diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile.am b/Documentation/Makefile.am
index d72085d..7bf1caa 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile.am
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile.am
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ man1_MANS = \
 	ndctl-create-namespace.1 \
 	ndctl-destroy-namespace.1 \
 	ndctl-check-namespace.1 \
+	ndctl-clear-error.1 \
 	ndctl-list.1 \
 	daxctl-list.1
 
diff --git a/Documentation/ndctl-clear-error.txt b/Documentation/ndctl-clear-error.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccff6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ndctl-clear-error.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+ndctl-clear-error(1)
+====================
+
+NAME
+----
+ndctl-clear-error - clear badblocks for a device
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'ndctl clear-error' [<options>]
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+Clear poison (bad blocks) for the provided device
+[verse]
+ndctl clear-error -f /dev/dax0.0 -s 0 -l 8
+
+Clear poison (bad blocks) at block offset 0 for 8 blocks on device /dev/dax0.0
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-f::
+--file::
+	The device/file to be cleared of poison (bad blocks).
+
+-s::
+--start::
+	The offset where the poison (bad block) starts for this device.
+	Typically this is acquired from the sysfs badblocks file.
+
+-l::
+--len::
+	The number of badblocks to clear in size of 512 bytes increments.
+
+
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index a8bc848..f522d00 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ int cmd_test(int argc, const char **argv, void *ctx);
 #ifdef ENABLE_DESTRUCTIVE
 int cmd_bat(int argc, const char **argv, void *ctx);
 #endif
+int cmd_clear_error(int argc, const char **argv, void *ctx);
 #endif /* _NDCTL_BUILTIN_H_ */
diff --git a/ndctl/Makefile.am b/ndctl/Makefile.am
index d346c04..8123169 100644
--- a/ndctl/Makefile.am
+++ b/ndctl/Makefile.am
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ndctl_SOURCES = ndctl.c \
 		 ../util/log.c \
 		list.c \
 		test.c \
+		clear-error.c \
 		../util/json.c
 
 if ENABLE_SMART
diff --git a/ndctl/clear-error.c b/ndctl/clear-error.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33d930a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndctl/clear-error.c
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <ccan/short_types/short_types.h>
+#include <ccan/array_size/array_size.h>
+#include <util/filter.h>
+#include <util/parse-options.h>
+#include <util/log.h>
+#include <ndctl/libndctl.h>
+#include <ndctl.h>
+
+struct clear_err {
+	const char *dev_name;
+	u64 bb_start;
+	unsigned int bb_len;
+	struct ndctl_cmd *ars_cap;
+	struct ndctl_cmd *clear_err;
+	struct ndctl_bus *bus;
+	struct ndctl_region *region;
+	struct ndctl_dax *dax;
+	struct ndctl_ctx *ctx;
+} clear_err;
+
+static int send_clear_error(struct ndctl_bus *bus, u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	u64 cleared;
+	int rc;
+
+	clear_err.clear_err = ndctl_bus_cmd_new_clear_error(
+			start, size, clear_err.ars_cap);
+	if (!clear_err.clear_err) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: bus: %s failed to create cmd\n",
+				__func__, ndctl_bus_get_provider(bus));
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
+
+	rc = ndctl_cmd_submit(clear_err.clear_err);
+	if (rc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: bus: %s failed to submit cmd: %d\n",
+				__func__, ndctl_bus_get_provider(bus), rc);
+		ndctl_cmd_unref(clear_err.clear_err);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	cleared = ndctl_cmd_clear_error_get_cleared(clear_err.clear_err);
+	if (cleared != size) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: bus: %s expected to clear: %ld actual: %ld\
+n",
+				__func__, ndctl_bus_get_provider(bus),
+				size, cleared);
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_ars_cap(struct ndctl_bus *bus, u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	clear_err.ars_cap = ndctl_bus_cmd_new_ars_cap(bus, start, size);
+	if (!clear_err.ars_cap) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: bus: %s failed to create cmd\n",
+				__func__, ndctl_bus_get_provider(bus));
+		return -ENOTTY;
+	}
+
+	rc = ndctl_cmd_submit(clear_err.ars_cap);
+	if (rc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: bus: %s failed to submit cmd: %d\n",
+				__func__, ndctl_bus_get_provider(bus), rc);
+		ndctl_cmd_unref(clear_err.ars_cap);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	if (ndctl_cmd_ars_cap_get_size(clear_err.ars_cap) <
+			sizeof(struct nd_cmd_ars_status)){
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: bus: %s expected size >= %zd got: %d\n",
+				__func__, ndctl_bus_get_provider(bus),
+				sizeof(struct nd_cmd_ars_status),
+				ndctl_cmd_ars_cap_get_size(clear_err.ars_cap));
+		ndctl_cmd_unref(clear_err.ars_cap);
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int match_dev(struct clear_err *ce, char *dev_name)
+{
+	ndctl_bus_foreach(ce->ctx, ce->bus) {
+		ndctl_region_foreach(ce->bus, ce->region) {
+			ndctl_dax_foreach(ce->region, ce->dax) {
+				if (strncmp(basename(dev_name),
