diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 5969f46ac2d6..536368a43412 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct intel_opregion {
 	struct opregion_swsci *swsci;
 	struct opregion_asle *asle;
 	void *vbt;
+	u32 __iomem *lid_state;
 };
 #define OPREGION_SIZE            (8*1024)
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
index ace8d5d30dd2..fc6a0a9297c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
@@ -472,8 +472,15 @@ static enum drm_connector_status
 intel_lvds_detect(struct drm_connector *connector, bool force)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	enum drm_connector_status status = connector_status_connected;
 
+	/* Assume that the BIOS does not lie through the OpRegion... */
+	if (dev_priv->opregion.lid_state)
+		return ioread32(dev_priv->opregion.lid_state) & 0x1 ?
+			connector_status_connected :
+			connector_status_disconnected;
+
 	/* ACPI lid methods were generally unreliable in this generation, so
 	 * don't even bother.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
index f295a7aaadf9..aeec83fc6940 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ int intel_opregion_setup(struct drm_device *dev)
 	opregion->header = base;
 	opregion->vbt = base + OPREGION_VBT_OFFSET;
 
+	opregion->lid_state = base + 0x01ac;
+
 	mboxes = opregion->header->mboxes;
 	if (mboxes & MBOX_ACPI) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Public ACPI methods supported\n");