diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 3404277fed30..20536957840d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ bool sched_can_stop_tick(struct rq *rq)
 	 * if there's more than one we need the tick for involuntary
 	 * preemption.
 	 */
-	if (rq->nr_running > 1)
+	if (!scx_switched_all() && rq->nr_running > 1)
 		return false;
 
 	return true;
@@ -5520,8 +5520,10 @@ void scheduler_tick(void)
 	perf_event_task_tick();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	rq->idle_balance = idle_cpu(cpu);
-	trigger_load_balance(rq);
+	if (!scx_switched_all()) {
+		rq->idle_balance = idle_cpu(cpu);
+		trigger_load_balance(rq);
+	}
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index ddd5aa4a8bca..ba0a7a9ea5f2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(scx_ops_enable_mutex);
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__scx_ops_enabled);
 DEFINE_STATIC_PERCPU_RWSEM(scx_fork_rwsem);
 static atomic_t scx_ops_enable_state_var = ATOMIC_INIT(SCX_OPS_DISABLED);
+static bool scx_switch_all_req;
+static bool scx_switching_all;
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__scx_switched_all);
+
 static struct sched_ext_ops scx_ops;
 static bool warned_zero_slice;
 
@@ -1844,6 +1848,8 @@ bool task_on_scx(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	if (!scx_enabled() || scx_ops_disabling())
 		return false;
+	if (READ_ONCE(scx_switching_all))
+		return true;
 	return p->policy == SCHED_EXT;
 }
 
@@ -1982,6 +1988,9 @@ static void scx_ops_disable_workfn(struct kthread_work *work)
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&scx_ops_enable_mutex);
 
+	static_branch_disable(&__scx_switched_all);
+	WRITE_ONCE(scx_switching_all, false);
+
 	/* avoid racing against fork */
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	percpu_down_write(&scx_fork_rwsem);
@@ -2159,6 +2168,7 @@ static int scx_ops_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
 	 */
 	cpus_read_lock();
 
+	scx_switch_all_req = false;
 	if (scx_ops.init) {
 		ret = scx_ops.init();
 
@@ -2281,6 +2291,8 @@ static int scx_ops_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
 	 * transitions here are synchronized against sched_ext_free() through
 	 * scx_tasks_lock.
 	 */
+	WRITE_ONCE(scx_switching_all, scx_switch_all_req);
+
 	scx_task_iter_init(&sti);
 	while ((p = scx_task_iter_next_filtered_locked(&sti))) {
 		if (READ_ONCE(p->__state) != TASK_DEAD) {
@@ -2312,6 +2324,9 @@ static int scx_ops_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops)
 		goto err_disable_unlock;
 	}
 
+	if (scx_switch_all_req)
+		static_branch_enable_cpuslocked(&__scx_switched_all);
+
 	cpus_read_unlock();
 	mutex_unlock(&scx_ops_enable_mutex);
 
@@ -2346,6 +2361,9 @@ static int scx_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	mutex_lock(&scx_ops_enable_mutex);
 	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %s\n", "ops", scx_ops.name);
 	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %ld\n", "enabled", scx_enabled());
+	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %d\n", "switching_all",
+		   READ_ONCE(scx_switching_all));
+	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %ld\n", "switched_all", scx_switched_all());
 	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %s\n", "enable_state",
 		   scx_ops_enable_state_str[scx_ops_enable_state()]);
 	seq_printf(m, "%-30s: %llu\n", "nr_rejected",
@@ -2586,6 +2604,28 @@ __diag_push();
 __diag_ignore_all("-Wmissing-prototypes",
 		  "Global functions as their definitions will be in vmlinux BTF");
 
+/**
+ * scx_bpf_switch_all - Switch all tasks into SCX
+ * @into_scx: switch direction
+ *
+ * If @into_scx is %true, all existing and future non-dl/rt tasks are switched
+ * to SCX. If %false, only tasks which have %SCHED_EXT explicitly set are put on
+ * SCX. The actual switching is asynchronous. Can be called from ops.init().
+ */
+void scx_bpf_switch_all(void)
+{
+	scx_switch_all_req = true;
+}
+
+BTF_SET8_START(scx_kfunc_ids_init)
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, scx_bpf_switch_all)
+BTF_SET8_END(scx_kfunc_ids_init)
+
+static const struct btf_kfunc_id_set scx_kfunc_set_init = {
+	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
+	.set			= &scx_kfunc_ids_init,
+};
+
 /**
  * scx_bpf_create_dsq - Create a dsq
  * @dsq_id: dsq to attach
@@ -3015,6 +3055,8 @@ static int __init register_ext_kfuncs(void)
 	 * allow all kfuncs for everybody.
 	 */
 	if ((ret = register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS,
+					     &scx_kfunc_set_init)) ||
+	    (ret = register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS,
 					     &scx_kfunc_set_sleepable)) ||
 	    (ret = register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS,
 					    &scx_kfunc_set_dispatch)) ||
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.h b/kernel/sched/ext.h
index 0743a0536560..142dce30764d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.h
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ extern unsigned long task_runnable_timeout_ms;
 extern unsigned long last_timeout_check;
 
