diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ir-rc6-decoder.c b/drivers/media/rc/ir-rc6-decoder.c
index d16bc67af732251998fb280b86d887835cf39e1b..f9c70baf6e0cb1f071f0a6f7e2ac9e81cf131817 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/ir-rc6-decoder.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/ir-rc6-decoder.c
@@ -291,11 +291,133 @@ static int ir_rc6_decode(struct rc_dev *dev, struct ir_raw_event ev)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static struct ir_raw_timings_manchester ir_rc6_timings[4] = {
+	{
+		.leader			= RC6_PREFIX_PULSE,
+		.pulse_space_start	= 0,
+		.clock			= RC6_UNIT,
+		.invert			= 1,
+		.trailer_space		= RC6_PREFIX_SPACE,
+	},
+	{
+		.clock			= RC6_UNIT,
+		.invert			= 1,
+	},
+	{
+		.clock			= RC6_UNIT * 2,
+		.invert			= 1,
+	},
+	{
+		.clock			= RC6_UNIT,
+		.invert			= 1,
+		.trailer_space		= RC6_SUFFIX_SPACE,
+	},
+};
+
+static int ir_rc6_validate_filter(const struct rc_scancode_filter *scancode,
+				  unsigned int important_bits)
+{
+	/* all important bits of scancode should be set in mask */
+	if (~scancode->mask & important_bits)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	/* extra bits in mask should be zero in data */
+	if (scancode->mask & scancode->data & ~important_bits)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ir_rc6_encode() - Encode a scancode as a stream of raw events
+ *
+ * @protocols:	allowed protocols
+ * @scancode:	scancode filter describing scancode (helps distinguish between
+ *		protocol subtypes when scancode is ambiguous)
+ * @events:	array of raw ir events to write into
+ * @max:	maximum size of @events
+ *
+ * Returns:	The number of events written.
+ *		-ENOBUFS if there isn't enough space in the array to fit the
+ *		encoding. In this case all @max events will have been written.
+ *		-EINVAL if the scancode is ambiguous or invalid.
+ */
+static int ir_rc6_encode(u64 protocols,
+			 const struct rc_scancode_filter *scancode,
+			 struct ir_raw_event *events, unsigned int max)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ir_raw_event *e = events;
+
+	if (protocols & RC_BIT_RC6_0 &&
+	    !ir_rc6_validate_filter(scancode, 0xffff)) {
+
+		/* Modulate the preamble */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max, &ir_rc6_timings[0], 0, 0);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Modulate the header (Start Bit & Mode-0) */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max - (e - events),
+					    &ir_rc6_timings[1],
+					    RC6_HEADER_NBITS, (1 << 3));
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Modulate Trailer Bit */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max - (e - events),
+					    &ir_rc6_timings[2], 1, 0);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Modulate rest of the data */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max - (e - events),
+					    &ir_rc6_timings[3], RC6_0_NBITS,
+					    scancode->data);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+	} else if (protocols & (RC_BIT_RC6_6A_20 | RC_BIT_RC6_6A_24 |
+				RC_BIT_RC6_6A_32 | RC_BIT_RC6_MCE) &&
+		   !ir_rc6_validate_filter(scancode, 0x8fffffff)) {
+
+		/* Modulate the preamble */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max, &ir_rc6_timings[0], 0, 0);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Modulate the header (Start Bit & Header-version 6 */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max - (e - events),
+					    &ir_rc6_timings[1],
+					    RC6_HEADER_NBITS, (1 << 3 | 6));
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Modulate Trailer Bit */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max - (e - events),
+					    &ir_rc6_timings[2], 1, 0);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Modulate rest of the data */
+		ret = ir_raw_gen_manchester(&e, max - (e - events),
+					    &ir_rc6_timings[3],
+					    fls(scancode->mask),
+					    scancode->data);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+	} else {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return e - events;
+}
+
 static struct ir_raw_handler rc6_handler = {
 	.protocols	= RC_BIT_RC6_0 | RC_BIT_RC6_6A_20 |
 			  RC_BIT_RC6_6A_24 | RC_BIT_RC6_6A_32 |
 			  RC_BIT_RC6_MCE,
 	.decode		= ir_rc6_decode,
+	.encode		= ir_rc6_encode,
 };
 
 static int __init ir_rc6_decode_init(void)