diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 5061cb32856b..83d2eb9e74cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ static int i915_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	case I915_PARAM_HAS_EXEC_CAPTURE:
 	case I915_PARAM_HAS_EXEC_BATCH_FIRST:
 	case I915_PARAM_HAS_EXEC_FENCE_ARRAY:
+	case I915_PARAM_HAS_EXEC_SUBMIT_FENCE:
 		/* For the time being all of these are always true;
 		 * if some supported hardware does not have one of these
 		 * features this value needs to be provided from
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index d6c5220addd0..7ce25b54c57b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2318,6 +2318,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 {
 	struct i915_execbuffer eb;
 	struct dma_fence *in_fence = NULL;
+	struct dma_fence *exec_fence = NULL;
 	struct sync_file *out_fence = NULL;
 	int out_fence_fd = -1;
 	int err;
@@ -2360,11 +2361,24 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (args->flags & I915_EXEC_FENCE_SUBMIT) {
+		if (in_fence) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_in_fence;
+		}
+
+		exec_fence = sync_file_get_fence(lower_32_bits(args->rsvd2));
+		if (!exec_fence) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_in_fence;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (args->flags & I915_EXEC_FENCE_OUT) {
 		out_fence_fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
 		if (out_fence_fd < 0) {
 			err = out_fence_fd;
-			goto err_in_fence;
+			goto err_exec_fence;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2494,6 +2508,13 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 			goto err_request;
 	}
 
+	if (exec_fence) {
+		err = i915_request_await_execution(eb.request, exec_fence,
+						   eb.engine->bond_execute);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto err_request;
+	}
+
 	if (fences) {
 		err = await_fence_array(&eb, fences);
 		if (err)
@@ -2555,6 +2576,8 @@ err_destroy:
 err_out_fence:
 	if (out_fence_fd != -1)
 		put_unused_fd(out_fence_fd);
+err_exec_fence:
+	dma_fence_put(exec_fence);
 err_in_fence:
 	dma_fence_put(in_fence);
 	return err;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index e2da9027bcdf..bdb00ec1f8be 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -604,6 +604,12 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_irq_wait {
  */
 #define I915_PARAM_MMAP_GTT_COHERENT	52
 
+/*
+ * Query whether DRM_I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2 supports coordination of parallel
+ * execution through use of explicit fence support.
+ * See I915_EXEC_FENCE_OUT and I915_EXEC_FENCE_SUBMIT.
+ */
+#define I915_PARAM_HAS_EXEC_SUBMIT_FENCE 53
 /* Must be kept compact -- no holes and well documented */
 
 typedef struct drm_i915_getparam {
@@ -1126,7 +1132,16 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 {
  */
 #define I915_EXEC_FENCE_ARRAY   (1<<19)
 
-#define __I915_EXEC_UNKNOWN_FLAGS (-(I915_EXEC_FENCE_ARRAY<<1))
+/*
+ * Setting I915_EXEC_FENCE_SUBMIT implies that lower_32_bits(rsvd2) represent
+ * a sync_file fd to wait upon (in a nonblocking manner) prior to executing
+ * the batch.
+ *
+ * Returns -EINVAL if the sync_file fd cannot be found.
+ */
+#define I915_EXEC_FENCE_SUBMIT		(1 << 20)
+
+#define __I915_EXEC_UNKNOWN_FLAGS (-(I915_EXEC_FENCE_SUBMIT << 1))
 
 #define I915_EXEC_CONTEXT_ID_MASK	(0xffffffff)
 #define i915_execbuffer2_set_context_id(eb2, context) \