diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
index c1eb9ef9db08..e2d46c12c15f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c
@@ -808,6 +808,24 @@ static int __devm_iio_backend_get(struct device *dev, struct iio_backend *back)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * iio_backend_filter_type_set - Set filter type
+ * @back: Backend device
+ * @type: Filter type.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * 0 on success, negative error number on failure.
+ */
+int iio_backend_filter_type_set(struct iio_backend *back,
+				enum iio_backend_filter_type type)
+{
+	if (type >= IIO_BACKEND_FILTER_TYPE_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return iio_backend_op_call(back, filter_type_set, type);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(iio_backend_filter_type_set, "IIO_BACKEND");
+
 /**
  * iio_backend_ddr_enable - Enable interface DDR (Double Data Rate) mode
  * @back: Backend device
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/backend.h b/include/linux/iio/backend.h
index e59d909cb659..8a1690f21318 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/backend.h
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ enum iio_backend_interface_type {
 	IIO_BACKEND_INTERFACE_MAX
 };
 
+enum iio_backend_filter_type {
+	IIO_BACKEND_FILTER_TYPE_DISABLED,
+	IIO_BACKEND_FILTER_TYPE_SINC1,
+	IIO_BACKEND_FILTER_TYPE_SINC5,
+	IIO_BACKEND_FILTER_TYPE_SINC5_PLUS_COMP,
+	IIO_BACKEND_FILTER_TYPE_MAX
+};
+
 /**
  * struct iio_backend_ops - operations structure for an iio_backend
  * @enable: Enable backend.
@@ -101,6 +109,7 @@ enum iio_backend_interface_type {
  * @read_raw: Read a channel attribute from a backend device
  * @debugfs_print_chan_status: Print channel status into a buffer.
  * @debugfs_reg_access: Read or write register value of backend.
+ * @filter_type_set: Set filter type.
  * @ddr_enable: Enable interface DDR (Double Data Rate) mode.
  * @ddr_disable: Disable interface DDR (Double Data Rate) mode.
  * @data_stream_enable: Enable data stream.
@@ -153,6 +162,8 @@ struct iio_backend_ops {
 					 size_t len);
 	int (*debugfs_reg_access)(struct iio_backend *back, unsigned int reg,
 				  unsigned int writeval, unsigned int *readval);
+	int (*filter_type_set)(struct iio_backend *back,
+			       enum iio_backend_filter_type type);
 	int (*ddr_enable)(struct iio_backend *back);
 	int (*ddr_disable)(struct iio_backend *back);
 	int (*data_stream_enable)(struct iio_backend *back);
@@ -195,6 +206,8 @@ int iio_backend_data_sample_trigger(struct iio_backend *back,
 int devm_iio_backend_request_buffer(struct device *dev,
 				    struct iio_backend *back,
 				    struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
+int iio_backend_filter_type_set(struct iio_backend *back,
+				enum iio_backend_filter_type type);
 int iio_backend_ddr_enable(struct iio_backend *back);
 int iio_backend_ddr_disable(struct iio_backend *back);
 int iio_backend_data_stream_enable(struct iio_backend *back);