diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index a46b0cbc4d8f..170083ff2a51 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
 	tristate
 	select FS_POSIX_ACL
 
+config NFS_COMMON_LOCALIO_SUPPORT
+	tristate
+
 config NFS_COMMON
 	bool
 	depends on NFSD || NFS_FS || LOCKD
diff --git a/fs/nfs/Kconfig b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
index 57249f040dfc..70ff4f7a1a22 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+config NFS_LOCALIO
+	tristate
+
 config NFS_FS
 	tristate "NFS client support"
 	depends on INET && FILE_LOCKING && MULTIUSER
 	select LOCKD
 	select SUNRPC
 	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
+	select NFS_LOCALIO if NFS_V3_LOCALIO || NFS_V4_LOCALIO
+	select NFS_COMMON_LOCALIO_SUPPORT if NFS_LOCALIO
 	help
 	  Choose Y here if you want to access files residing on other
 	  computers using Sun's Network File System protocol.  To compile
@@ -72,6 +78,18 @@ config NFS_V3_ACL
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config NFS_V3_LOCALIO
+	bool "NFS client support for the NFSv3 LOCALIO protocol extension"
+	depends on NFS_V3
+	help
+	  Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 LOCALIO protocol
+	  that is not an official part of the NFS version 3 protocol.
+
+	  This option enables support for version 3 of the LOCALIO
+	  protocol in the kernel's NFS client.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config NFS_V4
 	tristate "NFS client support for NFS version 4"
 	depends on NFS_FS
@@ -86,6 +104,18 @@ config NFS_V4
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config NFS_V4_LOCALIO
+	bool "NFS client support for the NFSv4 LOCALIO protocol extension"
+	depends on NFS_V4
+	help
+	  Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv4 LOCALIO protocol
+	  that is not an official part of the NFS version 4 protocol.
+
+	  This option enables support for version 4 of the LOCALIO
+	  protocol in the kernel's NFS client.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config NFS_SWAP
 	bool "Provide swap over NFS support"
 	default n
diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/Makefile b/fs/nfs_common/Makefile
index 119c75ab9fd0..d81623b76aba 100644
--- a/fs/nfs_common/Makefile
+++ b/fs/nfs_common/Makefile
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_ACL_SUPPORT) += nfs_acl.o
 nfs_acl-objs := nfsacl.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_COMMON_LOCALIO_SUPPORT) += nfs_localio.o
+nfs_localio-objs := nfslocalio.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_GRACE_PERIOD) += grace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_V4_2_SSC_HELPER) += nfs_ssc.o
diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfslocalio.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfslocalio.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f214cc6754a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfslocalio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Snitzer <snitzer@hammerspace.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
+#include <linux/nfslocalio.h>
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+/*
+ * Global list of nfsd_uuid_t instances, add/remove
+ * is protected by fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:nfsd_mutex.
+ * Reads are protected RCU read lock (see below).
+ */
+LIST_HEAD(nfsd_uuids);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nfsd_uuids);
+
+/* Must be called with RCU read lock held. */
+static const uuid_t * nfsd_uuid_lookup(const uuid_t *uuid)
+{
+	nfsd_uuid_t *nfsd_uuid;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(nfsd_uuid, &nfsd_uuids, list)
+		if (uuid_equal(&nfsd_uuid->uuid, uuid))
+			return &nfsd_uuid->uuid;
+
+	return &uuid_null;
+}
+
+bool nfsd_uuid_is_local(const uuid_t *uuid)
+{
+	const uuid_t *nfsd_uuid;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	nfsd_uuid = nfsd_uuid_lookup(uuid);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return !uuid_is_null(nfsd_uuid);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfsd_uuid_is_local);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/Kconfig b/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
index ec2ab6429e00..edae34a7b7e5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+config NFSD_LOCALIO
+	tristate
+
 config NFSD
 	tristate "NFS server support"
 	depends on INET
@@ -9,6 +13,8 @@ config NFSD
 	select EXPORTFS
 	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
 	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V3_ACL
+	select NFSD_LOCALIO if NFSD_V3_LOCALIO || NFSD_V4_LOCALIO
+	select NFS_COMMON_LOCALIO_SUPPORT if NFSD_LOCALIO
 	depends on MULTIUSER
 	help
 	  Choose Y here if you want to allow other computers to access
@@ -69,6 +75,18 @@ config NFSD_V3_ACL
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config NFSD_V3_LOCALIO
+	bool "NFS server support for the NFSv3 LOCALIO protocol extension"
+	depends on NFSD
+	help
+	  Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 LOCALIO protocol
+	  that is not an official part of the NFS version 3 protocol.
+
+	  This option enables support for version 3 of the LOCALIO
+	  protocol in the kernel's NFS server.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config NFSD_V4
 	bool "NFS server support for NFS version 4"
 	depends on NFSD && PROC_FS
@@ -89,6 +107,18 @@ config NFSD_V4
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config NFSD_V4_LOCALIO
+	bool "NFS server support for the NFSv4 LOCALIO protocol extension"
+	depends on NFSD_V4
+	help
+	  Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv4 LOCALIO protocol
+	  that is not an official part of the NFS version 4 protocol.
+
+	  This option enables support for version 4 of the LOCALIO
+	  protocol in the kernel's NFS server.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config NFSD_PNFS
 	bool
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/netns.h b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
index 14ec15656320..0c5a1d97e4ac 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/netns.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
 #include <linux/siphash.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/stats.h>
+#include <linux/nfslocalio.h>
 
