diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 903d5813023a..d7cbd050ddf4 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ static bool force_apst;
 module_param(force_apst, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_apst, "allow APST for newly enumerated devices even if quirked off");
 
+static char streams_per_ns = 4;
+module_param(streams_per_ns, byte, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(streams_per_ns, "if available, allocate this many streams per NS");
+
 static LIST_HEAD(nvme_ctrl_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dev_list_lock);
 
@@ -351,6 +355,15 @@ static inline void nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req,
 	cmnd->rw.slba = cpu_to_le64(nvme_block_nr(ns, blk_rq_pos(req)));
 	cmnd->rw.length = cpu_to_le16((blk_rq_bytes(req) >> ns->lba_shift) - 1);
 
+	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_WRITE) {
+		if (bio_stream_valid(req->bio) && ns->nr_streams) {
+			unsigned stream = bio_stream(req->bio) & 0xffff;
+
+			control |= NVME_RW_DTYPE_STREAMS;
+			dsmgmt |= ((stream % (ns->nr_streams + 1)) << 16);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ns->ms) {
 		switch (ns->pi_type) {
 		case NVME_NS_DPS_PI_TYPE3:
@@ -1073,6 +1086,109 @@ static int nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int nvme_enable_streams(struct nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	struct nvme_command c;
+
+	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
+
+	c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_send;
+	c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->ns_id);
+	c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_SND_ID_OP_ENABLE;
+	c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_IDENTIFY;
+	c.directive.tdtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
+	c.directive.endir = NVME_DIR_ENDIR;
+
+	return nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ns->ctrl->admin_q, &c, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+static int nvme_streams_params(struct nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
+	struct streams_directive_params s;
+	struct nvme_command c;
+	int ret;
+
+	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
+	memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
+
+	c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_recv;
+	c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->ns_id);
+	c.directive.numd = sizeof(s);
+	c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_RCV_ST_OP_PARAM;
+	c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
+
+	ret = nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, &c, &s, sizeof(s));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	s.msl = le16_to_cpu(s.msl);
+	s.nssa = le16_to_cpu(s.nssa);
+	s.nsso = le16_to_cpu(s.nsso);
+	s.sws = le32_to_cpu(s.sws);
+	s.sgs = le16_to_cpu(s.sgs);
+	s.nsa = le16_to_cpu(s.nsa);
+	s.nso = le16_to_cpu(s.nso);
+
+	dev_info(ctrl->device, "streams: msl=%u, nssa=%u, nsso=%u, sws=%u "
+				"sgs=%u, nsa=%u, nso=%u\n", s.msl, s.nssa,
+				s.nsso, s.sws, s.sgs, s.nsa, s.nso);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int nvme_streams_allocate(struct nvme_ns *ns, unsigned int streams)
+{
+	struct nvme_command c;
+
+	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
+
+	c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_recv;
+	c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->ns_id);
+	c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_RCV_ST_OP_RESOURCE;
+	c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
+	c.directive.endir = streams;
+
+	return nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ns->ctrl->admin_q, &c, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+static int nvme_streams_deallocate(struct nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	struct nvme_command c;
+
+	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
+
+	c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_send;
+	c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->ns_id);
+	c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_SND_ST_OP_REL_RSC;
+	c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
+
+	return nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ns->ctrl->admin_q, &c, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+static void nvme_config_streams(struct nvme_ns *ns)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nvme_enable_streams(ns);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	ret = nvme_streams_params(ns);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	ret = nvme_streams_allocate(ns, streams_per_ns);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	ret = nvme_streams_params(ns);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	ns->nr_streams = streams_per_ns;
+	dev_info(ns->ctrl->device, "successfully enabled streams\n");
+}
+
 static char nvme_pr_type(enum pr_type type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
@@ -1606,6 +1722,9 @@ int nvme_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	ctrl->sgls = le32_to_cpu(id->sgls);
 	ctrl->kas = le16_to_cpu(id->kas);
 
+	if (ctrl->oacs & NVME_CTRL_OACS_DIRECTIVES)
+		dev_info(ctrl->dev, "supports directives\n");
+
 	ctrl->npss = id->npss;
 	prev_apsta = ctrl->apsta;
 	if (ctrl->quirks & NVME_QUIRK_NO_APST) {
@@ -2060,6 +2179,9 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 		goto out_free_id;
 	}
 
