diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
index a70600a38a7011f8c80266410f11870aa801465b..99d12fce876b2db44124c8aef3616e8ee62d219b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ struct cached_dev {
 	 */
 	atomic_t		has_dirty;
 
+#define BCH_CACHE_READA_ALL		0
+#define BCH_CACHE_READA_META_ONLY	1
+	unsigned int		cache_readahead_policy;
 	struct bch_ratelimit	writeback_rate;
 	struct delayed_work	writeback_rate_update;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 2beab94504bbbb239879e927eaf2af917c9cc8a0..6d89e56a4a4105181f4a8d4a0d455a6cc80ede15 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -401,13 +401,20 @@ static bool check_should_bypass(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio)
 		goto skip;
 
 	/*
-	 * Flag for bypass if the IO is for read-ahead or background,
-	 * unless the read-ahead request is for metadata
+	 * If the bio is for read-ahead or background IO, bypass it or
+	 * not depends on the following situations,
+	 * - If the IO is for meta data, always cache it and no bypass
+	 * - If the IO is not meta data, check dc->cache_reada_policy,
+	 *      BCH_CACHE_READA_ALL: cache it and not bypass
+	 *      BCH_CACHE_READA_META_ONLY: not cache it and bypass
+	 * That is, read-ahead request for metadata always get cached
 	 * (eg, for gfs2 or xfs).
 	 */
-	if (bio->bi_opf & (REQ_RAHEAD|REQ_BACKGROUND) &&
-	    !(bio->bi_opf & (REQ_META|REQ_PRIO)))
-		goto skip;
+	if ((bio->bi_opf & (REQ_RAHEAD|REQ_BACKGROUND))) {
+		if (!(bio->bi_opf & (REQ_META|REQ_PRIO)) &&
+		    (dc->cache_readahead_policy != BCH_CACHE_READA_ALL))
+			goto skip;
+	}
 
 	if (bio->bi_iter.bi_sector & (c->sb.block_size - 1) ||
 	    bio_sectors(bio) & (c->sb.block_size - 1)) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
index e61924fdeaeda37fb4d55ea90fb511a6b6c7e4da..706d3a245dba64627173a42c98b55292ccbb435c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ static const char * const bch_cache_modes[] = {
 };
 
 /* Default is -1; we skip past it for stop_when_cache_set_failed */
+static const char * const bch_reada_cache_policies[] = {
+	"all",
+	"meta-only",
+	NULL
+};
+
 static const char * const bch_stop_on_failure_modes[] = {
 	"auto",
 	"always",
@@ -96,6 +102,7 @@ rw_attribute(read_bypass);
 rw_attribute(inflight_block_enable);
 rw_attribute(data_csum);
 rw_attribute(cache_mode);
+rw_attribute(readahead_cache_policy);
 rw_attribute(stop_when_cache_set_failed);
 rw_attribute(writeback_metadata);
 rw_attribute(writeback_running);
@@ -162,6 +169,11 @@ SHOW(__bch_cached_dev)
 					       bch_cache_modes,
 					       BDEV_CACHE_MODE(&dc->sb));
 
+	if (attr == &sysfs_readahead_cache_policy)
+		return bch_snprint_string_list(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
+					      bch_reada_cache_policies,
+					      dc->cache_readahead_policy);
+
 	if (attr == &sysfs_stop_when_cache_set_failed)
 		return bch_snprint_string_list(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
 					       bch_stop_on_failure_modes,
@@ -334,6 +346,15 @@ STORE(__cached_dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (attr == &sysfs_readahead_cache_policy) {
+		v = __sysfs_match_string(bch_reada_cache_policies, -1, buf);
+		if (v < 0)
+			return v;
+
+		if ((unsigned int) v != dc->cache_readahead_policy)
+			dc->cache_readahead_policy = v;
+	}
+
 	if (attr == &sysfs_stop_when_cache_set_failed) {
 		v = __sysfs_match_string(bch_stop_on_failure_modes, -1, buf);
 		if (v < 0)
@@ -427,6 +448,7 @@ static struct attribute *bch_cached_dev_files[] = {
 	&sysfs_data_csum,
 #endif
 	&sysfs_cache_mode,
+	&sysfs_readahead_cache_policy,
 	&sysfs_stop_when_cache_set_failed,
 	&sysfs_writeback_metadata,
 	&sysfs_writeback_running,