diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1216.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1216.c
index 83efb88..0b17770 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1216.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1216.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DS1216 RTC driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:rtc-ds1216");
 
 module_init(ds1216_rtc_init);
 module_exit(ds1216_rtc_exit);