diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index f9b71c12cc9f6d46267eaf73a801dd00715a9cf2..a05bf1d6e1d04143da40126e0a07ea927347001e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ cifs_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct dentry *root)
 			tcon->ses->server->echo_interval / HZ);
 	if (tcon->snapshot_time)
 		seq_printf(s, ",snapshot=%llu", tcon->snapshot_time);
+	if (tcon->handle_timeout)
+		seq_printf(s, ",handletimeout=%u", tcon->handle_timeout);
 	/* convert actimeo and display it in seconds */
 	seq_printf(s, ",actimeo=%lu", cifs_sb->actimeo / HZ);
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 38feae812b4704b315ee3adfe2a1eaa2c4740e45..5b18d45857409eb06624a894e2308e6728c39ba3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
  */
 #define CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO (1 << 30)
 
+/*
+ * Max persistent and resilient handle timeout (milliseconds).
+ * Windows durable max was 960000 (16 minutes)
+ */
+#define SMB3_MAX_HANDLE_TIMEOUT 960000
+
 /*
  * MAX_REQ is the maximum number of requests that WE will send
  * on one socket concurrently.
@@ -586,6 +592,7 @@ struct smb_vol {
 	struct nls_table *local_nls;
 	unsigned int echo_interval; /* echo interval in secs */
 	__u64 snapshot_time; /* needed for timewarp tokens */
+	__u32 handle_timeout; /* persistent and durable handle timeout in ms */
 	unsigned int max_credits; /* smb3 max_credits 10 < credits < 60000 */
 };
 
@@ -1058,6 +1065,7 @@ struct cifs_tcon {
 	__u32 vol_serial_number;
 	__le64 vol_create_time;
 	__u64 snapshot_time; /* for timewarp tokens - timestamp of snapshot */
+	__u32 handle_timeout; /* persistent and durable handle timeout in ms */
 	__u32 ss_flags;		/* sector size flags */
 	__u32 perf_sector_size; /* best sector size for perf */
 	__u32 max_chunks;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index a8e9738db691294736105bf8a0cd03772a9a2447..4c0e44489f21497670131b5a889ae6f4eb0b843e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_cruid, Opt_gid, Opt_file_mode,
 	Opt_dirmode, Opt_port,
 	Opt_blocksize, Opt_rsize, Opt_wsize, Opt_actimeo,
-	Opt_echo_interval, Opt_max_credits,
+	Opt_echo_interval, Opt_max_credits, Opt_handletimeout,
 	Opt_snapshot,
 
 	/* Mount options which take string value */
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static const match_table_t cifs_mount_option_tokens = {
 	{ Opt_rsize, "rsize=%s" },
 	{ Opt_wsize, "wsize=%s" },
 	{ Opt_actimeo, "actimeo=%s" },
+	{ Opt_handletimeout, "handletimeout=%s" },
 	{ Opt_echo_interval, "echo_interval=%s" },
 	{ Opt_max_credits, "max_credits=%s" },
 	{ Opt_snapshot, "snapshot=%s" },
@@ -1619,6 +1620,9 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 
 	vol->actimeo = CIFS_DEF_ACTIMEO;
 
+	/* Most clients set timeout to 0, allows server to use its default */
+	vol->handle_timeout = 0; /* See MS-SMB2 spec section 2.2.14.2.12 */
+
 	/* offer SMB2.1 and later (SMB3 etc). Secure and widely accepted */
 	vol->ops = &smb30_operations;
 	vol->vals = &smbdefault_values;
@@ -2017,6 +2021,18 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			break;
+		case Opt_handletimeout:
+			if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
+				cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Invalid handletimeout value\n",
+					 __func__);
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+			}
+			vol->handle_timeout = option;
+			if (vol->handle_timeout > SMB3_MAX_HANDLE_TIMEOUT) {
+				cifs_dbg(VFS, "Invalid handle cache timeout, longer than 16 minutes\n");
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+			}
+			break;
 		case Opt_echo_interval:
 			if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
 				cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Invalid echo interval value\n",
@@ -3183,6 +3199,8 @@ static int match_tcon(struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 		return 0;
 	if (tcon->snapshot_time != volume_info->snapshot_time)
 		return 0;
+	if (tcon->handle_timeout != volume_info->handle_timeout)
+		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -3297,6 +3315,16 @@ cifs_get_tcon(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 			tcon->snapshot_time = volume_info->snapshot_time;
 	}
 
+	if (volume_info->handle_timeout) {
+		if (ses->server->vals->protocol_id == 0) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS,
+			     "Use SMB2.1 or later for handle timeout option\n");
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto out_fail;
+		} else
+			tcon->handle_timeout = volume_info->handle_timeout;
+	}
+
 	tcon->ses = ses;
 	if (volume_info->password) {
 		tcon->password = kstrdup(volume_info->password, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
index ac97e0c01d4efaa17c9927525bb2f6f83e812bf2..54bffb2a1786d00c5becdb9c2c275c0aa5f87c99 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 
 
 	 if (oparms->tcon->use_resilient) {
-		nr_ioctl_req.Timeout = 0; /* use server default (120 seconds) */
+		/* default timeout is 0, servers pick default (120 seconds) */
+		nr_ioctl_req.Timeout =
+			cpu_to_le32(oparms->tcon->handle_timeout);
 		nr_ioctl_req.Reserved = 0;
 		rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, oparms->tcon, fid->persistent_fid,
 			fid->volatile_fid, FSCTL_LMR_REQUEST_RESILIENCY,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 0dc66f36ff5b44dc619e74feba2df351a689e31d..21ad01d55ab2d32f0a4406c4cd0704cfab80026a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1859,8 +1859,9 @@ add_lease_context(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct kvec *iov,
 }
 
 static struct create_durable_v2 *
-create_durable_v2_buf(struct cifs_fid *pfid)
+create_durable_v2_buf(struct cifs_open_parms *oparms)
 {
+	struct cifs_fid *pfid = oparms->fid;
 	struct create_durable_v2 *buf;
 
 	buf = kzalloc(sizeof(struct create_durable_v2), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1874,7 +1875,14 @@ create_durable_v2_buf(struct cifs_fid *pfid)
 				(struct create_durable_v2, Name));
 	buf->ccontext.NameLength = cpu_to_le16(4);
 
-	buf->dcontext.Timeout = 0; /* Should this be configurable by workload */
+	/*
+	 * NB: Handle timeout defaults to 0, which allows server to choose
+	 * (most servers default to 120 seconds) and most clients default to 0.
+	 * This can be overridden at mount ("handletimeout=") if the user wants
+	 * a different persistent (or resilient) handle timeout for all opens
+	 * opens on a particular SMB3 mount.
+	 */
+	buf->dcontext.Timeout = cpu_to_le32(oparms->tcon->handle_timeout);
 	buf->dcontext.Flags = cpu_to_le32(SMB2_DHANDLE_FLAG_PERSISTENT);
 	generate_random_uuid(buf->dcontext.CreateGuid);
 	memcpy(pfid->create_guid, buf->dcontext.CreateGuid, 16);
@@ -1927,7 +1935,7 @@ add_durable_v2_context(struct kvec *iov, unsigned int *num_iovec,
 	struct smb2_create_req *req = iov[0].iov_base;
 	unsigned int num = *num_iovec;
 
-	iov[num].iov_base = create_durable_v2_buf(oparms->fid);
+	iov[num].iov_base = create_durable_v2_buf(oparms);
 	if (iov[num].iov_base == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	iov[num].iov_len = sizeof(struct create_durable_v2);