+	if (ctrl->oacs & NVME_CTRL_OACS_DIRECTIVES)
+		nvme_config_streams(ns);
+
 	disk = alloc_disk_node(0, node);
 	if (!disk)
 		goto out_free_id;
@@ -2112,6 +2234,8 @@ static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 					&nvme_ns_attr_group);
 		if (ns->ndev)
 			nvme_nvm_unregister_sysfs(ns);
+		if (ns->nr_streams)
+			nvme_streams_deallocate(ns);
 		del_gendisk(ns->disk);
 		blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 9d6a070d4391..dc87c8284259 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ struct nvme_ns {
 	u8 uuid[16];
 
 	unsigned ns_id;
+	unsigned nr_streams;
 	int lba_shift;
 	u16 ms;
 	bool ext;
diff --git a/include/linux/nvme.h b/include/linux/nvme.h
index b625bacf37ef..8b2f5b140134 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvme.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvme.h
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ enum {
 	NVME_CTRL_ONCS_WRITE_ZEROES		= 1 << 3,
 	NVME_CTRL_VWC_PRESENT			= 1 << 0,
 	NVME_CTRL_OACS_SEC_SUPP                 = 1 << 0,
+	NVME_CTRL_OACS_DIRECTIVES		= 1 << 5,
 	NVME_CTRL_OACS_DBBUF_SUPP		= 1 << 7,
 };
 
@@ -295,6 +296,19 @@ enum {
 };
 
 enum {
+	NVME_DIR_IDENTIFY		= 0x00,
+	NVME_DIR_STREAMS		= 0x01,
+	NVME_DIR_SND_ID_OP_ENABLE	= 0x01,
+	NVME_DIR_SND_ST_OP_REL_ID	= 0x01,
+	NVME_DIR_SND_ST_OP_REL_RSC	= 0x02,
+	NVME_DIR_RCV_ID_OP_PARAM	= 0x01,
+	NVME_DIR_RCV_ST_OP_PARAM	= 0x01,
+	NVME_DIR_RCV_ST_OP_STATUS	= 0x02,
+	NVME_DIR_RCV_ST_OP_RESOURCE	= 0x03,
+	NVME_DIR_ENDIR			= 0x01,
+};
+
+enum {
 	NVME_NS_FEAT_THIN	= 1 << 0,
 	NVME_NS_FLBAS_LBA_MASK	= 0xf,
 	NVME_NS_FLBAS_META_EXT	= 0x10,
@@ -535,6 +549,7 @@ enum {
 	NVME_RW_PRINFO_PRCHK_APP	= 1 << 11,
 	NVME_RW_PRINFO_PRCHK_GUARD	= 1 << 12,
 	NVME_RW_PRINFO_PRACT		= 1 << 13,
+	NVME_RW_DTYPE_STREAMS		= 1 << 4,
 };
 
 struct nvme_dsm_cmd {
@@ -604,6 +619,8 @@ enum nvme_admin_opcode {
 	nvme_admin_download_fw		= 0x11,
 	nvme_admin_ns_attach		= 0x15,
 	nvme_admin_keep_alive		= 0x18,
+	nvme_admin_directive_send	= 0x19,
+	nvme_admin_directive_recv	= 0x1a,
 	nvme_admin_dbbuf		= 0x7C,
 	nvme_admin_format_nvm		= 0x80,
 	nvme_admin_security_send	= 0x81,
@@ -756,6 +773,24 @@ struct nvme_get_log_page_command {
 	__u32			rsvd14[2];
 };
 
+struct nvme_directive_cmd {
+	__u8			opcode;
+	__u8			flags;
+	__u16			command_id;
+	__le32			nsid;
+	__u64			rsvd2[2];
+	union nvme_data_ptr	dptr;
+	__le32			numd;
+	__u8			doper;
+	__u8			dtype;
+	__le16			dspec;
+	__u8			endir;
+	__u8			tdtype;
+	__u16			rsvd15;
+
+	__u32			rsvd16[3];
+};
+
 /*
  * Fabrics subcommands.
  */
@@ -886,6 +921,18 @@ struct nvme_dbbuf {
 	__u32			rsvd12[6];
 };
 
+struct streams_directive_params {
+	__u16	msl;
+	__u16	nssa;
+	__u16	nsso;
+	__u8	rsvd[10];
+	__u32	sws;
+	__u16	sgs;
+	__u16	nsa;
+	__u16	nso;
+	__u8	rsvd2[6];
+};
+
 struct nvme_command {
 	union {
 		struct nvme_common_command common;
@@ -906,6 +953,7 @@ struct nvme_command {
 		struct nvmf_property_set_command prop_set;
 		struct nvmf_property_get_command prop_get;
 		struct nvme_dbbuf dbbuf;
+		struct nvme_directive_cmd directive;
 	};
 };
 
