diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index 7c9d66ee917d..1c5c942cf0f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ static int drm_getcap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_
 	case DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE:
 		req->value = drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE);
 		return 0;
+	case DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_DEADLINE:
+		req->value = drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Other caps only work with KMS drivers */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
index 0c2be8360525..61cf97972a60 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
@@ -973,7 +973,8 @@ static signed long drm_syncobj_array_wait_timeout(struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs,
 						  uint32_t count,
 						  uint32_t flags,
 						  signed long timeout,
-						  uint32_t *idx)
+						  uint32_t *idx,
+						  ktime_t *deadline)
 {
 	struct syncobj_wait_entry *entries;
 	struct dma_fence *fence;
@@ -1053,6 +1054,15 @@ static signed long drm_syncobj_array_wait_timeout(struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs,
 			drm_syncobj_fence_add_wait(syncobjs[i], &entries[i]);
 	}
 
+	if (deadline) {
+		for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+			fence = entries[i].fence;
+			if (!fence)
+				continue;
+			dma_fence_set_deadline(fence, *deadline);
+		}
+	}
+
 	do {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
@@ -1151,7 +1161,8 @@ static int drm_syncobj_array_wait(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  struct drm_file *file_private,
 				  struct drm_syncobj_wait *wait,
 				  struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait *timeline_wait,
-				  struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs, bool timeline)
+				  struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs, bool timeline,
+				  ktime_t *deadline)
 {
 	signed long timeout = 0;
 	uint32_t first = ~0;
@@ -1162,7 +1173,8 @@ static int drm_syncobj_array_wait(struct drm_device *dev,
 							 NULL,
 							 wait->count_handles,
 							 wait->flags,
-							 timeout, &first);
+							 timeout, &first,
+							 deadline);
 		if (timeout < 0)
 			return timeout;
 		wait->first_signaled = first;
@@ -1172,7 +1184,8 @@ static int drm_syncobj_array_wait(struct drm_device *dev,
 							 u64_to_user_ptr(timeline_wait->points),
 							 timeline_wait->count_handles,
 							 timeline_wait->flags,
-							 timeout, &first);
+							 timeout, &first,
+							 deadline);
 		if (timeout < 0)
 			return timeout;
 		timeline_wait->first_signaled = first;
@@ -1243,13 +1256,20 @@ drm_syncobj_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	struct drm_syncobj_wait *args = data;
 	struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs;
+	unsigned possible_flags;
+	ktime_t t, *tp = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (args->flags & ~(DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL |
-			    DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT))
+	possible_flags = DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL |
+			 DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT;
+
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_DEADLINE))
+		possible_flags |= DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE;
+
+	if (args->flags & ~possible_flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (args->count_handles == 0)
@@ -1262,8 +1282,13 @@ drm_syncobj_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (args->flags & DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE) {
+		t = ktime_set(args->deadline_sec, args->deadline_nsec);
+		tp = &t;
+	}
+
 	ret = drm_syncobj_array_wait(dev, file_private,
-				     args, NULL, syncobjs, false);
+				     args, NULL, syncobjs, false, tp);
 
 	drm_syncobj_array_free(syncobjs, args->count_handles);
 
@@ -1276,14 +1301,21 @@ drm_syncobj_timeline_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait *args = data;
 	struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs;
+	unsigned possible_flags;
+	ktime_t t, *tp = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (args->flags & ~(DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL |
-			    DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT |
-			    DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_AVAILABLE))
+	possible_flags = DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL |
+			 DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT |
+			 DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_AVAILABLE;
+
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_DEADLINE))
+		possible_flags |= DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE;
+
+	if (args->flags & ~possible_flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (args->count_handles == 0)
@@ -1296,8 +1328,13 @@ drm_syncobj_timeline_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (args->flags & DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE) {
+		t = ktime_set(args->deadline_sec, args->deadline_nsec);
+		tp = &t;
+	}
+
 	ret = drm_syncobj_array_wait(dev, file_private,
-				     NULL, args, syncobjs, true);
+				     NULL, args, syncobjs, true, tp);
 
 	drm_syncobj_array_free(syncobjs, args->count_handles);
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_drv.h b/include/drm/drm_drv.h
index 1d76d0686b03..9aa24f097e22 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_drv.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_drv.h
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ enum drm_driver_feature {
 	 * acceleration should be handled by two drivers that are connected using auxiliary bus.
 	 */
 	DRIVER_COMPUTE_ACCEL            = BIT(7),
+	/**
+	 * @DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_DEADLINE:
+	 *
+	 * Driver supports &dma_fence_ops.set_deadline
+	 */
+	DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_DEADLINE         = BIT(8),
 
 	/* IMPORTANT: Below are all the legacy flags, add new ones above. */
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
index 642808520d92..c6b85bb13810 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
@@ -767,6 +767,13 @@ struct drm_gem_open {
  * Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst, section "DRM Sync Objects".
  */
 #define DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE	0x14
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_DEADLINE
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE flag
+ * on the SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE_WAIT/SYNCOBJ_WAIT ioctls.
+ */
+#define DRM_CAP_SYNCOBJ_DEADLINE	0x15
 
 /* DRM_IOCTL_GET_CAP ioctl argument type */
 struct drm_get_cap {
@@ -887,6 +894,7 @@ struct drm_syncobj_transfer {
 #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL (1 << 0)
 #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT (1 << 1)
 #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_AVAILABLE (1 << 2) /* wait for time point to become available */
+#define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE (1 << 3) /* set fence deadline based to deadline_nsec/sec */
 struct drm_syncobj_wait {
 	__u64 handles;
 	/* absolute timeout */
@@ -894,7 +902,9 @@ struct drm_syncobj_wait {
 	__u32 count_handles;
 	__u32 flags;
 	__u32 first_signaled; /* only valid when not waiting all */
-	__u32 pad;
+	/* Deadline to set on backing fence(s) in CLOCK_MONOTONIC: */
+	__u32 deadline_nsec;
+	__u64 deadline_sec;
 };
 
 struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait {
@@ -906,7 +916,9 @@ struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait {
 	__u32 count_handles;
 	__u32 flags;
 	__u32 first_signaled; /* only valid when not waiting all */
-	__u32 pad;
+	/* Deadline to set on backing fence(s) in CLOCK_MONOTONIC: */
+	__u32 deadline_nsec;
+	__u64 deadline_sec;
 };
 
 
