diff --git a/package/switch/src/switch-adm.c b/package/switch/src/switch-adm.c
index 2d0fcc35abf28f0aaee9d7cffe41f7baec78968e..8c0ddc6c9ac0180008c0d9dbf49f00f867b3fbe0 100644
--- a/package/switch/src/switch-adm.c
+++ b/package/switch/src/switch-adm.c
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ static int __init adm_init(void)
 		port_handlers: port,
 		vlan_handlers: vlan,
 	};
+	snprintf(driver.dev_name, SWITCH_NAME_BUFSZ, DRIVER_NAME);
 
 	if (!detect_adm())
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/package/switch/src/switch-core.c b/package/switch/src/switch-core.c
index ab0754c94ac184e1f66fcda01e09669bc507d6a0..fc8a6bf2c76df72863d5c9f3f32f90a495013413 100644
--- a/package/switch/src/switch-core.c
+++ b/package/switch/src/switch-core.c
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ static int handle_driver_vlans(void *driver, char *buf, int nr)
 	return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", vlans);
 }
 
+static int handle_driver_dev_name(void *driver, char *buf, int nr)
+{
+	char *dev_name = ((switch_driver *) driver)->dev_name;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", dev_name);
+}
+
 static void add_handler(switch_driver *driver, const switch_config *handler, struct proc_dir_entry *parent, int nr)
 {
 	switch_priv *priv = (switch_priv *) driver->data;
@@ -242,6 +248,7 @@ switch_config global_driver_handlers[] = {
 	{"cpuport", handle_driver_cpuport, NULL},
 	{"ports", handle_driver_ports, NULL},
 	{"vlans", handle_driver_vlans, NULL},
+	{"dev_name", handle_driver_dev_name, NULL},
 	{NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/package/switch/src/switch-core.h b/package/switch/src/switch-core.h
index 7192f7b0f4a8cbf932c3ade1319bd43fb6feeeb3..cc520e4935344cf2c91c3f16538f7b8cb428b20e 100644
--- a/package/switch/src/switch-core.h
+++ b/package/switch/src/switch-core.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #define SWITCH_MAX_BUFSZ	4096
+#define SWITCH_NAME_BUFSZ	16
 
 #define SWITCH_MEDIA_AUTO	1
 #define SWITCH_MEDIA_100	2
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	const switch_config *driver_handlers, *port_handlers, *vlan_handlers;
 	void *data;
 	void *priv;
+	char dev_name[SWITCH_NAME_BUFSZ];
 } switch_driver;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/package/switch/src/switch-robo.c b/package/switch/src/switch-robo.c
index 57240a3fd04a64b49f81ae7859d719825d9f7ded..f7159729b8842191aaf8b93c4f4b9ae4234eeccd 100644
--- a/package/switch/src/switch-robo.c
+++ b/package/switch/src/switch-robo.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
  * Based on 'robocfg' by Oleg I. Vdovikin
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define DRIVER_NAME		"bcm53xx"
-#define DRIVER_VERSION		"0.02"
+#define DRIVER_VERSION		"0.03"
 #define PFX			"roboswitch: "
 
 #define ROBO_PHY_ADDR		0x1E	/* robo switch phy address */
@@ -862,6 +863,10 @@ static int __init robo_init(void)
 			driver.ports = 9;
 			driver.cpuport = 8;
 		}
+		if (robo.is_5365)
+			snprintf(driver.dev_name, SWITCH_NAME_BUFSZ, "BCM5365");
+		else
+			snprintf(driver.dev_name, SWITCH_NAME_BUFSZ, "BCM5%s%x", robo.devid & 0xff00 ? "" : "3", robo.devid);
 
 		return switch_register_driver(&driver);
 	}