diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index b0ad8fc06e80..3c85afb2697c 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -394,6 +394,27 @@ int of_device_compatible_match(const struct device_node *device,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_device_compatible_match);
 
+/**
+ * of_machine_compatible_match - Test root of device tree against a compatible array
+ * @compats: NULL terminated array of compatible strings to look for in root node's compatible property.
+ *
+ * Returns true if the root node has any of the given compatible values in its
+ * compatible property.
+ */
+bool of_machine_compatible_match(const char *const *compats)
+{
+	struct device_node *root;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
+	if (root) {
+		rc = of_device_compatible_match(root, compats);
+		of_node_put(root);
+	}
+
+	return rc != 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * of_machine_is_compatible - Test root of device tree for a given compatible value
  * @compat: compatible string to look for in root node's compatible property.
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 6a9ddf20e79a..e3418babc203 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ extern int of_alias_get_id(struct device_node *np, const char *stem);
 extern int of_alias_get_highest_id(const char *stem);
 
 extern int of_machine_is_compatible(const char *compat);
+bool of_machine_compatible_match(const char *const *compats);
 
 extern int of_add_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *prop);
 extern int of_remove_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *prop);
@@ -808,6 +809,11 @@ static inline int of_remove_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *pr
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool of_machine_compatible_match(const char *const *compats)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool of_console_check(const struct device_node *dn, const char *name, int index)
 {
 	return false;