diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 2190e6c2792e6f7ed1383f49b1e2f96c6565ef3d..5bd03b97002e1e9dd73f1d36aeecaaf76c94da5c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -618,7 +618,8 @@ static int nfs_init_server(struct nfs_server *server, const struct nfs_mount_dat
 	if (clp->cl_nfsversion == 3) {
 		if (server->namelen == 0 || server->namelen > NFS3_MAXNAMLEN)
 			server->namelen = NFS3_MAXNAMLEN;
-		server->caps |= NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS;
+		if (!(data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NORDIRPLUS))
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS;
 	} else {
 		if (server->namelen == 0 || server->namelen > NFS2_MAXNAMLEN)
 			server->namelen = NFS2_MAXNAMLEN;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 719464a04ddae4fc73dc81ba982ee827631fb9ad..ca20d3cc260908b485f7d3bf4279ad3d718d97c4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ static void nfs_show_mount_options(struct seq_file *m, struct nfs_server *nfss,
 		{ NFS_MOUNT_NOAC, ",noac", "" },
 		{ NFS_MOUNT_NONLM, ",nolock", "" },
 		{ NFS_MOUNT_NOACL, ",noacl", "" },
+		{ NFS_MOUNT_NORDIRPLUS, ",nordirplus", "" },
 		{ 0, NULL, NULL }
 	};
 	const struct proc_nfs_info *nfs_infop;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_mount.h b/include/linux/nfs_mount.h
index 659c7543845482f236b63386b1212caeff147870..cc8b9c59acb8607005e7a891efbb74b29ac6a994 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_mount.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct nfs_mount_data {
 #define NFS_MOUNT_NOACL		0x0800	/* 4 */
 #define NFS_MOUNT_STRICTLOCK	0x1000	/* reserved for NFSv4 */
 #define NFS_MOUNT_SECFLAVOUR	0x2000	/* 5 */
+#define NFS_MOUNT_NORDIRPLUS	0x4000	/* 5 */
 #define NFS_MOUNT_FLAGMASK	0xFFFF
 
 #endif