diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/localio.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/localio.rst
index bd1967e2eab32..eb3dc764cfce8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/localio.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/localio.rst
@@ -306,6 +306,17 @@ is issuing IO to the underlying local filesystem that it is sharing with
 the NFS server. See: fs/nfs/localio.c:nfs_local_doio() and
 fs/nfs/localio.c:nfs_local_commit().
 
+With normal NFS that makes use of RPC to issue IO to the server, if an
+application uses O_DIRECT the NFS client will bypass the pagecache but
+the NFS server will not. Because the NFS server's use of buffered IO
+affords applications to be less precise with their alignment when
+issuing IO to the NFS client. LOCALIO can be configured to use O_DIRECT
+semantics by setting the 'localio_O_DIRECT_semantics' nfs module
+parameter to Y, e.g.:
+  echo Y > /sys/module/nfs/parameters/localio_O_DIRECT_semantics
+Once enabled, it will cause LOCALIO to use O_DIRECT semantics (this may
+cause IO to fail if applications do not properly align their IO).
+
 Security
 ========
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 90079ca134dd3..4b92493d6ff0e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ static void nfs_read_sync_pgio_error(struct list_head *head, int error)
 static void nfs_direct_pgio_init(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 {
 	get_dreq(hdr->dreq);
+	set_bit(NFS_IOHDR_ODIRECT, &hdr->flags);
 }
 
 static const struct nfs_pgio_completion_ops nfs_direct_read_completion_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/localio.c b/fs/nfs/localio.c
index 4b8618cf114ca..7637786c5cb70 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/localio.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/localio.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct nfs_local_kiocb {
 	struct bio_vec		*bvec;
 	struct nfs_pgio_header	*hdr;
 	struct work_struct	work;
+	void (*aio_complete_work)(struct work_struct *);
 	struct nfsd_file	*localio;
 };
 
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ struct nfs_local_fsync_ctx {
 static bool localio_enabled __read_mostly = true;
 module_param(localio_enabled, bool, 0644);
 
+static bool localio_O_DIRECT_semantics __read_mostly = false;
+module_param(localio_O_DIRECT_semantics, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(localio_O_DIRECT_semantics,
+		 "LOCALIO will use O_DIRECT semantics to filesystem.");
+
 static inline bool nfs_client_is_local(const struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	return !!test_bit(NFS_CS_LOCAL_IO, &clp->cl_flags);
@@ -285,10 +291,19 @@ nfs_local_iocb_alloc(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 		kfree(iocb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	init_sync_kiocb(&iocb->kiocb, file);
+
+	if (localio_O_DIRECT_semantics &&
+	    test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_ODIRECT, &hdr->flags)) {
+		iocb->kiocb.ki_filp = file;
+		iocb->kiocb.ki_flags = IOCB_DIRECT;
+	} else
+		init_sync_kiocb(&iocb->kiocb, file);
+
 	iocb->kiocb.ki_pos = hdr->args.offset;
 	iocb->hdr = hdr;
 	iocb->kiocb.ki_flags &= ~IOCB_APPEND;
+	iocb->aio_complete_work = NULL;
+
 	return iocb;
 }
 
@@ -343,6 +358,18 @@ nfs_local_pgio_release(struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb)
 	nfs_local_hdr_release(hdr, hdr->task.tk_ops);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Complete the I/O from iocb->kiocb.ki_complete()
+ *
+ * Note that this function can be called from a bottom half context,
+ * hence we need to queue the rpc_call_done() etc to a workqueue
+ */
+static inline void nfs_local_pgio_aio_complete(struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(&iocb->work, iocb->aio_complete_work);
+	queue_work(nfsiod_workqueue, &iocb->work);
+}
+
 static void
 nfs_local_read_done(struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb, long status)
 {
@@ -365,6 +392,23 @@ nfs_local_read_done(struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb, long status)
 			status > 0 ? status : 0, hdr->res.eof);
 }
 