+					ndctl_dax_get_devname(ce->dax), 256)
+						== 0) {
+					return 0;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
+static int check_user_input_range(struct ndctl_region *region,
+		unsigned long long start, unsigned int len)
+{
+	struct badblock *bb;
+	int fit = 0;
+
+	ndctl_region_badblock_foreach(region, bb) {
+		if (start >= bb->offset &&
+				start + len <= bb->offset + bb->len) {
+			fit = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fit;
+}
+
+static int clear_error(struct clear_err *ce)
+{
+	struct stat stats;
+	int rc;
+	char dev_name[256];
+	uint64_t base;
+	unsigned long long start;
+	unsigned int len;
+
+	strncpy(dev_name, ce->dev_name, 256);
+
+	rc = stat(dev_name, &stats);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		perror("stat failed");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to stat %s\n", dev_name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!S_ISCHR(stats.st_mode)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s not DAX device\n", dev_name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	rc = ndctl_new(&ce->ctx);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	if ((rc = match_dev(ce, dev_name)) < 0)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	base = ndctl_region_get_resource(ce->region);
+	if (base == ULLONG_MAX) {
+		rc = -ERANGE;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (check_user_input_range(ce->region, clear_err.bb_start,
+				clear_err.bb_len) == 0) {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	start = base + clear_err.bb_start * 512;
+	len = clear_err.bb_len * 512;
+
+	rc = get_ars_cap(ce->bus, start, len);
+	if (rc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "get_ars_cap failed\n");
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	rc = send_clear_error(ce->bus, start, len);
+	if (rc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "send_clear_error failed\n");
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	rc = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+	ndctl_unref(ce->ctx);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int cmd_clear_error(int argc, const char **argv, void *ctx)
+{
+	int i, rc;
+	const char * const u[] = {
+		"ndctl clear-error [<options>]",
+		NULL
+	};
+	const struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING('f', "file", &clear_err.dev_name, "device-name",
+			"device/file name to be operated on"),
+		OPT_U64('s', "start", &clear_err.bb_start,
+				"badblock start"),
+		OPT_UINTEGER('l', "len", &clear_err.bb_len, "badblock length"),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, u, 0);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+		error("unknown parameter \"%s\"\n", argv[i]);
+
+	if (argc)
+		usage_with_options(u, options);
+
+	if (!clear_err.dev_name) {
+		error("missing device/file name passed in\n");
+		usage_with_options(u, options);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (clear_err.bb_len == 0)
+		clear_err.bb_len = 1;
+
+	rc = clear_error(&clear_err);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.c b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.c
index ac1fc63..4663680 100644
--- a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.c
+++ b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.c
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ struct ndctl_region {
 		int state;
 		unsigned long long cookie;
 	} iset;
+	FILE *badblocks;
+	struct badblock bb;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1867,6 +1869,74 @@ NDCTL_EXPORT struct ndctl_dimm *ndctl_region_get_next_dimm(struct ndctl_region *
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int regions_badblocks_init(struct ndctl_region *region)
+{
+	struct ndctl_ctx *ctx = ndctl_region_get_ctx(region);
+	char *bb_path;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	/* if the file is already opened */
+	if (region->badblocks) {
+		fclose(region->badblocks);
+		region->badblocks = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (asprintf(&bb_path, "%s/badblocks",
+				region->region_path) < 0) {
+		rc = -errno;
+		err(ctx, "region badblocks path allocation failure\n");
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	region->badblocks = fopen(bb_path, "r");
+	if (!region->badblocks) {
+		rc = -errno;
+		err(ctx, "region badblocks fopen failed\n");
+		return -rc;
+	}
+
+	free(bb_path);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+NDCTL_EXPORT struct badblock *ndctl_region_get_next_badblock(struct ndctl_region *region)
+{
+	int rc;
+	char *buf = NULL;
+	size_t rlen = 0;
+
+	if (!region->badblocks)
+		return NULL;
+
+	rc = getline(&buf, &rlen, region->badblocks);
+	if (rc == -1)
+		return NULL;
+
+	rc = sscanf(buf, "%llu %u", &region->bb.offset, &region->bb.len);
+	free(buf);
+	if (rc == EOF) {
+		/* end of the road, clean up */
+		fclose(region->badblocks);
+		region->badblocks = NULL;
+		region->bb.offset = 0;
+		region->bb.len = 0;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return &region->bb;
+}
+
+NDCTL_EXPORT struct badblock *ndctl_region_get_first_badblock(struct ndctl_region *region)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = regions_badblocks_init(region);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return ndctl_region_get_next_badblock(region);
