diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index 2300ab1a2a776beca1098bda07fc812c191d99b4..cf85155da2a00be52738f4ef9c2e2002b6bf378c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@ int drm_getcap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 	case DRM_CAP_VBLANK_HIGH_CRTC:
 		req->value = 1;
 		break;
+	case DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFERRED_DEPTH:
+		req->value = dev->mode_config.preferred_depth;
+		break;
+	case DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFER_SHADOW:
+		req->value = dev->mode_config.prefer_shadow;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index dfa67449827ac2e6771a3bb598ace10ef888721f..0a8a640d36ef23c391ed31723ab5b1d1f8312d78 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -9089,6 +9089,9 @@ void intel_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	dev->mode_config.min_width = 0;
 	dev->mode_config.min_height = 0;
 
+	dev->mode_config.preferred_depth = 24;
+	dev->mode_config.prefer_shadow = 1;
+
 	dev->mode_config.funcs = (void *)&intel_mode_funcs;
 
 	intel_init_quirks(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
index 5515f1054b29331324bdc15c2b27d4ea6c82fe0a..7cb062daa71ea1d6352226d7cbf213fee0f2ea13 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
@@ -1240,6 +1240,9 @@ int radeon_modeset_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 		rdev->ddev->mode_config.max_height = 4096;
 	}
 
+	rdev->ddev->mode_config.preferred_depth = 24;
+	rdev->ddev->mode_config.prefer_shadow = 1;
+
 	rdev->ddev->mode_config.fb_base = rdev->mc.aper_base;
 
 	ret = radeon_modeset_create_props(rdev);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm.h b/include/drm/drm.h
index 49d94ede2ec2bc2612271c5a7f046c4d568802a9..34a7b89fd0069841463e8089da0b03eb96bfa5b4 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm.h
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ struct drm_event_vblank {
 
 #define DRM_CAP_DUMB_BUFFER 0x1
 #define DRM_CAP_VBLANK_HIGH_CRTC 0x2
+#define DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFERRED_DEPTH 0x3
+#define DRM_CAP_DUMB_PREFER_SHADOW 0x4
 
 /* typedef area */
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index 823531454799a3ea54bc81bb37cc45d8e5bf9906..2a0872cac333856bf20459060135b9ff4c0e0e80 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -796,6 +796,9 @@ struct drm_mode_config {
 	struct drm_property *scaling_mode_property;
 	struct drm_property *dithering_mode_property;
 	struct drm_property *dirty_info_property;
+
+	/* dumb ioctl parameters */
+	uint32_t preferred_depth, prefer_shadow;
 };
 
 #define obj_to_crtc(x) container_of(x, struct drm_crtc, base)