diff --git a/drivers/video/tegra/Makefile b/drivers/video/tegra/Makefile
index 173995af..3bc12547 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tegra/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/tegra/Makefile
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
 
 obj-m += nvmap/
+obj-m += host/nvdla/
diff --git a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/Makefile b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bb8205e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+
+# NOTE: Do not change or add anything in this makefile.
+# The source code and makefile rules are copied from the
+# kernel/nvidia/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla. This file is
+# just place-holder for empty makefile to avoid any build
+# issue when copy is not done from command line and building
+# the tree independent of source copy.
diff --git a/kernel-src-files-copy-list.txt b/kernel-src-files-copy-list.txt
index c01a7f86..4455b030 100644
--- a/kernel-src-files-copy-list.txt
+++ b/kernel-src-files-copy-list.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ copy_dir nvidia/drivers/gpu/host1x-nvhost drivers/gpu/host1x-nvhost
 copy_file nvidia/drivers/gpu/host1x/include/linux/host1x-next.h include/linux/host1x-next.h
 copy_file nvidia/include/linux/nvhost.h include/linux/nvhost.h
 copy_file nvidia/include/uapi/linux/nvdev_fence.h include/uapi/linux/nvdev_fence.h
+
+# Files/directories for NVDLA
+copy_dir nvidia/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla
+copy_file nvidia/include/linux/arm64-barrier.h include/linux/arm64-barrier.h
+copy_file nvidia/include/uapi/linux/nvhost_nvdla_ioctl.h include/uapi/linux/nvhost_nvdla_ioctl.h
+copy_file nvidia/include/uapi/linux/nvhost_ioctl.h include/uapi/linux/nvhost_ioctl.h