diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 82a66466a24c5a0c47661ac9effc6ce3b2a5df1b..e32784924355d57a0d51383bd3a5d4336bafeba0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ void fuse_release_common(struct file *file, int opcode)
 	req = ff->reserved_req;
 	fuse_prepare_release(ff, file->f_flags, opcode);
 
+	if (ff->flock) {
+		struct fuse_release_in *inarg = &req->misc.release.in;
+		inarg->release_flags |= FUSE_RELEASE_FLOCK_UNLOCK;
+		inarg->lock_owner = fuse_lock_owner_id(ff->fc,
+						       (fl_owner_t) file);
+	}
 	/* Hold vfsmount and dentry until release is finished */
 	path_get(&file->f_path);
 	req->misc.release.path = file->f_path;
@@ -1547,11 +1553,14 @@ static int fuse_file_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	int err;
 
-	if (fc->no_lock) {
+	if (fc->no_flock) {
 		err = flock_lock_file_wait(file, fl);
 	} else {
+		struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
+
 		/* emulate flock with POSIX locks */
 		fl->fl_owner = (fl_owner_t) file;
+		ff->flock = true;
 		err = fuse_setlk(file, fl, 1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index b788becada76bf8616512fb766525fc89950eeec..eb8c6135fbbf2b0d9c225b322e6e4ab6f2b1eac0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ struct fuse_file {
 
 	/** Wait queue head for poll */
 	wait_queue_head_t poll_wait;
+
+	/** Has flock been performed on this file? */
+	bool flock:1;
 };
 
 /** One input argument of a request */
@@ -448,7 +451,7 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** Is removexattr not implemented by fs? */
 	unsigned no_removexattr:1;
 
-	/** Are file locking primitives not implemented by fs? */
+	/** Are posix file locking primitives not implemented by fs? */
 	unsigned no_lock:1;
 
 	/** Is access not implemented by fs? */
@@ -472,6 +475,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** Don't apply umask to creation modes */
 	unsigned dont_mask:1;
 
+	/** Are BSD file locking primitives not implemented by fs? */
+	unsigned no_flock:1;
+
 	/** The number of requests waiting for completion */
 	atomic_t num_waiting;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 5354906e797cc69962755b52f74698c343ae6f36..f541d639844be3ae8a7dc0f3e88596787562b973 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -809,6 +809,10 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 				fc->async_read = 1;
 			if (!(arg->flags & FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS))
 				fc->no_lock = 1;
+			if (arg->minor >= 17) {
+				if (!(arg->flags & FUSE_FLOCK_LOCKS))
+					fc->no_flock = 1;
+			}
 			if (arg->flags & FUSE_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC)
 				fc->atomic_o_trunc = 1;
 			if (arg->minor >= 9) {
@@ -823,6 +827,7 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 		} else {
 			ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 			fc->no_lock = 1;
+			fc->no_flock = 1;
 		}
 
 		fc->bdi.ra_pages = min(fc->bdi.ra_pages, ra_pages);
@@ -843,7 +848,8 @@ static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 	arg->minor = FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION;
 	arg->max_readahead = fc->bdi.ra_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	arg->flags |= FUSE_ASYNC_READ | FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS | FUSE_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC |
-		FUSE_EXPORT_SUPPORT | FUSE_BIG_WRITES | FUSE_DONT_MASK;
+		FUSE_EXPORT_SUPPORT | FUSE_BIG_WRITES | FUSE_DONT_MASK |
+		FUSE_FLOCK_LOCKS;
 	req->in.h.opcode = FUSE_INIT;
 	req->in.numargs = 1;
 	req->in.args[0].size = sizeof(*arg);
diff --git a/include/linux/fuse.h b/include/linux/fuse.h
index d464de53db4399c598ec3793f75290856b049255..464cff52686092c0f862f551b2db53ed3050b629 100644
--- a/include/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/linux/fuse.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
  *  - FUSE_IOCTL_UNRESTRICTED shall now return with array of 'struct
  *    fuse_ioctl_iovec' instead of ambiguous 'struct iovec'
  *  - add FUSE_IOCTL_32BIT flag
+ *
+ * 7.17
+ *  - add FUSE_FLOCK_LOCKS and FUSE_RELEASE_FLOCK_UNLOCK
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_FUSE_H
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@
 #define FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION 7
 
 /** Minor version number of this interface */
-#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 16
+#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 17
 
 /** The node ID of the root inode */
 #define FUSE_ROOT_ID 1
@@ -153,8 +156,10 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 /**
  * INIT request/reply flags
  *
+ * FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS: remote locking for POSIX file locks
  * FUSE_EXPORT_SUPPORT: filesystem handles lookups of "." and ".."
  * FUSE_DONT_MASK: don't apply umask to file mode on create operations
+ * FUSE_FLOCK_LOCKS: remote locking for BSD style file locks
  */
 #define FUSE_ASYNC_READ		(1 << 0)
 #define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS	(1 << 1)
@@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 #define FUSE_EXPORT_SUPPORT	(1 << 4)
 #define FUSE_BIG_WRITES		(1 << 5)
 #define FUSE_DONT_MASK		(1 << 6)
+#define FUSE_FLOCK_LOCKS	(1 << 10)
 
 /**
  * CUSE INIT request/reply flags
@@ -175,6 +181,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * Release flags
  */
 #define FUSE_RELEASE_FLUSH	(1 << 0)
+#define FUSE_RELEASE_FLOCK_UNLOCK	(1 << 1)
 
 /**
  * Getattr flags