diff --git a/include/dm/uclass.h b/include/dm/uclass.h
index d956837..6752d8e 100644
--- a/include/dm/uclass.h
+++ b/include/dm/uclass.h
@@ -114,6 +114,37 @@
 #define UCLASS_DRIVER(__name)						\
 	ll_entry_declare(struct uclass_driver, __name, uclass_driver)
 
+/*
+ * These two macros DM_UCLASS_DRIVER_REF and DM_UCLASS_DRIVER_REF are only
+ * allowed in code generated by dtoc, because the ordering is important and if
+ * other instances creep in then they may mess up the ordering expected by dtoc.
+ *
+ * It is OK to use them with 'extern' though, since that does not actually
+ * add a new record to the linker_list.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * DM_UCLASS_DRIVER_REF() - Get a reference to a uclass driver
+ *
+ * This is useful in data structures and code for referencing a uclass_driver at
+ * build time. Before this is used, an extern UCLASS_DRIVER() must have been
+ * declared.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ * extern UCLASS_DRIVER(clk);
+ *
+ * struct uclass_driver *drvs[] = {
+ *	DM_UCLASS_DRIVER_REF(clk),
+ * };
+ *
+ * @_name: Name of the uclass_driver. This must be a valid C identifier, used by
+ *	the linker_list.
+ * @returns struct uclass_driver * for the uclass driver
+ */
+#define DM_UCLASS_DRIVER_REF(_name)					\
+	ll_entry_ref(struct uclass_driver, _name, uclass_driver)
+
 /**
  * uclass_get_priv() - Get the private data for a uclass
  *