+}
+
 static struct nd_cmd_vendor_tail *to_vendor_tail(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	struct nd_cmd_vendor_tail *tail = (struct nd_cmd_vendor_tail *)
diff --git a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
index b5a085c..a1b5baf 100644
--- a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
+++ b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ global:
 	ndctl_dimm_get_available_labels;
 	ndctl_region_get_first;
 	ndctl_region_get_next;
+	ndctl_region_get_first_badblock;
+	ndctl_region_get_next_badblock;
 	ndctl_region_get_id;
 	ndctl_region_get_devname;
 	ndctl_region_get_interleave_ways;
diff --git a/ndctl/libndctl.h.in b/ndctl/libndctl.h.in
index 6ee8a35..2c45d2d 100644
--- a/ndctl/libndctl.h.in
+++ b/ndctl/libndctl.h.in
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ int ndctl_cmd_get_status(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd);
 unsigned int ndctl_cmd_get_firmware_status(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd);
 int ndctl_cmd_submit(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd);
 
+struct badblock {
+	unsigned long long offset;
+	unsigned int len;
+};
 struct ndctl_region;
 struct ndctl_region *ndctl_region_get_first(struct ndctl_bus *bus);
 struct ndctl_region *ndctl_region_get_next(struct ndctl_region *region);
@@ -379,6 +383,12 @@ struct ndctl_region *ndctl_region_get_next(struct ndctl_region *region);
         for (region = ndctl_region_get_first(bus); \
              region != NULL; \
              region = ndctl_region_get_next(region))
+struct badblock *ndctl_region_get_first_badblock(struct ndctl_region *region);
+struct badblock *ndctl_region_get_next_badblock(struct ndctl_region *region);
+#define ndctl_region_badblock_foreach(region, badblock) \
+        for (badblock = ndctl_region_get_first_badblock(region); \
+             badblock != NULL; \
+             badblock = ndctl_region_get_next_badblock(region))
 unsigned int ndctl_region_get_id(struct ndctl_region *region);
 const char *ndctl_region_get_devname(struct ndctl_region *region);
 unsigned int ndctl_region_get_interleave_ways(struct ndctl_region *region);
diff --git a/ndctl/ndctl.c b/ndctl/ndctl.c
index 4b08c9b..8aff623 100644
--- a/ndctl/ndctl.c
+++ b/ndctl/ndctl.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ static int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, void *ctx)
 {
 	const char * const builtin_help_subcommands[] = {
 		"enable-region", "disable-region", "zero-labels",
-		"enable-namespace", "disable-namespace", NULL };
+		"enable-namespace", "disable-namespace",
+		"clear-error", NULL };
 	struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "write-labels", cmd_write_labels },
 	{ "init-labels", cmd_init_labels },
 	{ "check-labels", cmd_check_labels },
+	{ "clear-error", cmd_clear_error },
 	{ "list", cmd_list },
 	{ "help", cmd_help },
 	#ifdef ENABLE_TEST
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 9353a34..3cd159e 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ TESTS =\
 	clear.sh \
 	dax-errors.sh \
 	daxdev-errors.sh \
+	ndctl-clear-error-dax.sh \
 	btt-check.sh \
 	label-compat.sh \
 	blk-exhaust.sh
diff --git a/test/ndctl-clear-error-dax.sh b/test/ndctl-clear-error-dax.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..646b601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ndctl-clear-error-dax.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+DEV=""
+NDCTL="../ndctl/ndctl"
+BUS="-b nfit_test.0"
+BUS1="-b nfit_test.1"
+json2var="s/[{}\",]//g; s/:/=/g"
+rc=77
+
+check_min_kver()
+{
+	local ver="$1"
+	: "${KVER:=$(uname -r)}"
+
+	[ -n "$ver" ] || return 1
+	[[ "$ver" == "$(echo -e "$ver\n$KVER" | sort -V | head -1)" ]]
+}
+
+check_min_kver "4.12" || { echo "kernel $KVER lacks dax dev error handling"; exit $rc; }
+
+set -e
+
+err() {
+	echo "test/clear: failed at line $1"
+	exit $rc
+}
+
+set -e
+trap 'err $LINENO' ERR
+
+# setup (reset nfit_test dimms)
+modprobe nfit_test
+$NDCTL disable-region $BUS all
+$NDCTL zero-labels $BUS all
+$NDCTL enable-region $BUS all
+
+rc=1
+
+query=". | sort_by(.available_size) | reverse | .[0].dev"
+region=$($NDCTL list $BUS -t pmem -Ri | jq -r "$query")
+
+# create dax
+chardev="x"
+json=$($NDCTL create-namespace $BUS -r $region -t pmem -m dax -a 4096)
+chardev=$(echo $json | jq -r ". | select(.mode == \"dax\") | .daxregion.devices[0].chardev")
+[ $chardev = "x" ] && echo "fail: $LINENO" && exit 1
+
+json1=$($NDCTL list $BUS)
+eval $(echo $json1 | sed -e "$json2var")
+
+read sector len < /sys/bus/platform/devices/nfit_test.0/$dev/$region/badblocks
+echo "sector: $sector len: $len"
+
+# clearing using ndctl
+$NDCTL clear-error -f /dev/$chardev -s $sector -l $len
+
+# check badblocks, should be empty
+if read sector len < /sys/bus/platform/devices/nfit_test.0/$dev/$region/badblocks; then
+	[ -n "$sector" ] && echo "fail: $LINENO" && exit 1
+else
+	echo "badblocks empty, expected"
+fi
+
+
+$NDCTL disable-region $BUS all
+$NDCTL disable-region $BUS1 all
+modprobe -r nfit_test
+
+exit 0
