diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/slave-testunit-backend.rst b/Documentation/i2c/slave-testunit-backend.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f537c62a8a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/slave-testunit-backend.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+================================
+Linux I2C slave testunit backend
+================================
+
+by Wolfram Sang <wsa@sang-engineering.com> in 2020
+
+This backend can be used to trigger test cases for I2C bus masters which
+require a remote device with certain capabilities (and which are usually not so
+easy to obtain). Examples include multi-master testing, and SMBus Host Notify
+testing. For some tests, the I2C slave controller must be able to switch
+between master and slave mode because it needs to send data, too.
+
+Note that this is a device for testing and debugging. It should not be enabled
+in a production build. And while there is some versioning and we try hard to
+keep backward compatibility, there is no stable ABI guaranteed!
+
+Instantiating the device is regular. Example for bus 0, address 0x30:
+
+# echo "slave-testunit 0x1030" > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device
+
+After that, you will have a write-only device listening. Reads will return an
+8-bit version number. The device consists of 4 8-bit registers and all must be
+written to start a testcase, i.e. you must always write 4 bytes to the device.
+The registers are:
+
+0x00 CMD   - which test to trigger
+0x01 DATAL - configuration byte 1 for the test
+0x02 DATAH - configuration byte 2 for the test
+0x03 DELAY - delay in n * 10ms until test is started
+
+Using 'i2cset' from the i2c-tools package, the generic command looks like:
+
+# i2cset -y <bus_num> <testunit_address> <CMD> <DATAL> <DATAH> <DELAY> i
+
+DELAY is a generic parameter which will delay the execution of the test in CMD.
+The commands are described in the following section. An invalid command will
+result in the transfer not being acknowledged.
+
+Commands
+--------
+
+0x00 NOOP (reserved for future use)
+
+0x01 READ_BYTES (also needs master mode)
+   DATAL - address to read data from
+   DATAH - number of bytes to read
+
+This is useful to test if your bus master driver is handling multi-master
+correctly. You can trigger the testunit to read bytes from another device on
+the bus. If the bus master under test also wants to access the bus at the same
+time, the bus will be busy. Example to read 128 bytes from device 0x50 after
+50ms of delay:
+
+# i2cset -y 0 0x30 0x01 0x50 0x80 0x05 i
+
+0x02 SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY (also needs master mode)
+   DATAL - low byte of the status word to send
+   DATAH - high byte of the status word to send
+
+This test will send an SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY message to the host. Note that the
+status word is currently ignored in the Linux Kernel. Example to send a
+notification after 10ms:
+
+# i2cset -y 0 0x30 0x02 0x42 0x64 0x01 i
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
index 5449729cdb87..121bf6fc1165 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ config I2C_SLAVE_EEPROM
 	  This backend makes Linux behave like an I2C EEPROM. Please read
 	  Documentation/i2c/slave-eeprom-backend.rst for further details.
 
+config I2C_SLAVE_TESTUNIT
+	tristate "I2C testunit slave driver"
+	help
+	  This backend can be used to trigger test cases for I2C bus masters
+	  which require a remote device with certain capabilities, e.g.
+	  multi-master, SMBus Host Notify, etc. Please read
+	  Documentation/i2c/slave-testunit-backend.rst for further details.
+
 endif
 
 config I2C_DEBUG_CORE
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Makefile b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
index bed6ba63c983..c1d493dc9bac 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_MUX)		+= i2c-mux.o
 obj-y				+= algos/ busses/ muxes/
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_STUB)		+= i2c-stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_SLAVE_EEPROM)	+= i2c-slave-eeprom.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_SLAVE_TESTUNIT)	+= i2c-slave-testunit.o
 
