diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
index c8eb6c222274..8d7a77928d49 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
@@ -3142,6 +3142,13 @@ giving priority to the center of the metered area.</entry>
 		  <entry><constant>V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_SPOT</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
 		  <entry>Measure only very small area at the center of the frame.</entry>
 		</row>
+		<row>
+		  <entry><constant>V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_MATRIX</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+		  <entry>A multi-zone metering. The light intensity is measured
+in several points of the frame and the the results are combined. The
+algorithm of the zones selection and their significance in calculating the
+final value is device dependant.</entry>
+		</row>
 	      </tbody>
 	    </entrytbl>
 	  </row>
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index ec89fd16361c..ebb8e48619a2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
 		"Average",
 		"Center Weighted",
 		"Spot",
+		"Matrix",
 		NULL
 	};
 	static const char * const camera_auto_focus_range[] = {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
index 7da22cec30cd..69bd5bb0d5af 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ enum v4l2_exposure_metering {
 	V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_AVERAGE		= 0,
 	V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_CENTER_WEIGHTED	= 1,
 	V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_SPOT		= 2,
+	V4L2_EXPOSURE_METERING_MATRIX		= 3,
 };
 
 #define V4L2_CID_SCENE_MODE			(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+26)