diff --git a/security/ipe/audit.c b/security/ipe/audit.c
index f167fdc87986..a480f27278df 100644
--- a/security/ipe/audit.c
+++ b/security/ipe/audit.c
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ void ipe_audit_match(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx,
 	if (!ab)
 		return;
 
-	audit_log_format(ab, "ipe_op=%s ipe_hook=%s pid=%d comm=",
-			 op, audit_hook_names[ctx->hook],
+	audit_log_format(ab, "ipe_op=%s ipe_hook=%s enforcing=%d pid=%d comm=",
+			 op, audit_hook_names[ctx->hook], READ_ONCE(enforce),
 			 task_tgid_nr(current));
 	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, get_task_comm(comm, current));
 
@@ -212,3 +212,26 @@ void ipe_audit_policy_load(const struct ipe_policy *const p)
 
 	audit_log_end(ab);
 }
+
+/**
+ * ipe_audit_enforce - Audit a change in IPE's enforcement state.
+ * @new_enforce: The new value enforce to be set.
+ * @old_enforce: The old value currently in enforce.
+ */
+void ipe_audit_enforce(bool new_enforce, bool old_enforce)
+{
+	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+
+	ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_MAC_STATUS);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
+
+	audit_log(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_MAC_STATUS,
+		  "enforcing=%d old_enforcing=%d auid=%u ses=%u"
+		  " enabled=1 old-enabled=1 lsm=ipe res=1",
+		  new_enforce, old_enforce,
+		  from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current)),
+		  audit_get_sessionid(current));
+
+	audit_log_end(ab);
+}
diff --git a/security/ipe/audit.h b/security/ipe/audit.h
index 0ff5a06808de..914f001e5286 100644
--- a/security/ipe/audit.h
+++ b/security/ipe/audit.h
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ void ipe_audit_match(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx,
 void ipe_audit_policy_load(const struct ipe_policy *const p);
 void ipe_audit_policy_activation(const struct ipe_policy *const op,
 				 const struct ipe_policy *const np);
+void ipe_audit_enforce(bool new_enforce, bool old_enforce);
 
 #endif /* _IPE_AUDIT_H */
diff --git a/security/ipe/eval.c b/security/ipe/eval.c
index 274f7346ef42..3f3125478dd0 100644
--- a/security/ipe/eval.c
+++ b/security/ipe/eval.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 struct ipe_policy __rcu *ipe_active_policy;
 bool success_audit;
+bool enforce = true;
 
 #define FILE_SUPERBLOCK(f) ((f)->f_path.mnt->mnt_sb)
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ int ipe_evaluate_event(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx)
 	const struct ipe_rule *rule = NULL;
 	const struct ipe_op_table *rules = NULL;
 	struct ipe_prop *prop = NULL;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
@@ -158,9 +160,12 @@ int ipe_evaluate_event(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx)
 	ipe_audit_match(ctx, match_type, action, rule);
 
 	if (action == IPE_ACTION_DENY)
-		return -EACCES;
+		rc = -EACCES;
 
-	return 0;
+	if (!READ_ONCE(enforce))
+		rc = 0;
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /* Set the right module name */
@@ -171,3 +176,5 @@ int ipe_evaluate_event(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx)
 
 module_param(success_audit, bool, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(success_audit, "Start IPE with success auditing enabled");
+module_param(enforce, bool, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(enforce, "Start IPE in enforce or permissive mode");
diff --git a/security/ipe/eval.h b/security/ipe/eval.h
index 4631b236358e..0b50302611a4 100644
--- a/security/ipe/eval.h
+++ b/security/ipe/eval.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 extern struct ipe_policy __rcu *ipe_active_policy;
 extern bool success_audit;
+extern bool enforce;
 
 struct ipe_superblock {
 	bool initramfs;
diff --git a/security/ipe/fs.c b/security/ipe/fs.c
index 95407997cf0c..b16d87443a3b 100644
--- a/security/ipe/fs.c
+++ b/security/ipe/fs.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ static struct dentry *np __ro_after_init;
 static struct dentry *root __ro_after_init;
 struct dentry *policy_root __ro_after_init;
 static struct dentry *audit_node __ro_after_init;
+static struct dentry *enforce_node __ro_after_init;
 
 /**
  * setaudit - Write handler for the securityfs node, "ipe/success_audit"
@@ -67,6 +68,60 @@ static ssize_t getaudit(struct file *f, char __user *data,
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(data, len, offset, result, 1);
 }
 
+/**
+ * setenforce - Write handler for the securityfs node, "ipe/enforce"
+ * @f: Supplies a file structure representing the securityfs node.
+ * @data: Supplies a buffer passed to the write syscall.
+ * @len: Supplies the length of @data.
+ * @offset: unused.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * >0	- Success, Length of buffer written
+ * * <0	- Error
+ */
+static ssize_t setenforce(struct file *f, const char __user *data,
+			  size_t len, loff_t *offset)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+	bool new_value, old_value;
+
+	if (!file_ns_capable(f, &init_user_ns, CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	old_value = READ_ONCE(enforce);
+	rc = kstrtobool_from_user(data, len, &new_value);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	if (new_value != old_value) {
+		ipe_audit_enforce(new_value, old_value);
+		WRITE_ONCE(enforce, new_value);
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+/**
+ * getenforce - Read handler for the securityfs node, "ipe/enforce"
+ * @f: Supplies a file structure representing the securityfs node.
+ * @data: Supplies a buffer passed to the read syscall.
+ * @len: Supplies the length of @data.
+ * @offset: unused.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * >0	- Success, Length of buffer written
+ * * <0	- Error
+ */
+static ssize_t getenforce(struct file *f, char __user *data,
+			  size_t len, loff_t *offset)
+{
+	const char *result;
+
+	result = ((READ_ONCE(enforce)) ? "1" : "0");
+
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(data, len, offset, result, 1);
+}
+
 /**
  * new_policy - Write handler for the securityfs node, "ipe/new_policy".
  * @f: Supplies a file structure representing the securityfs node.
@@ -120,6 +175,11 @@ static const struct file_operations audit_fops = {
 	.read = getaudit,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations enforce_fops = {
+	.write = setenforce,
+	.read = getenforce,
+};
+
 /**
  * ipe_init_securityfs - Initialize IPE's securityfs tree at fsinit.
  *
@@ -147,6 +207,13 @@ static int __init ipe_init_securityfs(void)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	enforce_node = securityfs_create_file("enforce", 0600, root, NULL,
+					      &enforce_fops);
+	if (IS_ERR(enforce_node)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(enforce_node);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	policy_root = securityfs_create_dir("policies", root);
 	if (IS_ERR(policy_root)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(policy_root);
@@ -163,6 +230,7 @@ static int __init ipe_init_securityfs(void)
 err:
 	securityfs_remove(np);
 	securityfs_remove(policy_root);
+	securityfs_remove(enforce_node);
 	securityfs_remove(audit_node);
 	securityfs_remove(root);
 	return rc;
