diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index d6de9d042b76ce2f2e74ae2f62a03acca41c3cf0..7f6912a16761a12c360310fd60e45d375d17966e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -275,6 +275,14 @@ int drm_getcap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 	struct drm_get_cap *req = data;
 
 	req->value = 0;
+	switch (req->capability) {
+	case DRM_CAP_DUMB_BUFFER:
+		if (dev->driver->dumb_create)
+			req->value = 1;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm.h b/include/drm/drm.h
index da4efd162d5803534f50e0069a87dd6291d062f9..9ac431396176d6c5e89d44084af7b249c41b94fc 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm.h
@@ -752,6 +752,8 @@ struct drm_event_vblank {
 	__u32 reserved;
 };
 
+#define DRM_CAP_DUMB_BUFFER 0x1
+
 /* typedef area */
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
 typedef struct drm_clip_rect drm_clip_rect_t;