+static void nfs_local_read_aio_complete_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb =
+		container_of(work, struct nfs_local_kiocb, work);
+
+	nfs_local_pgio_release(iocb);
+}
+
+static void nfs_local_read_aio_complete(struct kiocb *kiocb, long ret)
+{
+	struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb =
+		container_of(kiocb, struct nfs_local_kiocb, kiocb);
+
+	nfs_local_read_done(iocb, ret);
+	nfs_local_pgio_aio_complete(iocb); /* Calls nfs_local_read_aio_complete_work */
+}
+
 static void nfs_local_call_read(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb =
@@ -379,10 +423,10 @@ static void nfs_local_call_read(struct work_struct *work)
 	nfs_local_iter_init(&iter, iocb, READ);
 
 	status = filp->f_op->read_iter(&iocb->kiocb, &iter);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(status == -EIOCBQUEUED);
-
-	nfs_local_read_done(iocb, status);
-	nfs_local_pgio_release(iocb);
+	if (status != -EIOCBQUEUED) {
+		nfs_local_read_done(iocb, status);
+		nfs_local_pgio_release(iocb);
+	}
 
 	revert_creds(save_cred);
 }
@@ -410,6 +454,11 @@ nfs_do_local_read(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 	nfs_local_pgio_init(hdr, call_ops);
 	hdr->res.eof = false;
 
+	if (iocb->kiocb.ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
+		iocb->kiocb.ki_complete = nfs_local_read_aio_complete;
+		iocb->aio_complete_work = nfs_local_read_aio_complete_work;
+	}
+
 	INIT_WORK(&iocb->work, nfs_local_call_read);
 	queue_work(nfslocaliod_workqueue, &iocb->work);
 
@@ -534,6 +583,24 @@ nfs_local_write_done(struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb, long status)
 	nfs_local_pgio_done(hdr, status);
 }
 
+static void nfs_local_write_aio_complete_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb =
+		container_of(work, struct nfs_local_kiocb, work);
+
+	nfs_local_vfs_getattr(iocb);
+	nfs_local_pgio_release(iocb);
+}
+
+static void nfs_local_write_aio_complete(struct kiocb *kiocb, long ret)
+{
+	struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb =
+		container_of(kiocb, struct nfs_local_kiocb, kiocb);
+
+	nfs_local_write_done(iocb, ret);
+	nfs_local_pgio_aio_complete(iocb); /* Calls nfs_local_write_aio_complete_work */
+}
+
 static void nfs_local_call_write(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb =
@@ -552,11 +619,11 @@ static void nfs_local_call_write(struct work_struct *work)
 	file_start_write(filp);
 	status = filp->f_op->write_iter(&iocb->kiocb, &iter);
 	file_end_write(filp);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(status == -EIOCBQUEUED);
-
-	nfs_local_write_done(iocb, status);
-	nfs_local_vfs_getattr(iocb);
-	nfs_local_pgio_release(iocb);
+	if (status != -EIOCBQUEUED) {
+		nfs_local_write_done(iocb, status);
+		nfs_local_vfs_getattr(iocb);
+		nfs_local_pgio_release(iocb);
+	}
 
 	revert_creds(save_cred);
 	current->flags = old_flags;
@@ -592,10 +659,16 @@ nfs_do_local_write(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 	case NFS_FILE_SYNC:
 		iocb->kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC|IOCB_SYNC;
 	}
+
 	nfs_local_pgio_init(hdr, call_ops);
 
 	nfs_set_local_verifier(hdr->inode, hdr->res.verf, hdr->args.stable);
 
+	if (iocb->kiocb.ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
+		iocb->kiocb.ki_complete = nfs_local_write_aio_complete;
+		iocb->aio_complete_work = nfs_local_write_aio_complete_work;
+	}
+
 	INIT_WORK(&iocb->work, nfs_local_call_write);
 	queue_work(nfslocaliod_workqueue, &iocb->work);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index e74a87bb18a44..162b7c0c35557 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1632,6 +1632,7 @@ enum {
 	NFS_IOHDR_RESEND_PNFS,
 	NFS_IOHDR_RESEND_MDS,
 	NFS_IOHDR_UNSTABLE_WRITES,
+	NFS_IOHDR_ODIRECT,
 };
 
 struct nfs_io_completion;
