diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index 258a973a1fb8..35a5b0311dae 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static const char * const iio_ev_info_text[] = {
 	[IIO_EV_INFO_ENABLE] = "en",
 	[IIO_EV_INFO_VALUE] = "value",
 	[IIO_EV_INFO_HYSTERESIS] = "hysteresis",
+	[IIO_EV_INFO_PERIOD] = "period",
 };
 
 static enum iio_event_direction iio_ev_attr_dir(struct iio_dev_attr *attr)
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/types.h b/include/linux/iio/types.h
index d480631eabc2..4a848d6be3bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/types.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ enum iio_event_info {
 	IIO_EV_INFO_ENABLE,
 	IIO_EV_INFO_VALUE,
 	IIO_EV_INFO_HYSTERESIS,
+	IIO_EV_INFO_PERIOD,
 };
 
 enum iio_event_direction {