diff --git a/include/device.h b/include/device.h
index 7e2b95a04d9..cbb20dba63d 100644
--- a/include/device.h
+++ b/include/device.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#define Z_DEVICE_MAX_NAME_LEN	48
 
 /**
  * @def DEVICE_INIT
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ extern "C" {
  * @details This macro defines a device object that is automatically
  * configured by the kernel during system initialization.
  *
- * @param dev_name Device name.
+ * @param dev_name Device name. This must be less than Z_DEVICE_MAX_NAME_LEN
+ * characters in order to be looked up from user mode with device_get_binding().
  *
  * @param drv_name The name this instance of the driver exposes to
  * the system.
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ void _sys_device_do_config_level(s32_t level);
  *
  * @return pointer to device structure; NULL if not found or cannot be used.
  */
-struct device *device_get_binding(const char *name);
+__syscall struct device *device_get_binding(const char *name);
 
 /**
  * @brief Device Power Management APIs
@@ -436,6 +438,8 @@ int device_busy_check(struct device *chk_dev);
  * @}
  */
 
+#include <syscalls/device.h>
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/device.c b/kernel/device.c
index ec3515ccad2..5ab6fc2799e 100644
--- a/kernel/device.c
+++ b/kernel/device.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <device.h>
 #include <misc/util.h>
 #include <atomic.h>
+#include <syscall_handler.h>
 
 extern struct device __device_init_start[];
 extern struct device __device_PRE_KERNEL_1_start[];
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ void _sys_device_do_config_level(s32_t level)
 	}
 }
 
-struct device *device_get_binding(const char *name)
+struct device *_impl_device_get_binding(const char *name)
 {
 	struct device *info;
 
@@ -85,6 +86,20 @@ struct device *device_get_binding(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERSPACE
+Z_SYSCALL_HANDLER(device_get_binding, name)
+{
+	char name_copy[Z_DEVICE_MAX_NAME_LEN];
+
+	if (z_user_string_copy(name_copy, (char *)name, sizeof(name_copy))
+	    != 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return (u32_t)_impl_device_get_binding(name_copy);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_USERSPACE */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVICE_POWER_MANAGEMENT
 int device_pm_control_nop(struct device *unused_device,
 		       u32_t unused_ctrl_command, void *unused_context)