diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index 98ec717b14cf..4efc12cf6173 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -751,6 +751,9 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
 		return PTR_ERR(dock_device);
 	}
 
+	/* we want the dock device to send uevents */
+	dock_device->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+
 	ret = device_create_file(&dock_device->dev, &dev_attr_docked);
 	if (ret) {
 		printk("Error %d adding sysfs file\n", ret);