diff --git a/packages/base/any/kernels/3.16+deb8/patches/driver-i2c-bus-intel-ismt-enable-param.patch b/packages/base/any/kernels/3.16+deb8/patches/driver-i2c-bus-intel-ismt-enable-param.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..612b02db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/base/any/kernels/3.16+deb8/patches/driver-i2c-bus-intel-ismt-enable-param.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -urpN a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c
+--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c	2016-12-21 02:12:49.589201206 +0000
++++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c	2016-12-21 02:15:03.973204122 +0000
+@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(bus_speed, "Bus Speed i
+ module_param(delay, uint, S_IRUGO);
+ MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay, "Delay in microsecs before access (1000 by default)");
+ 
++/* Enable/Disable driver */
++static unsigned int enable = 1;
++module_param(enable, uint, S_IRUGO);
++MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "Enable or disable the ISMT driver (enabled by default)");
++
+ /**
+  * __ismt_desc_dump() - dump the contents of a specific descriptor
+  */
+@@ -852,6 +857,11 @@ ismt_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const s
+ 	struct ismt_priv *priv;
+ 	unsigned long start, len;
+ 
++	if(!enable) {
++	  dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "module is disabled.\n");
++	  return -ENODEV;
++        }
++
+ 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+ 	if (!priv)
+ 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/packages/base/any/kernels/3.16+deb8/patches/series b/packages/base/any/kernels/3.16+deb8/patches/series
index f1785767..24a54939 100644
--- a/packages/base/any/kernels/3.16+deb8/patches/series
+++ b/packages/base/any/kernels/3.16+deb8/patches/series
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ driver-arista-piix4-mux-patch.patch
 3.16-fs-overlayfs.patch
 driver-igb-version-5.3.54.patch
 driver-support-intel-igb-bcm5461X-phy.patch
+driver-i2c-bus-intel-ismt-enable-param.patch