diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
index 31e0193cb0c5b06c505742c3ec21e41a902ea6ed..b13cf430764f76cc4053f1c935e1e417a32188a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
@@ -99,4 +99,8 @@ extern int sched_rt_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 		loff_t *ppos);
 
+extern int sysctl_numa_balancing(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+				 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				 loff_t *ppos);
+
 #endif /* _SCHED_SYSCTL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 4d6964e49711c3ae5cb337be9a8738ca308ca258..7fea865a810da70b72a8ae247bda8064f5b58193 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,29 @@ void set_numabalancing_state(bool enabled)
 	numabalancing_enabled = enabled;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG */
-#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
+int sysctl_numa_balancing(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ctl_table t;
+	int err;
+	int state = numabalancing_enabled;
+
+	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	t = *table;
+	t.data = &state;
+	err = proc_dointvec_minmax(&t, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+	if (write)
+		set_numabalancing_state(state);
+	return err;
+}
+#endif
+#endif
 
 /*
  * fork()/clone()-time setup:
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 332cefcdb04b4a004b280aebdd4d7de61a036dea..693eac39c2028d36a45a82d6160510b8fd105ed0 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -389,6 +389,15 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode           = 0644,
 		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "numa_balancing",
+		.data		= NULL, /* filled in by handler */
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= sysctl_numa_balancing,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 #endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG */
 	{
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0cd2c4d4e2703f88f56b957b6f442a531fbd2e1f..947293e765338c77757e1ea2d753da0643307fee 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ static void __init check_numabalancing_enable(void)
 
 	if (nr_node_ids > 1 && !numabalancing_override) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Enabling automatic NUMA balancing. "
-			"Configure with numa_balancing= or sysctl");
+			"Configure with numa_balancing= or the kernel.numa_balancing sysctl");
 		set_numabalancing_state(numabalancing_default);
 	}
 }