diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index de1e6c4..d230dd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@
                  useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras)
                  that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of
                  local time.
+time_offset=minutes
+	      -- Set offset for conversion of timestamps from local time
+		 used by FAT to UTC. I.e. <minutes> minutes will be subtracted
+		 from each timestamp to convert it to UTC used internally by
+		 Linux. This is useful when time zone set in sys_tz is
+		 not the time zone used by the filesystem. Note that this
+		 option still does not provide correct time stamps in all
+		 cases in presence of DST - time stamps in a different DST
+		 setting will be off by one hour.
 
 showexec      -- If set, the execute permission bits of the file will be
 		 allowed only if the extension part of the name is .EXE,
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index 623f36f..12701a5 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	unsigned short fs_fmask;
 	unsigned short fs_dmask;
 	unsigned short codepage;   /* Codepage for shortname conversions */
+	int time_offset;	   /* Offset of timestamps from UTC (in minutes) */
 	char *iocharset;           /* Charset used for filename input/display */
 	unsigned short shortname;  /* flags for shortname display/create rule */
 	unsigned char name_check;  /* r = relaxed, n = normal, s = strict */
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
 		 flush:1,	   /* write things quickly */
 		 nocase:1,	   /* Does this need case conversion? 0=need case conversion*/
 		 usefree:1,	   /* Use free_clusters for FAT32 */
-		 tz_utc:1,	   /* Filesystem timestamps are in UTC */
+		 tz_set:1,	   /* Filesystem timestamps' offset set */
 		 rodir:1,	   /* allow ATTR_RO for directory */
 		 discard:1,	   /* Issue discard requests on deletions */
 		 nfs:1;		   /* Do extra work needed for NFS export */
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 7b186a5..59ac83b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -778,8 +778,12 @@
 	}
 	if (opts->flush)
 		seq_puts(m, ",flush");
-	if (opts->tz_utc)
-		seq_puts(m, ",tz=UTC");
+	if (opts->tz_set) {
+		if (opts->time_offset)
+			seq_printf(m, ",time_offset=%d", opts->time_offset);
+		else
+			seq_puts(m, ",tz=UTC");
+	}
 	if (opts->errors == FAT_ERRORS_CONT)
 		seq_puts(m, ",errors=continue");
 	else if (opts->errors == FAT_ERRORS_PANIC)
@@ -801,7 +805,8 @@
 	Opt_shortname_winnt, Opt_shortname_mixed, Opt_utf8_no, Opt_utf8_yes,
 	Opt_uni_xl_no, Opt_uni_xl_yes, Opt_nonumtail_no, Opt_nonumtail_yes,
 	Opt_obsolete, Opt_flush, Opt_tz_utc, Opt_rodir, Opt_err_cont,
-	Opt_err_panic, Opt_err_ro, Opt_discard, Opt_nfs, Opt_err,
+	Opt_err_panic, Opt_err_ro, Opt_discard, Opt_nfs, Opt_time_offset,
+	Opt_err,
 };
 
 static const match_table_t fat_tokens = {
@@ -826,6 +831,7 @@
 	{Opt_immutable, "sys_immutable"},
 	{Opt_flush, "flush"},
 	{Opt_tz_utc, "tz=UTC"},
+	{Opt_time_offset, "time_offset=%d"},
 	{Opt_err_cont, "errors=continue"},
 	{Opt_err_panic, "errors=panic"},
 	{Opt_err_ro, "errors=remount-ro"},
@@ -910,7 +916,7 @@
 	opts->utf8 = opts->unicode_xlate = 0;
 	opts->numtail = 1;
 	opts->usefree = opts->nocase = 0;
-	opts->tz_utc = 0;
+	opts->tz_set = 0;
 	opts->nfs = 0;
 	opts->errors = FAT_ERRORS_RO;
 	*debug = 0;
@@ -1006,8 +1012,17 @@
 		case Opt_flush:
 			opts->flush = 1;
 			break;
+		case Opt_time_offset:
+			if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
+				return 0;
+			if (option < -12 * 60 || option > 12 * 60)
+				return 0;
+			opts->tz_set = 1;
+			opts->time_offset = option;
+			break;
 		case Opt_tz_utc:
-			opts->tz_utc = 1;
+			opts->tz_set = 1;
+			opts->time_offset = 0;
 			break;
 		case Opt_err_cont:
 			opts->errors = FAT_ERRORS_CONT;
diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index 6d93360..5eb600d 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -212,8 +212,10 @@
 		   + days_in_year[month] + day
 		   + DAYS_DELTA) * SECS_PER_DAY;
 
-	if (!sbi->options.tz_utc)
+	if (!sbi->options.tz_set)
 		second += sys_tz.tz_minuteswest * SECS_PER_MIN;
+	else
+		second -= sbi->options.time_offset * SECS_PER_MIN;
 
 	if (time_cs) {
 		ts->tv_sec = second + (time_cs / 100);
@@ -229,8 +231,9 @@
 		       __le16 *time, __le16 *date, u8 *time_cs)
 {
 	struct tm tm;
-	time_to_tm(ts->tv_sec, sbi->options.tz_utc ? 0 :
-		   -sys_tz.tz_minuteswest * 60, &tm);
+	time_to_tm(ts->tv_sec,
+		   (sbi->options.tz_set ? sbi->options.time_offset :
+		   -sys_tz.tz_minuteswest) * SECS_PER_MIN, &tm);
 
 	/*  FAT can only support year between 1980 to 2107 */
 	if (tm.tm_year < 1980 - 1900) {