diff --git a/block/Kconfig.iosched b/block/Kconfig.iosched
index 4142d919b75c..3b983d6f1664 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig.iosched
+++ b/block/Kconfig.iosched
@@ -54,6 +54,28 @@ config CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	---help---
 	  Enable group IO scheduling in CFQ.
 
+config IOSCHED_BFQ
+	tristate "BFQ I/O scheduler"
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  The BFQ I/O scheduler tries to distribute bandwidth among
+	  all processes according to their weights.
+	  It aims at distributing the bandwidth as desired, independently of
+	  the disk parameters and with any workload. It also tries to
+	  guarantee low latency to interactive and soft real-time
+	  applications. If compiled built-in (saying Y here), BFQ can
+	  be configured to support hierarchical scheduling.
+
+config CGROUP_BFQIO
+	bool "BFQ hierarchical scheduling support"
+	depends on CGROUPS && IOSCHED_BFQ=y
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  Enable hierarchical scheduling in BFQ, using the cgroups
+	  filesystem interface.  The name of the subsystem will be
+	  bfqio.
+
 choice
 	prompt "Default I/O scheduler"
 	default DEFAULT_CFQ
@@ -67,6 +89,16 @@ choice
 	config DEFAULT_CFQ
 		bool "CFQ" if IOSCHED_CFQ=y
 
+	config DEFAULT_BFQ
+		bool "BFQ" if IOSCHED_BFQ=y
+		help
+		  Selects BFQ as the default I/O scheduler which will be
+		  used by default for all block devices.
+		  The BFQ I/O scheduler aims at distributing the bandwidth
+		  as desired, independently of the disk parameters and with
+		  any workload. It also tries to guarantee low latency to
+		  interactive and soft real-time applications.
+
 	config DEFAULT_NOOP
 		bool "No-op"
 
@@ -76,6 +108,7 @@ config DEFAULT_IOSCHED
 	string
 	default "deadline" if DEFAULT_DEADLINE
 	default "cfq" if DEFAULT_CFQ
+	default "bfq" if DEFAULT_BFQ
 	default "noop" if DEFAULT_NOOP
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index 436b220cecc5..ac5a11f0dad3 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING)	+= blk-throttle.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP)	+= noop-iosched.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE)	+= deadline-iosched.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ)	+= cfq-iosched.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_BFQ)	+= bfq-iosched.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_TEST)	+= test-iosched.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK_COMPAT)	+= compat_ioctl.o
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
index 0bd390ce98b2..cbf22b12e310 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup_subsys.h
@@ -72,3 +72,9 @@ SUBSYS(net_prio)
 #endif
 
 /* */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_BFQIO
+SUBSYS(bfqio)
+#endif
+
+/* */