 ccflags-$(CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_CORE) := -DDEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-testunit.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-testunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4ebb2632c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-testunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * I2C slave mode testunit
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 by Wolfram Sang, Sang Engineering <wsa@sang-engineering.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 by Renesas Electronics Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h> /* FIXME: is system_long_wq the best choice? */
+
+#define TU_CUR_VERSION 0x01
+
+enum testunit_cmds {
+	TU_CMD_READ_BYTES = 1,	/* save 0 for ABORT, RESET or similar */
+	TU_CMD_HOST_NOTIFY,
+	TU_NUM_CMDS
+};
+
+enum testunit_regs {
+	TU_REG_CMD,
+	TU_REG_DATAL,
+	TU_REG_DATAH,
+	TU_REG_DELAY,
+	TU_NUM_REGS
+};
+
+enum testunit_flags {
+	TU_FLAG_IN_PROCESS,
+};
+
+struct testunit_data {
+	unsigned long flags;
+	u8 regs[TU_NUM_REGS];
+	u8 reg_idx;
+	struct i2c_client *client;
+	struct delayed_work worker;
+};
+
+static void i2c_slave_testunit_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct testunit_data *tu = container_of(work, struct testunit_data, worker.work);
+	struct i2c_msg msg;
+	u8 msgbuf[256];
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	msg.addr = I2C_CLIENT_END;
+	msg.buf = msgbuf;
+
+	switch (tu->regs[TU_REG_CMD]) {
+	case TU_CMD_READ_BYTES:
+		msg.addr = tu->regs[TU_REG_DATAL] & 0x7f;
+		msg.flags = I2C_M_RD;
+		msg.len = tu->regs[TU_REG_DATAH];
+		break;
+
+	case TU_CMD_HOST_NOTIFY:
+		msg.addr = 0x08;
+		msg.flags = 0;
+		msg.len = 3;
+		msgbuf[0] = tu->client->addr;
+		msgbuf[1] = tu->regs[TU_REG_DATAL];
+		msgbuf[2] = tu->regs[TU_REG_DATAH];
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (msg.addr != I2C_CLIENT_END) {
+		ret = i2c_transfer(tu->client->adapter, &msg, 1);
+		/* convert '0 msgs transferred' to errno */
+		ret = (ret == 0) ? -EIO : ret;
+	}
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		dev_err(&tu->client->dev, "CMD%02X failed (%d)\n", tu->regs[TU_REG_CMD], ret);
+
+	clear_bit(TU_FLAG_IN_PROCESS, &tu->flags);
+}
+
+static int i2c_slave_testunit_slave_cb(struct i2c_client *client,
+				     enum i2c_slave_event event, u8 *val)
+{
+	struct testunit_data *tu = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	switch (event) {
+	case I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_RECEIVED:
+		if (test_bit(TU_FLAG_IN_PROCESS, &tu->flags))
+			return -EBUSY;
+
+		if (tu->reg_idx < TU_NUM_REGS)
+			tu->regs[tu->reg_idx] = *val;
+		else
+			ret = -EMSGSIZE;
+
+		if (tu->reg_idx <= TU_NUM_REGS)
+			tu->reg_idx++;
+
+		/* TU_REG_CMD always written at this point */
+		if (tu->regs[TU_REG_CMD] >= TU_NUM_CMDS)
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+
+		break;
+
+	case I2C_SLAVE_STOP:
+		if (tu->reg_idx == TU_NUM_REGS) {
+			set_bit(TU_FLAG_IN_PROCESS, &tu->flags);
+			queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &tu->worker,
+					   msecs_to_jiffies(10 * tu->regs[TU_REG_DELAY]));
+		}
+		fallthrough;
+
+	case I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_REQUESTED:
+		tu->reg_idx = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case I2C_SLAVE_READ_REQUESTED:
+	case I2C_SLAVE_READ_PROCESSED:
+		*val = TU_CUR_VERSION;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int i2c_slave_testunit_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	struct testunit_data *tu;
+
+	tu = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(struct testunit_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tu)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	tu->client = client;
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, tu);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tu->worker, i2c_slave_testunit_work);
+
+	return i2c_slave_register(client, i2c_slave_testunit_slave_cb);
+};
+
+static int i2c_slave_testunit_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	struct testunit_data *tu = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tu->worker);
+	i2c_slave_unregister(client);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct i2c_device_id i2c_slave_testunit_id[] = {
+	{ "slave-testunit", 0 },
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, i2c_slave_testunit_id);
+
+static struct i2c_driver i2c_slave_testunit_driver = {
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "i2c-slave-testunit",
+	},
+	.probe_new = i2c_slave_testunit_probe,
+	.remove = i2c_slave_testunit_remove,
+	.id_table = i2c_slave_testunit_id,
+};
+module_i2c_driver(i2c_slave_testunit_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfram Sang <wsa@sang-engineering.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("I2C slave mode test unit");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
