return 0;
 }
 
+static int __init video_disable_native_backlight(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
+{
+       use_native_backlight_dmi = false;
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static struct dmi_system_id video_dmi_table[] __initdata = {
        /*
         * Broken _BQC workaround http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13121
                DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP EliteBook 8780w"),
                },
        },
+
+       /*
+        * These models have a working acpi_video backlight control, and using
+        * native backlight causes a regression where backlight does not work
+        * when userspace is not handling brightness key events. Disable
+        * native_backlight on these to fix this:
+        * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81691
+        */
+       {
+        .callback = video_disable_native_backlight,
+        .ident = "ThinkPad T420",
+        .matches = {
+               DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
+               DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad T420"),
+               },
+       },
+       {
+        .callback = video_disable_native_backlight,
+        .ident = "ThinkPad T520",
+        .matches = {
+               DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
+               DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad T520"),
+               },
+       },
        {}
 };