diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index ac8436fc6ced16fd82b1aa9bf231bfd0048507eb..b932e170c977f153635c550900f8044d385bd39d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@
 #define MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START	MI_INSTR(0x31, 0)
 #define   MI_BATCH_GTT		    (2<<6) /* aliased with (1<<7) on gen4 */
 #define MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START_GEN8	MI_INSTR(0x31, 1)
+#define   MI_BATCH_RESOURCE_STREAMER (1<<10)
 
 #define MI_PREDICATE_SRC0	(0x2400)
 #define MI_PREDICATE_SRC1	(0x2408)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index e39c8912f673e85c9eaa64aab0e3aad9616970ad..bddc9032e17ed5fcde6ef3bcb9b324e90cbc6328 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2448,7 +2448,9 @@ gen8_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 		return ret;
 
 	/* FIXME(BDW): Address space and security selectors. */
-	intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START_GEN8 | (ppgtt<<8));
+	intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START_GEN8 | (ppgtt<<8) |
+			(dispatch_flags & I915_DISPATCH_RS ?
+			 MI_BATCH_RESOURCE_STREAMER : 0));
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, lower_32_bits(offset));
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, upper_32_bits(offset));
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_NOOP);
@@ -2472,7 +2474,9 @@ hsw_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 	intel_ring_emit(ring,
 			MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START |
 			(dispatch_flags & I915_DISPATCH_SECURE ?
-			 0 : MI_BATCH_PPGTT_HSW | MI_BATCH_NON_SECURE_HSW));
+			 0 : MI_BATCH_PPGTT_HSW | MI_BATCH_NON_SECURE_HSW) |
+			(dispatch_flags & I915_DISPATCH_RS ?
+			 MI_BATCH_RESOURCE_STREAMER : 0));
 	/* bit0-7 is the length on GEN6+ */
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, offset);
 	intel_ring_advance(ring);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 304cac4caf1c0d127359b1aae0b9b4893bac9299..0ea89ea301827d41fc1a03ec07718a577541a692 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ struct  intel_engine_cs {
 					       unsigned dispatch_flags);
 #define I915_DISPATCH_SECURE 0x1
 #define I915_DISPATCH_PINNED 0x2
+#define I915_DISPATCH_RS     0x4
 	void		(*cleanup)(struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
 
 	/* GEN8 signal/wait table - never trust comments!