diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
index e1d69123..aa5f5ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@
 		unsigned		cq_entries;
 		struct io_ev_fd	__rcu	*io_ev_fd;
 		unsigned		cq_extra;
+
+		void			*cq_wait_arg;
+		size_t			cq_wait_size;
 	} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 1ee3589..4418d019 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@
 	__u64 __resv[4];
 };
 
+enum {
+	/* expose the region as registered wait arguments */
+	IORING_MEM_REGION_REG_WAIT_ARG		= 1,
+};
+
 struct io_uring_mem_region_reg {
 	__u64 region_uptr; /* struct io_uring_region_desc * */
 	__u64 flags;
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index c640b8a..da8fd46 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -3195,7 +3195,19 @@
 static struct io_uring_reg_wait *io_get_ext_arg_reg(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			const struct io_uring_getevents_arg __user *uarg)
 {
-	return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+	unsigned long size = sizeof(struct io_uring_reg_wait);
+	unsigned long offset = (uintptr_t)uarg;
+	unsigned long end;
+
+	if (unlikely(offset % sizeof(long)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+
+	/* also protects from NULL ->cq_wait_arg as the size would be 0 */
+	if (unlikely(check_add_overflow(offset, size, &end) ||
+		     end > ctx->cq_wait_size))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+
+	return ctx->cq_wait_arg + offset;
 }
 
 static int io_validate_ext_arg(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned flags,
diff --git a/io_uring/register.c b/io_uring/register.c
index 2cbac3d..1a60f49 100644
--- a/io_uring/register.c
+++ b/io_uring/register.c
@@ -588,7 +588,16 @@
 
 	if (memchr_inv(&reg.__resv, 0, sizeof(reg.__resv)))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (reg.flags)
+	if (reg.flags & ~IORING_MEM_REGION_REG_WAIT_ARG)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * This ensures there are no waiters. Waiters are unlocked and it's
+	 * hard to synchronise with them, especially if we need to initialise
+	 * the region.
+	 */
+	if ((reg.flags & IORING_MEM_REGION_REG_WAIT_ARG) &&
+	    !(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = io_create_region(ctx, &ctx->param_region, &rd);
@@ -598,6 +607,11 @@
 		io_free_region(ctx, &ctx->param_region);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
+
+	if (reg.flags & IORING_MEM_REGION_REG_WAIT_ARG) {
+		ctx->cq_wait_arg = io_region_get_ptr(&ctx->param_region);
+		ctx->cq_wait_size = rd.size;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }