diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
index 5039df757127..32b550c91d9f 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
@@ -330,6 +330,25 @@ int rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, u32 src, u32 dst,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_trysend_offchannel);
 
+/**
+ * rpmsg_set_flow_control() - request remote to pause/resume transmission
+ * @ept:	the rpmsg endpoint
+ * @pause:	pause transmission
+ * @dst:	destination address of the endpoint
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success and an appropriate error value on failure.
+ */
+int rpmsg_set_flow_control(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, bool pause, u32 dst)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!ept))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!ept->ops->set_flow_control)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return ept->ops->set_flow_control(ept, pause, dst);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpmsg_set_flow_control);
+
 /**
  * rpmsg_get_mtu() - get maximum transmission buffer size for sending message.
  * @ept: the rpmsg endpoint
@@ -539,6 +558,8 @@ static int rpmsg_dev_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 		rpdev->ept = ept;
 		rpdev->src = ept->addr;
+
+		ept->flow_cb = rpdrv->flowcontrol;
 	}
 
 	err = rpdrv->probe(rpdev);
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
index 39b646d0d40d..b950d6f790a3 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct rpmsg_device_ops {
  * @trysendto:		see @rpmsg_trysendto(), optional
  * @trysend_offchannel:	see @rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(), optional
  * @poll:		see @rpmsg_poll(), optional
+ * @set_flow_control:	see @rpmsg_set_flow_control(), optional
  * @get_mtu:		see @rpmsg_get_mtu(), optional
  *
  * Indirection table for the operations that a rpmsg backend should implement.
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ struct rpmsg_endpoint_ops {
 			     void *data, int len);
 	__poll_t (*poll)(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, struct file *filp,
 			     poll_table *wait);
+	int (*set_flow_control)(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, bool pause, u32 dst);
 	ssize_t (*get_mtu)(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept);
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg.h b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
index 523c98b96cb4..90d8e4475f80 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ struct rpmsg_device {
 };
 
 typedef int (*rpmsg_rx_cb_t)(struct rpmsg_device *, void *, int, void *, u32);
+typedef int (*rpmsg_flowcontrol_cb_t)(struct rpmsg_device *, void *, bool);
 
 /**
  * struct rpmsg_endpoint - binds a local rpmsg address to its user
  * @rpdev: rpmsg channel device
  * @refcount: when this drops to zero, the ept is deallocated
  * @cb: rx callback handler
+ * @flow_cb: remote flow control callback handler
  * @cb_lock: must be taken before accessing/changing @cb
  * @addr: local rpmsg address
  * @priv: private data for the driver's use
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ struct rpmsg_endpoint {
 	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev;
 	struct kref refcount;
 	rpmsg_rx_cb_t cb;
+	rpmsg_flowcontrol_cb_t flow_cb;
 	struct mutex cb_lock;
 	u32 addr;
 	void *priv;
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ struct rpmsg_endpoint {
  * @probe: invoked when a matching rpmsg channel (i.e. device) is found
  * @remove: invoked when the rpmsg channel is removed
  * @callback: invoked when an inbound message is received on the channel
+ * @flowcontrol: invoked when remote side flow control request is received
  */
 struct rpmsg_driver {
 	struct device_driver drv;
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ struct rpmsg_driver {
 	int (*probe)(struct rpmsg_device *dev);
 	void (*remove)(struct rpmsg_device *dev);
 	int (*callback)(struct rpmsg_device *, void *, int, void *, u32);
+	int (*flowcontrol)(struct rpmsg_device *, void *, bool);
 };
 
 static inline u16 rpmsg16_to_cpu(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, __rpmsg16 val)
@@ -192,6 +197,8 @@ __poll_t rpmsg_poll(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, struct file *filp,
 
 ssize_t rpmsg_get_mtu(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept);
 
+int rpmsg_set_flow_control(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, bool pause, u32 dst);
+
 #else
 
 static inline int rpmsg_register_device_override(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
@@ -316,6 +323,14 @@ static inline ssize_t rpmsg_get_mtu(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
 	return -ENXIO;
 }
 
+static inline int rpmsg_set_flow_control(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, bool pause, u32 dst)
+{
+	/* This shouldn't be possible */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+
+	return -ENXIO;
+}
+
 #endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPMSG) */
 
 /* use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE */