diff --git a/security/ipe/audit.c b/security/ipe/audit.c
index 0442cc51a4bd..cf0ccea32c90 100644
--- a/security/ipe/audit.c
+++ b/security/ipe/audit.c
@@ -182,3 +182,46 @@ 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
+ * @ctx: Supplies a pointer to the contexts whose state changed.
+ */
+void ipe_audit_enforce(const struct ipe_context *const ctx)
+{
+	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+	bool enforcing = false;
+
+	ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_MAC_STATUS);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	enforcing = READ_ONCE(ctx->enforce);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	audit_log_format(ab, "permissive=%d", !enforcing);
+
+	audit_log_end(ab);
+}
+
+/**
+ * emit_enforcement: Emit the enforcement state of IPE started with.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * 0 - Always
+ */
+static int emit_enforcement(void)
+{
+	struct ipe_context *ctx = NULL;
+
+	if (!ipe_enabled)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	ctx = ipe_current_ctx();
+	ipe_audit_enforce(ctx);
+	ipe_put_ctx(ctx);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(emit_enforcement);
diff --git a/security/ipe/audit.h b/security/ipe/audit.h
index bec03208042d..daff9c801a8e 100644
--- a/security/ipe/audit.h
+++ b/security/ipe/audit.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ void ipe_audit_match(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx,
 		     enum ipe_action act, const struct ipe_rule *const r);
 void ipe_audit_policy_load(const struct ipe_policy *const p);
 void ipe_audit_policy_activation(const struct ipe_policy *const p);
+void ipe_audit_enforce(const struct ipe_context *const ctx);
 #else
 static inline void ipe_audit_match(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx,
 				   enum ipe_match match_type,
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ static inline void ipe_audit_policy_load(const struct ipe_policy *const p)
 static inline void ipe_audit_policy_activation(const struct ipe_policy *const p)
 {
 }
+
+static inline void ipe_audit_enforce(const struct ipe_context *const ctx)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_IPE_AUDIT */
 
 #endif /* IPE_AUDIT_H */
diff --git a/security/ipe/ctx.c b/security/ipe/ctx.c
index 391c7102e08d..ee3cb2bd6028 100644
--- a/security/ipe/ctx.c
+++ b/security/ipe/ctx.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 
 static bool success_audit;
+static bool enforce = true;
 
 /**
  * ver_to_u64: convert an internal ipe_policy_version to a u64
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ static struct ipe_context *create_ctx(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->policies);
 	refcount_set(&ctx->refcount, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
+	WRITE_ONCE(ctx->enforce, true);
 
 	return ctx;
 
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@ int __init ipe_init_ctx(void)
 
 	spin_lock(&lns->lock);
 	WRITE_ONCE(lns->success_audit, success_audit);
+	WRITE_ONCE(lns->enforce, enforce);
 	spin_unlock(&lns->lock);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(*ipe_tsk_ctx(current), lns);
@@ -342,3 +345,6 @@ int __init ipe_init_ctx(void)
 
 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/ctx.h b/security/ipe/ctx.h
index 31aea2fb9e49..d7bf9fc6426a 100644
--- a/security/ipe/ctx.h
+++ b/security/ipe/ctx.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 struct ipe_context {
 	struct ipe_policy __rcu *active_policy;
+	bool __rcu enforce;
 
 	bool __rcu success_audit;
 
diff --git a/security/ipe/eval.c b/security/ipe/eval.c
index fcfa3a37b0ed..eafa670558e3 100644
--- a/security/ipe/eval.c
+++ b/security/ipe/eval.c
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ static int evaluate(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx)
 	if (!pol)
 		goto out;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	enforcing = READ_ONCE(ctx->ci_ctx->enforce);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	if (ctx->op == ipe_operation_max) {
 		action = pol->parsed->global_default;
 		match_type = ipe_match_global;
@@ -119,6 +123,8 @@ static int evaluate(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx)
 	if (action == ipe_action_deny)
 		rc = -EACCES;
 
+	if (!enforcing)
+		rc = 0;
 out:
 	ipe_put_policy(pol);
 	return rc;
diff --git a/security/ipe/fs.c b/security/ipe/fs.c
index 6e28807780c0..f4d32f84c945 100644
--- a/security/ipe/fs.c
+++ b/security/ipe/fs.c
@@ -13,8 +13,73 @@
 static struct dentry *np __ro_after_init;
 static struct dentry *root __ro_after_init;
 static struct dentry *config __ro_after_init;
+static struct dentry *enforce __ro_after_init;
 static struct dentry *success_audit __ro_after_init;
 
+/**
+ * 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 value;
+	struct ipe_context *ctx;
+
+	if (!file_ns_capable(f, &init_user_ns, CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	rc = kstrtobool_from_user(data, len, &value);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	ctx = ipe_current_ctx();
+
+	spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	WRITE_ONCE(ctx->enforce, value);
+	spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
+	ipe_audit_enforce(ctx);
+	ipe_put_ctx(ctx);
+	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;
+	struct ipe_context *ctx;
+
+	ctx = ipe_current_ctx();
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	result = ((READ_ONCE(ctx->enforce)) ? "1" : "0");
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	ipe_put_ctx(ctx);
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(data, len, offset, result, 2);
+}
+
 /**
  * setaudit: Write handler for the securityfs node, "ipe/success_audit"
  * @f: Supplies a file structure representing the securityfs node.
@@ -185,6 +250,11 @@ static const struct file_operations np_fops = {
 	.write = new_policy,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations enforce_fops = {
+	.write = setenforce,
+	.read = getenforce,
+};
+
 static const struct file_operations audit_fops = {
 	.write = setaudit,
 	.read = getaudit,
@@ -233,6 +303,13 @@ static int __init ipe_init_securityfs(void)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	enforce = securityfs_create_file("enforce", 0600, root, NULL,
+					 &enforce_fops);
+	if (IS_ERR(enforce)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(enforce);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	ctx->policy_root = securityfs_create_dir("policies", root);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx->policy_root)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(ctx->policy_root);
@@ -244,6 +321,7 @@ static int __init ipe_init_securityfs(void)
 	securityfs_remove(np);
 	securityfs_remove(root);
 	securityfs_remove(config);
+	securityfs_remove(enforce);
 	securityfs_remove(success_audit);
 	securityfs_remove(ctx->policy_root);
 	return rc;
