of unexpected length %lu\n",
+			(unsigned long)obj->buffer.length);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	}
+
+free_and_return:
+	kfree(buffer.pointer);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct attribute *quickstart_attributes[] = {
+	&dev_attr_wakeup_cause.attr,
+	&dev_attr_button_id.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group quickstart_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = quickstart_attributes,
+};
+
+static int quickstart_remove(struct platform_device *device)
+{
+	acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(&device->dev);
+
+	acpi_remove_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
+				   quickstart_acpi_notify);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int quickstart_probe(struct platform_device *device)
+{
+	int ret;
+	acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(&device->dev);
+	acpi_status status;
+	struct quickstart_acpi *quickstart;
+
+	if (!device)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	quickstart =
+		devm_kzalloc(&device->dev, sizeof(*quickstart), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!quickstart)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/*
+	 * This must be set early for proper cleanup on error handling path.
+	 * After this point generic error handling can be used.
+	 */
+	quickstart->platform_dev = device;
+	dev_set_drvdata(&device->dev, quickstart);
+
+	/* Retrieve the GHID ID */
+	ret = quickstart_acpi_ghid(quickstart);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	/* Set up sysfs entries */
+	ret = devm_device_add_group(&quickstart->platform_dev->dev,
+				    &quickstart_attr_group);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&device->dev, "Unable to setup sysfs entries\n");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* Set up input device */
+	quickstart->input_device =
+		devm_input_allocate_device(&quickstart->platform_dev->dev);
+	if (!quickstart->input_device) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	ret = sparse_keymap_setup(quickstart->input_device, quickstart_keymap,
+				  NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto error;
+
+	snprintf(quickstart->input_name, sizeof(quickstart->phys),
+		 "Quickstart Button %u", quickstart->id);
+	snprintf(quickstart->phys, sizeof(quickstart->phys),
+		 QUICKSTART_ACPI_DEVICE_NAME "/input%u", quickstart->id);
+
+	quickstart->input_device->name = quickstart->input_name;
+	quickstart->input_device->phys = quickstart->phys;
+	quickstart->input_device->id.bustype = BUS_HOST;
+
+	ret = input_register_device(quickstart->input_device);
+
+	/* Set up notify handler */
+	status = acpi_install_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
+					     quickstart_acpi_notify, device);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		dev_err(&device->dev, "Error installing notify handler\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+error:
+	quickstart_remove(device);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct acpi_device_id quickstart_device_ids[] = {
+	{ QUICKSTART_ACPI_HID, 0 },
+	{ "", 0 },
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, quickstart_device_ids);
+
+static struct platform_driver quickstart_platform_driver = {
+	.probe	= quickstart_probe,
+	.remove	= quickstart_remove,
+	.driver	= {
+		.name = QUICKSTART_ACPI_DEVICE_NAME,
+		.acpi_match_table = quickstart_device_ids,
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	}
+};
+
+module_platform_driver(quickstart_platform_driver);
