diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 858e1e6..1fb16562 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
 #define MNTOPT_DISCARD	   "discard"	/* Discard unused blocks */
 #define MNTOPT_NODISCARD   "nodiscard"	/* Do not discard unused blocks */
 
+#define MNTOPT_DAX	"dax"		/* Enable direct access to bdev pages */
+
 /*
  * Table driven mount option parser.
  *
@@ -363,6 +365,10 @@
 			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NODISCARD)) {
 			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
+		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_DAX)) {
+			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DAX;
+#endif
 		} else {
 			xfs_warn(mp, "unknown mount option [%s].", this_char);
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -452,8 +458,8 @@
 }
 
 struct proc_xfs_info {
-	int	flag;
-	char	*str;
+	uint64_t	flag;
+	char		*str;
 };
 
 STATIC int
@@ -474,6 +480,7 @@
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_GRPID,		"," MNTOPT_GRPID },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD,		"," MNTOPT_DISCARD },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS,	"," MNTOPT_32BITINODE },
+		{ XFS_MOUNT_DAX,		"," MNTOPT_DAX },
 		{ 0, NULL }
 	};
 	static struct proc_xfs_info xfs_info_unset[] = {
@@ -1507,6 +1514,20 @@
 	if (XFS_SB_VERSION_NUM(&mp->m_sb) == XFS_SB_VERSION_5)
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_I_VERSION;
 
+	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX) {
+		xfs_warn(mp,
+	"DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk");
+		if (sb->s_blocksize != PAGE_SIZE) {
+			xfs_alert(mp,
+		"Filesystem block size invalid for DAX Turning DAX off.");
+			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DAX;
+		} else if (!sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops->direct_access) {
+			xfs_alert(mp,
+		"Block device does not support DAX Turning DAX off.");
+			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DAX;
+		}
+	}
+
 	error = xfs_mountfs(mp);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_filestream_unmount;