diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index 0d4cfb232576fc1b2d325cfa185a1477070e30c8..fe49fb0356b5abba563dc30e8409701ecb7a8170 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -334,6 +334,13 @@ drm_setclientcap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		file_priv->aspect_ratio_allowed = req->value;
 		break;
+	case DRM_CLIENT_CAP_WRITEBACK_CONNECTORS:
+		if (!file_priv->atomic)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (req->value > 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		file_priv->writeback_connectors = req->value;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
index e5c653357024dc5ea522706df1a03be1f12d094d..21e353bd3948ece25235c844da7fd4e3689abe35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ int drm_mode_getresources(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	count = 0;
 	connector_id = u64_to_user_ptr(card_res->connector_id_ptr);
 	drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &conn_iter) {
+		/* only expose writeback connectors if userspace understands them */
+		if (!file_priv->writeback_connectors &&
+		    (connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK))
+			continue;
+
 		if (drm_lease_held(file_priv, connector->base.id)) {
 			if (count < card_res->count_connectors &&
 			    put_user(connector->base.id, connector_id + count)) {
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_file.h b/include/drm/drm_file.h
index 027ac16da3d15fb99655ad3724562ae8cf222190..26485acc51d7944697ce96f0988c2803f4d8c581 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_file.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ struct drm_file {
 	 */
 	unsigned aspect_ratio_allowed:1;
 
+	/**
+	 * @writeback_connectors:
+	 *
+	 * True if client understands writeback connectors
+	 */
+	unsigned writeback_connectors:1;
+
 	/**
 	 * @is_master:
 	 *
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
index 9c660e1688abe1cd6bf0e22bf709515e8a463e0d..300f336633f28ea20493570f80a73e30d87cd087 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
@@ -687,6 +687,15 @@ struct drm_get_cap {
  */
 #define DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ASPECT_RATIO    4
 
+/**
+ * DRM_CLIENT_CAP_WRITEBACK_CONNECTORS
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the DRM core will expose special connectors to be used for
+ * writing back to memory the scene setup in the commit. Depends on client
+ * also supporting DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ATOMIC
+ */
+#define DRM_CLIENT_CAP_WRITEBACK_CONNECTORS	5
+
 /** DRM_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_CAP ioctl argument type */
 struct drm_set_client_cap {
 	__u64 capability;