diff --git a/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front-8996.c b/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front-8996.c
index 68ef5967df58..f2a70f240984 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front-8996.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front-8996.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <dt-bindings/clock/msm-clocks-8996.h>
+#include "virtclk-front.h"
 #include "virt-reset-front.h"
 
 static struct virtclk_front gcc_blsp1_ahb_clk = {
@@ -498,6 +499,33 @@ static struct virtclk_front gcc_mss_mnoc_bimc_axi_clk = {
 	},
 };
 
+static struct virtclk_front ipa_clk = {
+	.c = {
+		.dbg_name = "ipa",
+		.ops = &virtclk_front_ops,
+		CLK_INIT(ipa_clk.c),
+	},
+	.flag = CLOCK_FLAG_NODE_TYPE_REMOTE,
+};
+
+static struct virtclk_front pnoc_clk = {
+	.c = {
+		.dbg_name = "pnoc",
+		.ops = &virtclk_front_ops,
+		CLK_INIT(pnoc_clk.c),
+	},
+	.flag = CLOCK_FLAG_NODE_TYPE_REMOTE,
+};
+
+static struct virtclk_front qdss_clk = {
+	.c = {
+		.dbg_name = "qdss",
+		.ops = &virtclk_front_ops,
+		CLK_INIT(qdss_clk.c),
+	},
+	.flag = CLOCK_FLAG_NODE_TYPE_REMOTE,
+};
+
 static struct clk_lookup msm_clocks_8996[] = {
 	CLK_LIST(gcc_blsp1_ahb_clk),
 	CLK_LIST(gcc_blsp1_qup1_spi_apps_clk),
@@ -559,6 +587,9 @@ static struct clk_lookup msm_clocks_8996[] = {
 	CLK_LIST(gpll0_out_msscc),
 	CLK_LIST(gcc_mss_snoc_axi_clk),
 	CLK_LIST(gcc_mss_mnoc_bimc_axi_clk),
+	CLK_LIST(ipa_clk),
+	CLK_LIST(pnoc_clk),
+	CLK_LIST(qdss_clk),
 };
 
 static struct virt_reset_map msm_resets_8996[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.c b/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.c
index 2d8a9e8ec61c..ad89dda6514f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int virtclk_front_get_id(struct clk *clk)
 	if (v->id)
 		return ret;
 
-	msg.header.cmd = CLK_MSG_GETID;
+	msg.header.cmd = CLK_MSG_GETID | v->flag;
 	msg.header.len = sizeof(msg);
 	strlcpy(msg.name, clk->dbg_name, sizeof(msg.name));
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int virtclk_front_prepare(struct clk *clk)
 		return ret;
 
 	msg.clk_id = v->id;
-	msg.cmd = CLK_MSG_ENABLE;
+	msg.cmd = CLK_MSG_ENABLE | v->flag;
 	msg.len = sizeof(struct clk_msg_header);
 
 	rt_mutex_lock(&virtclk_front_ctx.lock);
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void virtclk_front_unprepare(struct clk *clk)
 		return;
 
 	msg.clk_id = v->id;
-	msg.cmd = CLK_MSG_DISABLE;
+	msg.cmd = CLK_MSG_DISABLE | v->flag;
 	msg.len = sizeof(struct clk_msg_header);
 
 	rt_mutex_lock(&virtclk_front_ctx.lock);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int virtclk_front_reset(struct clk *clk, enum clk_reset_action action)
 		return ret;
 
 	msg.header.clk_id = v->id;
-	msg.header.cmd = CLK_MSG_RESET;
+	msg.header.cmd = CLK_MSG_RESET | v->flag;
 	msg.header.len = sizeof(struct clk_msg_header);
 	msg.reset = action;
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static int virtclk_front_set_rate(struct clk *clk, unsigned long rate)
 		return ret;
 
 	msg.header.clk_id = v->id;
-	msg.header.cmd = CLK_MSG_SETFREQ;
+	msg.header.cmd = CLK_MSG_SETFREQ | v->flag;
 	msg.header.len = sizeof(msg);
 	msg.freq = (u32)rate;
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static unsigned long virtclk_front_get_rate(struct clk *clk)
 		return 0;
 
 	msg.clk_id = v->id;
-	msg.cmd = CLK_MSG_GETFREQ;
+	msg.cmd = CLK_MSG_GETFREQ | v->flag;
 	msg.len = sizeof(msg);
 
 	rt_mutex_lock(&virtclk_front_ctx.lock);
diff --git a/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.h b/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.h
index 60650f8d1ed1..4d3bdf7cd841 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.h
+++ b/drivers/clk/msm/virtclk-front.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ enum virtclk_cmd {
 	CLK_MSG_MAX
 };
 
+#define CLOCK_FLAG_NODE_TYPE_REMOTE	0xff00
+
 struct clk_msg_header {
 	u32 cmd;
 	u32 len;
diff --git a/include/linux/clk/msm-clock-generic.h b/include/linux/clk/msm-clock-generic.h
index fe019d366d0b..cb2d8787b84f 100644
--- a/include/linux/clk/msm-clock-generic.h
+++ b/include/linux/clk/msm-clock-generic.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ extern struct clk_ops clk_ops_mux_div_clk;
 struct virtclk_front {
 	int id;
 	struct clk c;
+	u32 flag;
 };
 
 extern struct clk_ops virtclk_front_ops;