diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index f47adb4aa59abf961801b566c2eef84079b11291..250999cdf8149c31af726c5a101c64af7540fe9f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1616,6 +1616,7 @@ struct drm_ioctl_desc i915_ioctls[] = {
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_I915_GEM_GET_TILING, i915_gem_get_tiling, 0),
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_I915_GEM_GET_APERTURE, i915_gem_get_aperture_ioctl, 0),
 	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_I915_GET_PIPE_FROM_CRTC_ID, intel_get_pipe_from_crtc_id, 0),
+	DRM_IOCTL_DEF(DRM_I915_GEM_MADVISE, i915_gem_madvise_ioctl, 0),
 };
 
 int i915_max_ioctl = DRM_ARRAY_SIZE(i915_ioctls);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index bbcf5fc7266620d77c5cb0419117589e2fecb5df..2f89c2136be948f92c21a5414cebf9013eda6c61 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object {
 	 * in an execbuffer object list.
 	 */
 	int in_execbuffer;
+
+	/**
+	 * Advice: are the backing pages purgeable?
+	 */
+	int madv;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -705,6 +710,8 @@ int i915_gem_busy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			struct drm_file *file_priv);
 int i915_gem_throttle_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			    struct drm_file *file_priv);
+int i915_gem_madvise_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
+			   struct drm_file *file_priv);
 int i915_gem_entervt_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			   struct drm_file *file_priv);
 int i915_gem_leavevt_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 2fff2e0a976eeb3e81218d263448e6cf17ebd340..2ab30f251943f14507c3cbb9782c6467bf03a62c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1436,13 +1436,21 @@ i915_gem_object_put_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	if (obj_priv->tiling_mode != I915_TILING_NONE)
 		i915_gem_object_save_bit_17_swizzle(obj);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++)
-		if (obj_priv->pages[i] != NULL) {
-			if (obj_priv->dirty)
-				set_page_dirty(obj_priv->pages[i]);
-			mark_page_accessed(obj_priv->pages[i]);
-			page_cache_release(obj_priv->pages[i]);
-		}
+	if (obj_priv->madv == I915_MADV_DONTNEED)
+	    obj_priv->dirty = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) {
+		if (obj_priv->pages[i] == NULL)
+			break;
+
+		if (obj_priv->dirty)
+			set_page_dirty(obj_priv->pages[i]);
+
+		if (obj_priv->madv == I915_MADV_WILLNEED)
+		    mark_page_accessed(obj_priv->pages[i]);
+
+		page_cache_release(obj_priv->pages[i]);
+	}
 	obj_priv->dirty = 0;
 
 	drm_free_large(obj_priv->pages);
@@ -2412,6 +2420,12 @@ i915_gem_object_bind_to_gtt(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned alignment)
 
 	if (dev_priv->mm.suspended)
 		return -EBUSY;
+
+	if (obj_priv->madv == I915_MADV_DONTNEED) {
+		DRM_ERROR("Attempting to bind a purgeable object\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (alignment == 0)
 		alignment = i915_gem_get_gtt_alignment(obj);
 	if (alignment & (i915_gem_get_gtt_alignment(obj) - 1)) {
@@ -3679,6 +3693,13 @@ i915_gem_pin_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	}
 	obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
 
+	if (obj_priv->madv == I915_MADV_DONTNEED) {
+		DRM_ERROR("Attempting to pin a I915_MADV_DONTNEED buffer\n");
+		drm_gem_object_unreference(obj);
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (obj_priv->pin_filp != NULL && obj_priv->pin_filp != file_priv) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Already pinned in i915_gem_pin_ioctl(): %d\n",
 			  args->handle);
@@ -3791,6 +3812,49 @@ i915_gem_throttle_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
     return i915_gem_ring_throttle(dev, file_priv);
 }
 
+int
+i915_gem_madvise_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
+		       struct drm_file *file_priv)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_madvise *args = data;
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv;
+
+	switch (args->madv) {
+	case I915_MADV_DONTNEED:
+	case I915_MADV_WILLNEED:
+	    break;
+	default:
+	    return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	obj = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file_priv, args->handle);
+	if (obj == NULL) {
+		DRM_ERROR("Bad handle in i915_gem_madvise_ioctl(): %d\n",
+			  args->handle);
+		return -EBADF;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
+
+	if (obj_priv->pin_count) {
+		drm_gem_object_unreference(obj);
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
+		DRM_ERROR("Attempted i915_gem_madvise_ioctl() on a pinned object\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	obj_priv->madv = args->madv;
+	args->retained = obj_priv->gtt_space != NULL;
+
+	drm_gem_object_unreference(obj);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int i915_gem_init_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv;
@@ -3815,6 +3879,7 @@ int i915_gem_init_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	obj_priv->fence_reg = I915_FENCE_REG_NONE;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj_priv->list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj_priv->fence_list);
+	obj_priv->madv = I915_MADV_WILLNEED;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4506,7 +4571,7 @@ i915_gem_object_truncate(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 static inline int
 i915_gem_object_is_purgeable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv)
 {
-	return !obj_priv->dirty;
+	return !obj_priv->dirty || obj_priv->madv == I915_MADV_DONTNEED;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/include/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/drm/i915_drm.h
index 8e1e92583fbc851ad998dd374f0b5df09914f73e..607c9da061e8d8db0f6222cf6265de306c8eb716 100644
--- a/include/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ typedef struct _drm_i915_sarea {
 #define DRM_I915_GEM_GET_APERTURE 0x23
 #define DRM_I915_GEM_MMAP_GTT	0x24
 #define DRM_I915_GET_PIPE_FROM_CRTC_ID	0x25
+#define DRM_I915_GEM_MADVISE	0x26
 
 #define DRM_IOCTL_I915_INIT		DRM_IOW( DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_I915_INIT, drm_i915_init_t)
 #define DRM_IOCTL_I915_FLUSH		DRM_IO ( DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_I915_FLUSH)
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ typedef struct _drm_i915_sarea {
 #define DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_GET_TILING	DRM_IOWR (DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_I915_GEM_GET_TILING, struct drm_i915_gem_get_tiling)
 #define DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_GET_APERTURE	DRM_IOR  (DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_I915_GEM_GET_APERTURE, struct drm_i915_gem_get_aperture)
 #define DRM_IOCTL_I915_GET_PIPE_FROM_CRTC_ID DRM_IOWR(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_I915_GET_PIPE_FROM_CRTC_ID, struct drm_intel_get_pipe_from_crtc_id)
+#define DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_MADVISE	DRM_IOWR(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_I915_GEM_MADVISE, struct drm_i915_gem_madvise)
 
 /* Allow drivers to submit batchbuffers directly to hardware, relying
  * on the security mechanisms provided by hardware.
@@ -667,4 +669,20 @@ struct drm_i915_get_pipe_from_crtc_id {
 	__u32 pipe;
 };
 
+#define I915_MADV_WILLNEED 0
+#define I915_MADV_DONTNEED 1
+
+struct drm_i915_gem_madvise {
+	/** Handle of the buffer to change the backing store advice */
+	__u32 handle;
+
+	/* Advice: either the buffer will be needed again in the near future,
+	 *         or wont be and could be discarded under memory pressure.
+	 */
+	__u32 madv;
+
+	/** Whether the backing store still exists. */
+	__u32 retained;
+};
+
 #endif				/* _I915_DRM_H_ */