diff --git a/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts b/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
index 8b2d6451c6..c328258901 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
+++ b/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
@@ -400,6 +400,18 @@
 		sandbox,silent;	/* Don't emit sounds while testing */
 	};
 
+	nop-test_0 {
+		compatible = "sandbox,nop_sandbox1";
+		nop-test_1 {
+			compatible = "sandbox,nop_sandbox2";
+			bind = "True";
+		};
+		nop-test_2 {
+			compatible = "sandbox,nop_sandbox2";
+			bind = "False";
+		};
+	};
+
 	misc-test {
 		compatible = "sandbox,misc_sandbox";
 	};
diff --git a/drivers/core/uclass.c b/drivers/core/uclass.c
index fc3157de39..dc9eb62893 100644
--- a/drivers/core/uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/core/uclass.c
@@ -757,3 +757,8 @@ int uclass_pre_remove_device(struct udevice *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+
+UCLASS_DRIVER(nop) = {
+	.id		= UCLASS_NOP,
+	.name		= "nop",
+};
diff --git a/include/dm/uclass-id.h b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
index 09e0ad5391..418392875c 100644
--- a/include/dm/uclass-id.h
+++ b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ enum uclass_id {
 	UCLASS_MMC,		/* SD / MMC card or chip */
 	UCLASS_MOD_EXP,		/* RSA Mod Exp device */
 	UCLASS_MTD,		/* Memory Technology Device (MTD) device */
+	UCLASS_NOP,		/* No-op devices */
 	UCLASS_NORTHBRIDGE,	/* Intel Northbridge / SDRAM controller */
 	UCLASS_NVME,		/* NVM Express device */
 	UCLASS_PANEL,		/* Display panel, such as an LCD */
diff --git a/test/dm/Makefile b/test/dm/Makefile
index 49857c5092..aeb3aa0ca7 100644
--- a/test/dm/Makefile
+++ b/test/dm/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Google, Inc
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_UT_DM) += bus.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_UT_DM) += nop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UT_DM) += test-driver.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UT_DM) += test-fdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UT_DM) += test-main.o
diff --git a/test/dm/nop.c b/test/dm/nop.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2df29f3d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dm/nop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Test for the NOP uclass
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2019 - Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
+ * Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@ti.com>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <dm/ofnode.h>
+#include <dm/lists.h>
+#include <dm/device.h>
+#include <dm/test.h>
+#include <misc.h>
+#include <test/ut.h>
+
+static int noptest_bind(struct udevice *parent)
+{
+	ofnode ofnode = dev_read_first_subnode(parent);
+
+	while (ofnode_valid(ofnode)) {
+		struct udevice *dev;
+		const char *bind_flag = ofnode_read_string(ofnode, "bind");
+
+		if (bind_flag && (strcmp(bind_flag, "True") == 0))
+			lists_bind_fdt(parent, ofnode, &dev, false);
+		ofnode = dev_read_next_subnode(ofnode);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct udevice_id noptest1_ids[] = {
+	{
+		.compatible = "sandbox,nop_sandbox1",
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(noptest_drv1) = {
+	.name	= "noptest1_drv",
+	.of_match	= noptest1_ids,
+	.id	= UCLASS_NOP,
+	.bind = noptest_bind,
+};
+
+static const struct udevice_id noptest2_ids[] = {
+	{
+		.compatible = "sandbox,nop_sandbox2",
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(noptest_drv2) = {
+	.name	= "noptest2_drv",
+	.of_match	= noptest2_ids,
+	.id	= UCLASS_NOP,
+};
+
+static int dm_test_nop(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev;
+
+	ut_assertok(uclass_get_device_by_name(UCLASS_NOP, "nop-test_0", &dev));
+	ut_assertok(uclass_get_device_by_name(UCLASS_NOP, "nop-test_1", &dev));
+	ut_asserteq(-ENODEV,
+		    uclass_get_device_by_name(UCLASS_NOP, "nop-test_2", &dev));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+DM_TEST(dm_test_nop, DM_TESTF_FLAT_TREE | DM_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);