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__scx_ops_enabled);
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__scx_switched_all);
 #define scx_enabled()		static_branch_unlikely(&__scx_ops_enabled)
+#define scx_switched_all()	static_branch_unlikely(&__scx_switched_all)
 
 bool task_on_scx(struct task_struct *p);
 void scx_pre_fork(struct task_struct *p);
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ static inline void scx_notify_sched_tick(void)
 static inline const struct sched_class *next_active_class(const struct sched_class *class)
 {
 	class++;
+	if (scx_switched_all() && class == &fair_sched_class)
+		class++;
 	if (!scx_enabled() && class == &ext_sched_class)
 		class++;
 	return class;
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ static inline const struct sched_class *next_active_class(const struct sched_cla
 #else	/* CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT */
 
 #define scx_enabled()		false
+#define scx_switched_all()	false
 
 static inline void scx_pre_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline int scx_fork(struct task_struct *p) { return 0; }
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_common.bpf.h b/tools/sched_ext/scx_common.bpf.h
index 4cfbbee38d9a..212cb934db2d 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_common.bpf.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_common.bpf.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ void ___scx_bpf_error_format_checker(const char *fmt, ...) {}
 	___scx_bpf_error_format_checker(fmt, ##args);				\
 })
 
+extern void scx_bpf_switch_all(void) __ksym;
 extern s32 scx_bpf_create_dsq(u64 dsq_id, s32 node) __ksym;
 extern bool scx_bpf_consume(u64 dsq_id) __ksym;
 extern u32 scx_bpf_dispatch_nr_slots(void) __ksym;
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.bpf.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.bpf.c
index ac7b490b5a39..28251373d1c3 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.bpf.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * - Statistics tracking how many are queued to local and global dsq's.
  * - Termination notification for userspace.
+ * - Support for switch_all.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2022 Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
  * Copyright (c) 2022 Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@
 
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
 
+const volatile bool switch_all;
+
 struct user_exit_info uei;
 
 struct {
@@ -32,6 +35,13 @@ static void stat_inc(u32 idx)
 		(*cnt_p)++;
 }
 
+s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(dummy_init)
+{
+	if (switch_all)
+		scx_bpf_switch_all();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(dummy_enqueue, struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags)
 {
 	if (enq_flags & SCX_ENQ_LOCAL) {
@@ -51,6 +61,7 @@ void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(dummy_exit, struct scx_exit_info *ei)
 SEC(".struct_ops")
 struct sched_ext_ops dummy_ops = {
 	.enqueue		= (void *)dummy_enqueue,
+	.init			= (void *)dummy_init,
 	.exit			= (void *)dummy_exit,
 	.name			= "dummy",
 };
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.c
index 72881c881830..9229973e8698 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_dummy.c
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ const char help_fmt[] =
 "\n"
 "See the top-level comment in .bpf.c for more details.\n"
 "\n"
-"Usage: %s\n"
+"Usage: %s [-a]\n"
 "\n"
+"  -a            Switch all tasks\n"
 "  -h            Display this help and exit\n";
 
 static volatile int exit_req;
@@ -64,8 +65,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	skel = scx_example_dummy__open();
 	assert(skel);
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "h")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ah")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
+		case 'a':
+			skel->rodata->switch_all = true;
+			break;
 		default:
 			fprintf(stderr, help_fmt, basename(argv[0]));
 			return opt != 'h';
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.bpf.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.bpf.c
index b6febc5dadbf..bde8cd339935 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.bpf.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
 
 const volatile u64 slice_ns = SCX_SLICE_DFL;
+const volatile bool switch_all;
 const volatile u32 stall_user_nth;
 const volatile u32 stall_kernel_nth;
 const volatile s32 disallow_tgid;
@@ -223,6 +224,13 @@ s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(qmap_prep_enable, struct task_struct *p,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(qmap_init)
+{
+	if (switch_all)
+		scx_bpf_switch_all();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(qmap_exit, struct scx_exit_info *ei)
 {
 	uei_record(&uei, ei);
@@ -238,6 +246,7 @@ struct sched_ext_ops qmap_ops = {
 	 */
 	.dispatch		= (void *)qmap_dispatch,
 	.prep_enable		= (void *)qmap_prep_enable,
+	.init			= (void *)qmap_init,
 	.exit			= (void *)qmap_exit,
 	.timeout_ms		= 5000U,
 	.name			= "qmap",
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.c
index 99cc7169bd90..52a44269508b 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_example_qmap.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const char help_fmt[] =
 "\n"
 "See the top-level comment in .bpf.c for more details.\n"
 "\n"
-"Usage: %s [-s SLICE_US] [-e COUNT] [-t COUNT] [-T COUNT] [-d PID]\n"
+"Usage: %s [-a] [-s SLICE_US] [-e COUNT] [-t COUNT] [-T COUNT] [-d PID]\n"
 "\n"
 "  -s SLICE_US   Override slice duration\n"
 "  -e COUNT      Trigger scx_bpf_error() after COUNT enqueues\n"
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	skel = scx_example_qmap__open();
 	assert(skel);
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hs:e:t:T:d:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ahs:e:t:T:d:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
+		case 'a':
+			skel->rodata->switch_all = true;
+			break;
 		case 's':
 			skel->rodata->slice_ns = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 0) * 1000;
 			break;
