diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 04f2fe47b66a..43d66d9b2eff 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -691,7 +691,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
 		goto out_put_group;
 	}
 
-	group->max_events = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_EVENTS;
+	if (flags & FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE) {
+		fd = -EPERM;
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			goto out_put_group;
+		group->max_events = UINT_MAX;
+	} else {
+		group->max_events = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_EVENTS;
+	}
 
 	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[fanotify]", &fanotify_fops, group, f_flags);
 	if (fd < 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index ed479b6fef7b..e37f559c95e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@
 #define FAN_CLASS_NOTIF		0x00000000
 #define FAN_CLASS_CONTENT	0x00000004
 #define FAN_CLASS_PRE_CONTENT	0x00000008
-
 #define FAN_ALL_CLASS_BITS	(FAN_CLASS_NOTIF | FAN_CLASS_CONTENT | \
 				 FAN_CLASS_PRE_CONTENT)
 
+#define FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE	0x00000010
+
 #define FAN_ALL_INIT_FLAGS	(FAN_CLOEXEC | FAN_NONBLOCK | \
-				 FAN_ALL_CLASS_BITS)
+				 FAN_ALL_CLASS_BITS | FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE)
 
 /* flags used for fanotify_modify_mark() */
 #define FAN_MARK_ADD		0x00000001