diff --git a/include/fdtdec.h b/include/fdtdec.h
index a7e6ee7fdf..f454f7e217 100644
--- a/include/fdtdec.h
+++ b/include/fdtdec.h
@@ -345,6 +345,24 @@ int fdtdec_find_aliases_for_id(const void *blob, const char *name,
 int fdtdec_add_aliases_for_id(const void *blob, const char *name,
 			enum fdt_compat_id id, int *node_list, int maxcount);
 
+/**
+ * Get the alias sequence number of a node
+ *
+ * This works out whether a node is pointed to by an alias, and if so, the
+ * sequence number of that alias. Aliases are of the form <base><num> where
+ * <num> is the sequence number. For example spi2 would be sequence number
+ * 2.
+ *
+ * @param blob		Device tree blob (if NULL, then error is returned)
+ * @param base		Base name for alias (before the underscore)
+ * @param node		Node to look up
+ * @param seqp		This is set to the sequence number if one is found,
+ *			but otherwise the value is left alone
+ * @return 0 if a sequence was found, -ve if not
+ */
+int fdtdec_get_alias_seq(const void *blob, const char *base, int node,
+			 int *seqp);
+
 /*
  * Get the name for a compatible ID
  *
diff --git a/lib/fdtdec.c b/lib/fdtdec.c
index aaa6620cc3..1b4ae9f417 100644
--- a/lib/fdtdec.c
+++ b/lib/fdtdec.c
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 
 #ifndef USE_HOSTCC
 #include <common.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <serial.h>
 #include <libfdt.h>
 #include <fdtdec.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #include <asm/gpio.h>
 
@@ -319,6 +321,50 @@ int fdtdec_add_aliases_for_id(const void *blob, const char *name,
 	return num_found;
 }
 
+int fdtdec_get_alias_seq(const void *blob, const char *base, int offset,
+			 int *seqp)
+{
+	int base_len = strlen(base);
+	const char *find_name;
+	int find_namelen;
+	int prop_offset;
+	int aliases;
+
+	find_name = fdt_get_name(blob, offset, &find_namelen);
+	debug("Looking for '%s' at %d, name %s\n", base, offset, find_name);
+
+	aliases = fdt_path_offset(blob, "/aliases");
+	for (prop_offset = fdt_first_property_offset(blob, aliases);
+	     prop_offset > 0;
+	     prop_offset = fdt_next_property_offset(blob, prop_offset)) {
+		const char *prop;
+		const char *name;
+		const char *slash;
+		const char *p;
+		int len;
+
+		prop = fdt_getprop_by_offset(blob, prop_offset, &name, &len);
+		debug("   - %s, %s\n", name, prop);
+		if (len < find_namelen || *prop != '/' || prop[len - 1] ||
+		    strncmp(name, base, base_len))
+			continue;
+
+		slash = strrchr(prop, '/');
+		if (strcmp(slash + 1, find_name))
+			continue;
+		for (p = name; *p; p++) {
+			if (isdigit(*p)) {
+				*seqp = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 10);
+				debug("Found seq %d\n", *seqp);
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	debug("Not found\n");
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 int fdtdec_check_fdt(void)
 {
 	/*