diff --git a/Documentation/watch_queue.rst b/Documentation/watch_queue.rst
index 393905b904c8..5cc9c6924727 100644
--- a/Documentation/watch_queue.rst
+++ b/Documentation/watch_queue.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ receive notifications from the kernel.  This can be used in conjunction with::
 
   * Key/keyring notifications
 
-  * General device event notifications
+  * General device event notifications, including::
+
+    * Block layer event notifications
 
 
 The notifications buffers can be enabled by:
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 8b5f8e560eb4..cc93e4ca29a7 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ config BLK_SED_OPAL
 	Enabling this option enables users to setup/unlock/lock
 	Locking ranges for SED devices using the Opal protocol.
 
+config BLK_NOTIFICATIONS
+	bool "Block layer event notifications"
+	depends on DEVICE_NOTIFICATIONS
+	help
+	  This option provides support for getting block layer event
+	  notifications.  This makes use of the /dev/watch_queue misc device to
+	  handle the notification buffer and provides the device_notify() system
+	  call to enable/disable watches.
+
 menu "Partition Types"
 
 source "block/partitions/Kconfig"
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d0cc6e14d2f0..8ab1e07aa311 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -181,6 +181,22 @@ static const struct {
 	[BLK_STS_IOERR]		= { -EIO,	"I/O" },
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_NOTIFICATIONS
+static const
+enum block_notification_type blk_notifications[ARRAY_SIZE(blk_errors)] = {
+	[BLK_STS_TIMEOUT]	= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_TIMEOUT,
+	[BLK_STS_NOSPC]		= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_NO_SPACE,
+	[BLK_STS_TRANSPORT]	= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_RECOVERABLE_TRANSPORT,
+	[BLK_STS_TARGET]	= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_TARGET,
+	[BLK_STS_NEXUS]		= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_NEXUS,
+	[BLK_STS_MEDIUM]	= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_MEDIUM,
+	[BLK_STS_PROTECTION]	= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_PROTECTION,
+	[BLK_STS_RESOURCE]	= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_KERNEL_RESOURCE,
+	[BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE]	= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_DEVICE_RESOURCE,
+	[BLK_STS_IOERR]		= NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_IO,
+};
+#endif
+
 blk_status_t errno_to_blk_status(int errno)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -221,6 +237,19 @@ static void print_req_error(struct request *req, blk_status_t status,
 		req->cmd_flags & ~REQ_OP_MASK,
 		req->nr_phys_segments,
 		IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS(req->ioprio));
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_NOTIFICATIONS
+	if (blk_notifications[idx]) {
+		struct block_notification n = {
+			.watch.type	= WATCH_TYPE_BLOCK_NOTIFY,
+			.watch.subtype	= blk_notifications[idx],
+			.watch.info	= watch_sizeof(n),
+			.dev		= req->rq_disk ? disk_devt(req->rq_disk) : 0,
+			.sector		= blk_rq_pos(req),
+		};
+		post_block_notification(&n);
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 1ef375dafb1c..5d856f670a8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu-refcount.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/blkzoned.h>
+#include <linux/watch_queue.h>
 
 struct module;
 struct scsi_ioctl_command;
@@ -1742,6 +1743,20 @@ static inline bool blk_req_can_dispatch_to_zone(struct request *rq)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_NOTIFICATIONS
+static inline void post_block_notification(struct block_notification *n)
+{
+	u64 id = 0; /* Might want to allow dev# here. */
+
+	post_device_notification(&n->watch, id);
+}
+#else
+static inline void post_block_notification(struct block_notification *n)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+
 #else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 
 struct block_device;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h b/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h
index 654d4ba8b909..9a6c059af09d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 enum watch_notification_type {
 	WATCH_TYPE_META		= 0,	/* Special record */
 	WATCH_TYPE_KEY_NOTIFY	= 1,	/* Key change event notification */
-	WATCH_TYPE___NR		= 2
+	WATCH_TYPE_BLOCK_NOTIFY	= 2,	/* Block layer event notification */
+	WATCH_TYPE___NR		= 3
 };
 
 enum watch_meta_notification_subtype {
@@ -124,4 +125,31 @@ struct key_notification {
 	__u32	aux;		/* Per-type auxiliary data */
 };
 
+/*
+ * Type of block layer notification.
+ */
+enum block_notification_type {
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_TIMEOUT		= 1, /* Timeout error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_NO_SPACE		= 2, /* Critical space allocation error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_RECOVERABLE_TRANSPORT = 3, /* Recoverable transport error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_TARGET	= 4, /* Critical target error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_NEXUS	= 5, /* Critical nexus error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_MEDIUM	= 6, /* Critical medium error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_PROTECTION		= 7, /* Protection error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_KERNEL_RESOURCE	= 8, /* Kernel resource error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_DEVICE_RESOURCE	= 9, /* Device resource error */
+	NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_IO			= 10, /* Other I/O error */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Block layer notification record.
+ * - watch.type = WATCH_TYPE_BLOCK_NOTIFY
+ * - watch.subtype = enum block_notification_type
+ */
+struct block_notification {
+	struct watch_notification watch; /* WATCH_TYPE_BLOCK_NOTIFY */
+	__u64	dev;			/* Device number */
+	__u64	sector;			/* Affected sector */
+};
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_WATCH_QUEUE_H */
