diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 1242db8d3444..159a1ffa4f4b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -340,6 +340,18 @@ static ssize_t ceph_vxattrcb_caps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 			      ceph_cap_string(issued), issued);
 }
 
+static ssize_t ceph_vxattrcb_auth_mds(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
+				       char *val, size_t size)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	ret = ceph_fmt_xattr(val, size, "%d",
+			     ci->i_auth_cap ? ci->i_auth_cap->session->s_mds : -1);
+	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #define CEPH_XATTR_NAME(_type, _name)	XATTR_CEPH_PREFIX #_type "." #_name
 #define CEPH_XATTR_NAME2(_type, _name, _name2)	\
 	XATTR_CEPH_PREFIX #_type "." #_name "." #_name2
@@ -473,6 +485,13 @@ static struct ceph_vxattr ceph_common_vxattrs[] = {
 		.exists_cb = NULL,
 		.flags = VXATTR_FLAG_READONLY,
 	},
+	{
+		.name = "ceph.auth_mds",
+		.name_size = sizeof("ceph.auth_mds"),
+		.getxattr_cb = ceph_vxattrcb_auth_mds,
+		.exists_cb = NULL,
+		.flags = VXATTR_FLAG_READONLY,
+	},
 	{ .name = NULL, 0 }	/* Required table terminator */
 };