 /* Hash tables for nfs4_clientid state */
 #define CLIENT_HASH_BITS                 4
@@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ struct nfsd_net {
 	/* last time an admin-revoke happened for NFSv4.0 */
 	time64_t		nfs40_last_revoke;
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFSD_LOCALIO)
+	nfsd_uuid_t		nfsd_uuid;
+#endif
 };
 
 /* Simple check to find out if a given net was properly initialized */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index 9edb4f7c4cc2..1222a0a33fe1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc_xprt.h>
 #include <linux/lockd/bind.h>
 #include <linux/nfsacl.h>
+#include <linux/nfslocalio.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/inetdevice.h>
 #include <net/addrconf.h>
@@ -427,6 +428,10 @@ static int nfsd_startup_net(struct net *net, const struct cred *cred)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4_2_INTER_SSC
 	nfsd4_ssc_init_umount_work(nn);
+#endif
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFSD_LOCALIO)
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nn->nfsd_uuid.list);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&nn->nfsd_uuid.list, &nfsd_uuids);
 #endif
 	nn->nfsd_net_up = true;
 	return 0;
@@ -456,6 +461,9 @@ static void nfsd_shutdown_net(struct net *net)
 		lockd_down(net);
 		nn->lockd_up = false;
 	}
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFSD_LOCALIO)
+	list_del_rcu(&nn->nfsd_uuid.list);
+#endif
 	nn->nfsd_net_up = false;
 	nfsd_shutdown_generic();
 }
@@ -802,7 +810,9 @@ nfsd_svc(int n, int *nthreads, struct net *net, const struct cred *cred, const c
 
 	strscpy(nn->nfsd_name, scope ? scope : utsname()->nodename,
 		sizeof(nn->nfsd_name));
-
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFSD_LOCALIO)
+	uuid_gen(&nn->nfsd_uuid.uuid);
+#endif
 	error = nfsd_create_serv(net);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfslocalio.h b/include/linux/nfslocalio.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0bbacd0adcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/nfslocalio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Snitzer <snitzer@hammerspace.com>
+ */
+#ifndef __LINUX_NFSLOCALIO_H
+#define __LINUX_NFSLOCALIO_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
+
+/*
+ * Global list of nfsd_uuid_t instances, add/remove
+ * is protected by fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:nfsd_mutex.
+ */
+extern struct list_head nfsd_uuids;
+
+/*
+ * Each nfsd instance has an nfsd_uuid_t that is accessible through the
+ * global nfsd_uuids list. Useful to allow a client to negotiate if localio
+ * possible with its server.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+	uuid_t uuid;
+	struct list_head list;
+} nfsd_uuid_t;
+
+bool nfsd_uuid_is_local(const uuid_t *uuid);
+
+#endif  /* __LINUX_NFSLOCALIO_H */
