diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 703212ff50a5..9e67741fa966 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4842,6 +4842,71 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_set_features(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static long btrfs_ioctl_dev_properties(struct file *file,
+						void __user *argp)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
+	struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_properties dev_props;
+	struct btrfs_device	*device;
+        struct btrfs_root *root = fs_info->chunk_root;
+        struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	int ret;
+	u64 prev_type;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&dev_props, argp, sizeof(dev_props)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	device = btrfs_find_device(fs_info->fs_devices, dev_props.devid,
+				NULL, NULL);
+	if (!device) {
+		btrfs_info(fs_info, "change_dev_properties: unable to find device %llu",
+			   dev_props.devid);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	if (dev_props.properties & BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_READ) {
+		u64 props = dev_props.properties;
+		memset(&dev_props, 0, sizeof(dev_props));
+		if (props & BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_TYPE) {
+			dev_props.properties = BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_TYPE;
+			dev_props.type = device->type;
+		}
+		if(copy_to_user(argp, &dev_props, sizeof(dev_props)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* it is possible to set only BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_TYPE for now */
+	if (dev_props.properties & ~(BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_TYPE))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+        if (IS_ERR(trans))
+                return PTR_ERR(trans);
+
+	prev_type = device->type;
+	device->type = dev_props.type;
+	ret = btrfs_update_device(trans, device);
+
+        if (ret < 0) {
+                btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+                btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+		device->type = prev_type;
+		return  ret;
+        }
+
+        ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		device->type = prev_type;
+
+	return ret;
+
+}
+
 static int _btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *file, void __user *argp, bool compat)
 {
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_send_args *arg;
@@ -5025,6 +5090,8 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 		return btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_rootref(file, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_INO_LOOKUP_USER:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_user(file, argp);
+	case BTRFS_IOC_DEV_PROPERTIES:
+		return btrfs_ioctl_dev_properties(file, argp);
 	}
 
 	return -ENOTTY;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index ee086fc56c30..68b346c5465d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static noinline int btrfs_update_device(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+int btrfs_update_device(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					struct btrfs_device *device)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 1997a4649a66..d776b7f55d56 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -595,5 +595,7 @@ void btrfs_scratch_superblocks(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 int btrfs_bg_type_to_factor(u64 flags);
 const char *btrfs_bg_type_to_raid_name(u64 flags);
 int btrfs_verify_dev_extents(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
+int btrfs_update_device(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+                                        struct btrfs_device *device);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
index 5df73001aad4..e6caef42837a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
@@ -860,6 +860,44 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_rootref_args {
 		__u8 align[7];
 };
 
+#define BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_TYPE		(1ULL << 0)
+#define BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_DEV_GROUP	(1ULL << 1)
+#define BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_SEEK_SPEED	(1ULL << 2)
+#define BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_BANDWIDTH	(1ULL << 3)
+#define BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_READ		(1ULL << 60)
+
+/*
+ * The ioctl BTRFS_IOC_DEV_PROPERTIES can read and write the device properties.
+ *
+ * The properties that the user want to write have to be set
+ * in the 'properties' field using the BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_xxxx constants.
+ *
+ * If the ioctl is used to read the device properties, the bit
+ * BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_READ has to be set in the 'properties' field.
+ * In this case the properties that the user want have to be set in the
+ * 'properties' field. The kernel doesn't return a property that was not
+ * required, however it may return a subset of the requested properties.
+ * The returned properties have the corrispondent BTRFS_DEV_PROPERTY_xxxx
+ * flag set in the 'properties' field.
+ *
+ * Up to 2020/05/11 the only properties that can be read/write is the 'type'
+ * one.
+ */
+struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_properties {
+	__u64	devid;
+	__u64	properties;
+	__u64	type;
+	__u32	dev_group;
+	__u8	seek_speed;
+	__u8	bandwidth;
+
+	/*
+	 * for future expansion
+	 */
+	__u8	unused1[2];
+	__u64	unused2[4];
+};
+
 /* Error codes as returned by the kernel */
 enum btrfs_err_code {
 	BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_RAID1_MIN_NOT_MET = 1,
@@ -988,5 +1026,7 @@ enum btrfs_err_code {
 				struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_user_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_DESTROY_V2 _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 63, \
 				struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2)
+#define BTRFS_IOC_DEV_PROPERTIES _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 64, \
+				struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_properties)
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_BTRFS_H */
