diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/SdMmcOverride.h b/MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/SdMmcOverride.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95fc48bb8dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/SdMmcOverride.h
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/** @file
+  Protocol to describe overrides required to support non-standard SDHCI
+  implementations
+
+  Copyright (c) 2017, Linaro, Ltd. All rights reserved.<BR>
+
+  This program and the accompanying materials
+  are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
+  which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
+  http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+
+  THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
+
+**/
+
+#ifndef __SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_H__
+#define __SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_H__
+
+#define EDKII_SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_PROTOCOL_GUID \
+  { 0xeaf9e3c1, 0xc9cd, 0x46db, { 0xa5, 0xe5, 0x5a, 0x12, 0x4c, 0x83, 0x23, 0x23 } }
+
+#define EDKII_SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_PROTOCOL_VERSION    0x1
+
+typedef struct _SD_MMC_OVERRIDE SD_MMC_OVERRIDE;
+
+typedef enum {
+  SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_RESET_PRE_HOOK,
+  SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_RESET_POST_HOOK,
+  SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_INIT_HOST_PRE_HOOK,
+  SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_INIT_HOST_POST_HOOK,
+} SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_HOOK;
+
+/**
+
+  Override function for SDHCI capability bits
+
+  @param[in]      ControllerHandle          The EFI_HANDLE of the controller.
+  @param[in]      Slot                      The 0 based slot index.
+  @param[in,out]  SdMmcHcSlotCapability     The SDHCI capability structure.
+
+  @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The override function completed successfully.
+  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The specified controller or slot does not exist.
+  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER SdMmcHcSlotCapability is NULL
+
+**/
+typedef
+EFI_STATUS
+(EFIAPI * SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_CAPABILITY) (
+  IN      EFI_HANDLE              ControllerHandle,
+  IN      UINT8                   Slot,
+  IN  OUT VOID                    *SdMmcHcSlotCapability
+  );
+
+/**
+
+  Override function for SDHCI controller operations
+
+  @param[in]      ControllerHandle    The EFI_HANDLE of the controller.
+  @param[in]      Slot                The 0 based slot index.
+  @param[in,out]  HookType            The type of operation and whether the
+                                      hook is invoked right before (pre) or
+                                      right after (post)
+
+  @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The override function completed successfully.
+  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The specified controller or slot does not exist.
+  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER HookType is invalid
+
+**/
+typedef
+EFI_STATUS
+(EFIAPI * SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_INVOKE_HOOK) (
+  IN      EFI_HANDLE              ControllerHandle,
+  IN      UINT8                   Slot,
+  IN      SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_HOOK    HookType
+  );
+
+struct _SD_MMC_OVERRIDE {
+  //
+  // Protocol version of this implementation
+  //
+  UINTN                           Version;
+  //
+  // Callback to override SD/MMC host controller capability bits
+  //
+  SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_CAPABILITY      OverrideCapability;
+  //
+  // Callback to invoke SD/MMC override hooks
+  //
+  SD_MMC_OVERRIDE_INVOKE_HOOK     InvokeHook;
+};
+
+extern EFI_GUID gEdkiiSdMmcOverrideProtocolGuid;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
index 92ee02708013..d14326199591 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec
@@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ [Protocols]
   ## Include/Protocol/SmmEndofS3Resume.h
   gEdkiiSmmEndOfS3ResumeProtocolGuid = { 0x96f5296d, 0x05f7, 0x4f3c, {0x84, 0x67, 0xe4, 0x56, 0x89, 0x0e, 0x0c, 0xb5 } }
 
+  ## Include/Protocol/SdMmcOverride.h
+  gEdkiiSdMmcOverrideProtocolGuid = { 0xeaf9e3c1, 0xc9cd, 0x46db, { 0xa5, 0xe5, 0x5a, 0x12, 0x4c, 0x83, 0x23, 0x23 } }
+
 #
 # [Error.gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid]
 #   0x80000001 | Invalid value provided.
