diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 985c20a4f30e14c5a0c00d6749a3b7bcf79e9f6a..7e2ec3c055502fe21b0d9b01153cbc67e83111db 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ struct dm_table {
 	void *event_context;
 
 	struct dm_md_mempools *mempools;
+
+	struct list_head target_callbacks;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ int dm_table_create(struct dm_table **result, fmode_t mode,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&t->devices);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&t->target_callbacks);
 	atomic_set(&t->holders, 0);
 	t->discards_supported = 1;
 
@@ -1225,10 +1228,17 @@ int dm_table_resume_targets(struct dm_table *t)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void dm_table_add_target_callbacks(struct dm_table *t, struct dm_target_callbacks *cb)
+{
+	list_add(&cb->list, &t->target_callbacks);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_table_add_target_callbacks);
+
 int dm_table_any_congested(struct dm_table *t, int bdi_bits)
 {
 	struct dm_dev_internal *dd;
 	struct list_head *devices = dm_table_get_devices(t);
+	struct dm_target_callbacks *cb;
 	int r = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(dd, devices, list) {
@@ -1243,6 +1253,10 @@ int dm_table_any_congested(struct dm_table *t, int bdi_bits)
 				     bdevname(dd->dm_dev.bdev, b));
 	}
 
+	list_for_each_entry(cb, &t->target_callbacks, list)
+		if (cb->congested_fn)
+			r |= cb->congested_fn(cb, bdi_bits);
+
 	return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 2970022faa632715461ab11ea8955cf3aa0fb1c0..4b1c63d478ab972e328e279486255650b84e75d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ struct dm_target {
 	char *error;
 };
 
+/* Each target can link one of these into the table */
+struct dm_target_callbacks {
+	struct list_head list;
+	int (*congested_fn) (struct dm_target_callbacks *, int);
+};
+
 int dm_register_target(struct target_type *t);
 void dm_unregister_target(struct target_type *t);
 
@@ -268,6 +274,11 @@ int dm_table_create(struct dm_table **result, fmode_t mode,
 int dm_table_add_target(struct dm_table *t, const char *type,
 			sector_t start, sector_t len, char *params);
 
+/*
+ * Target_ctr should call this if it needs to add any callbacks.
+ */
+void dm_table_add_target_callbacks(struct dm_table *t, struct dm_target_callbacks *cb);
+
 /*
  * Finally call this to make the table ready for use.
  */