diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
index 2a99b7b6c9065baad329999c12f733bb9720d663..e39d9a07bc5d2cdd403cd840c202311c85db3a05 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ static struct iscsi_transport iscsi_iser_transport = {
 				  ISCSI_PERSISTENT_ADDRESS |
 				  ISCSI_TARGET_NAME |
 				  ISCSI_TPGT,
-	.host_param_mask	= ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS,
+	.host_param_mask	= ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS |
+				  ISCSI_HOST_INITIATOR_NAME,
 	.host_template          = &iscsi_iser_sht,
 	.conndata_size		= sizeof(struct iscsi_conn),
 	.max_lun                = ISCSI_ISER_MAX_LUN,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 9a42fc074b76d9bc4f4bab44be0c790e69ba9494..8201e6c4d8a961c0a755b61b02f49116a0ee8756 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -2181,7 +2181,8 @@ static struct iscsi_transport iscsi_tcp_transport = {
 				  ISCSI_PERSISTENT_ADDRESS |
 				  ISCSI_TARGET_NAME |
 				  ISCSI_TPGT,
-	.host_param_mask	= ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS,
+	.host_param_mask	= ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS |
+				  ISCSI_HOST_INITIATOR_NAME,
 	.host_template		= &iscsi_sht,
 	.conndata_size		= sizeof(struct iscsi_conn),
 	.max_conn		= 1,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index d430e227e9b7d21f13df413526ba219300728024..5e6a42429c39ee9b1bde05717f46bb02cfd5b16b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -1463,6 +1463,7 @@ void iscsi_session_teardown(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session)
 
 	kfree(session->targetname);
 	kfree(session->hwaddress);
+	kfree(session->initiatorname);
 
 	iscsi_destroy_session(cls_session);
 	scsi_host_put(shost);
@@ -2004,6 +2005,13 @@ int iscsi_host_get_param(struct Scsi_Host *shost, enum iscsi_host_param param,
 		else
 			len = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", session->hwaddress);
 		break;
+	case ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_INITIATOR_NAME:
+		if (!session->initiatorname)
+			len = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", "unknown");
+		else
+			len = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", session->initiatorname);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
@@ -2022,6 +2030,10 @@ int iscsi_host_set_param(struct Scsi_Host *shost, enum iscsi_host_param param,
 		if (!session->hwaddress)
 			session->hwaddress = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
 		break;
+	case ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_INITIATOR_NAME:
+		if (!session->initiatorname)
+			session->initiatorname = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index 29cd4b90ebed8b4a10c19717ba6697d09e952c3f..7502bb4808d6df4a5dc35b8827c060a7f034f2e7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ static struct iscsi_transport qla4xxx_iscsi_transport = {
 	.name			= DRIVER_NAME,
 	.param_mask		= ISCSI_CONN_PORT | ISCSI_CONN_ADDRESS |
 				  ISCSI_TARGET_NAME | ISCSI_TPGT,
-	.host_param_mask	= ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS,
+	.host_param_mask	= ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS |
+				  ISCSI_HOST_INITIATOR_NAME,
 	.sessiondata_size	= sizeof(struct ddb_entry),
 	.host_template		= &qla4xxx_driver_template,
 
@@ -190,6 +191,9 @@ static int qla4xxx_host_get_param(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 	case ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_HWADDRESS:
 		len = format_addr(buf, ha->my_mac, MAC_ADDR_LEN);
 		break;
+	case ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_INITIATOR_NAME:
+		len = sprintf(buf, ha->name_string);
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index 3fd2da451fe1728546529e95ae271fda9de3e95e..5ec2fbea8937abdf81bd7f137ac4e1b287161d42 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #define ISCSI_SESSION_ATTRS 11
 #define ISCSI_CONN_ATTRS 11
-#define ISCSI_HOST_ATTRS 1
+#define ISCSI_HOST_ATTRS 2
 #define ISCSI_TRANSPORT_VERSION "2.0-724"
 
 struct iscsi_internal {
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ static ISCSI_CLASS_ATTR(host, field, S_IRUGO, show_host_param_##param,	\
 			NULL);
 
 iscsi_host_attr(hwaddress, ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_HWADDRESS);
+iscsi_host_attr(initiatorname, ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_INITIATOR_NAME);
 
 #define SETUP_PRIV_SESSION_RD_ATTR(field)				\
 do {									\
@@ -1389,6 +1390,7 @@ iscsi_register_transport(struct iscsi_transport *tt)
 	transport_container_register(&priv->t.host_attrs);
 
 	SETUP_HOST_RD_ATTR(hwaddress, ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS);
+	SETUP_HOST_RD_ATTR(initiatorname, ISCSI_HOST_INITIATOR_NAME);
 	BUG_ON(count > ISCSI_HOST_ATTRS);
 	priv->host_attrs[count] = NULL;
 	count = 0;
diff --git a/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h b/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h
index 3d0372e30ca1d2c6ce6ee2956f22864985e354e2..e057c5d3703d2b27dcc7ab82912f0c427c07f1f5 100644
--- a/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h
+++ b/include/scsi/iscsi_if.h
@@ -259,10 +259,12 @@ enum iscsi_param {
 /* iSCSI HBA params */
 enum iscsi_host_param {
 	ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_HWADDRESS,
+	ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_INITIATOR_NAME,
 	ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_MAX,
 };
 
 #define ISCSI_HOST_HWADDRESS		(1 << ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_HWADDRESS)
+#define ISCSI_HOST_INITIATOR_NAME	(1 << ISCSI_HOST_PARAM_INITIATOR_NAME)
 
 #define iscsi_ptr(_handle) ((void*)(unsigned long)_handle)
 #define iscsi_handle(_ptr) ((uint64_t)(unsigned long)_ptr)
diff --git a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
index e202cc00c8e781c78e9446c8c2b06bdd4c7ce582..deae90a56a0dee661b20315c20876952a7acde85 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ struct iscsi_session {
 	int			erl;
 	int			tpgt;
 	char			*targetname;
+	char			*initiatorname;
 	/* hw address being used for iscsi connection */
 	char			*hwaddress;
 	/* control data */