diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 9301824c7491..d9ab70d776e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ extern void __split_huge_page_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd);
 #if HPAGE_PMD_ORDER > MAX_ORDER
 #error "hugepages can't be allocated by the buddy allocator"
 #endif
+extern int hugepage_madvise(unsigned long *vm_flags);
 #else /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 #define HPAGE_PMD_SHIFT ({ BUG(); 0; })
 #define HPAGE_PMD_MASK ({ BUG(); 0; })
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ static inline int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	do { } while (0)
 #define wait_split_huge_page(__anon_vma, __pmd)	\
 	do { } while (0)
+static inline int hugepage_madvise(unsigned long *vm_flags)
+{
+	BUG();
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_HUGE_MM_H */
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 763507932898..620891f4e54f 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -896,6 +896,22 @@ int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int hugepage_madvise(unsigned long *vm_flags)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Be somewhat over-protective like KSM for now!
+	 */
+	if (*vm_flags & (VM_HUGEPAGE | VM_SHARED  | VM_MAYSHARE   |
+			 VM_PFNMAP   | VM_IO      | VM_DONTEXPAND |
+			 VM_RESERVED | VM_HUGETLB | VM_INSERTPAGE |
+			 VM_MIXEDMAP | VM_SAO))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*vm_flags |= VM_HUGEPAGE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void __split_huge_page_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
 {
 	struct page *page;
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 319528b8db74..ecde40a401c1 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 		break;
+	case MADV_HUGEPAGE:
+		error = hugepage_madvise(&new_flags);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+		break;
 	}
 
 	if (new_flags == vma->vm_flags) {
@@ -282,6 +287,9 @@ madvise_behavior_valid(int behavior)
 #ifdef CONFIG_KSM
 	case MADV_MERGEABLE:
 	case MADV_UNMERGEABLE:
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+	case MADV_HUGEPAGE:
 #endif
 		return 1;