diff --git a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
index 464e885..1085338 100644
--- a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
+++ b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_osdkeepalivetimeout,
 	Opt_mount_timeout,
 	Opt_osd_idle_ttl,
+	Opt_osd_request_timeout,
 	Opt_last_int,
 	/* int args above */
 	Opt_fsid,
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ static match_table_t opt_tokens = {
 	{Opt_osdkeepalivetimeout, "osdkeepalive=%d"},
 	{Opt_mount_timeout, "mount_timeout=%d"},
 	{Opt_osd_idle_ttl, "osd_idle_ttl=%d"},
+	{Opt_osd_request_timeout, "osd_request_timeout=%d"},
 	/* int args above */
 	{Opt_fsid, "fsid=%s"},
 	{Opt_name, "name=%s"},
@@ -361,6 +363,7 @@ ceph_parse_options(char *options, const char *dev_name,
 	opt->osd_keepalive_timeout = CEPH_OSD_KEEPALIVE_DEFAULT;
 	opt->mount_timeout = CEPH_MOUNT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
 	opt->osd_idle_ttl = CEPH_OSD_IDLE_TTL_DEFAULT;
+	opt->osd_request_timeout = CEPH_OSD_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
 
 	/* get mon ip(s) */
 	/* ip1[:port1][,ip2[:port2]...] */
@@ -473,6 +476,15 @@ ceph_parse_options(char *options, const char *dev_name,
 			}
 			opt->mount_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(intval * 1000);
 			break;
+		case Opt_osd_request_timeout:
+			/* 0 is "wait forever" (i.e. infinite timeout) */
+			if (intval < 0 || intval > INT_MAX / 1000) {
+				pr_err("osd_request_timeout out of range\n");
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			opt->osd_request_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(intval * 1000);
+			break;
 
 		case Opt_share:
 			opt->flags &= ~CEPH_OPT_NOSHARE;
@@ -557,6 +569,9 @@ int ceph_print_client_options(struct seq_file *m, struct ceph_client *client)
 	if (opt->osd_keepalive_timeout != CEPH_OSD_KEEPALIVE_DEFAULT)
 		seq_printf(m, "osdkeepalivetimeout=%d,",
 		    jiffies_to_msecs(opt->osd_keepalive_timeout) / 1000);
+	if (opt->osd_request_timeout != CEPH_OSD_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT)
+		seq_printf(m, "osd_request_timeout=%d,",
+			   jiffies_to_msecs(opt->osd_request_timeout) / 1000);
 
 	/* drop redundant comma */
 	if (m->count != pos)