diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index 96365a772f77483df9cda1eff1790a9fd6568fee..bb7d86a0c6a1f4ac9aa797bbed99825d39dfaa35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 #define MAX_CAPSET_ID 63
 #define MAX_RINGS 64
 
+/* See virtio_gpu_ctx_create. One additional character for NULL terminator. */
+#define DEBUG_NAME_MAX_LEN 65
+
 struct virtio_gpu_object_params {
 	unsigned long size;
 	bool dumb;
@@ -274,6 +277,8 @@ struct virtio_gpu_fpriv {
 	uint64_t base_fence_ctx;
 	uint64_t ring_idx_mask;
 	struct mutex context_lock;
+	char debug_name[DEBUG_NAME_MAX_LEN];
+	bool explicit_debug_name;
 };
 
 /* virtgpu_ioctl.c */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
index 8d13b17c215b49be3b2e992908f9ae083c904e2d..1e2042419f9575e9e85cca4e414edd0842e7e9ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
@@ -42,12 +42,19 @@
 static void virtio_gpu_create_context_locked(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 					     struct virtio_gpu_fpriv *vfpriv)
 {
-	char dbgname[TASK_COMM_LEN];
+	if (vfpriv->explicit_debug_name) {
+		virtio_gpu_cmd_context_create(vgdev, vfpriv->ctx_id,
+					      vfpriv->context_init,
+					      strlen(vfpriv->debug_name),
+					      vfpriv->debug_name);
+	} else {
+		char dbgname[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
-	get_task_comm(dbgname, current);
-	virtio_gpu_cmd_context_create(vgdev, vfpriv->ctx_id,
-				      vfpriv->context_init, strlen(dbgname),
-				      dbgname);
+		get_task_comm(dbgname, current);
+		virtio_gpu_cmd_context_create(vgdev, vfpriv->ctx_id,
+					      vfpriv->context_init, strlen(dbgname),
+					      dbgname);
+	}
 
 	vfpriv->context_created = true;
 }
@@ -107,6 +114,9 @@ static int virtio_gpu_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	case VIRTGPU_PARAM_SUPPORTED_CAPSET_IDs:
 		value = vgdev->capset_id_mask;
 		break;
+	case VIRTGPU_PARAM_EXPLICIT_DEBUG_NAME:
+		value = vgdev->has_context_init ? 1 : 0;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -580,7 +590,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_context_init_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Number of unique parameters supported at this time. */
-	if (num_params > 3)
+	if (num_params > 4)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ctx_set_params = memdup_user(u64_to_user_ptr(args->ctx_set_params),
@@ -642,6 +652,20 @@ static int virtio_gpu_context_init_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 			vfpriv->ring_idx_mask = value;
 			break;
+		case VIRTGPU_CONTEXT_PARAM_DEBUG_NAME:
+			if (vfpriv->explicit_debug_name) {
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto out_unlock;
+			}
+
+			ret = strncpy_from_user(vfpriv->debug_name,
+						u64_to_user_ptr(value),
+						DEBUG_NAME_MAX_LEN - 1);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out_unlock;
+
+			vfpriv->explicit_debug_name = true;
+			break;
 		default:
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/virtgpu_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/virtgpu_drm.h
index b1d0e56565bcbfaf88918ef58d3660020a30fada..c2ce71987e9bb816d13a300679336cb756f1cbcf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/virtgpu_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/virtgpu_drm.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct drm_virtgpu_execbuffer {
 #define VIRTGPU_PARAM_CROSS_DEVICE 5 /* Cross virtio-device resource sharing  */
 #define VIRTGPU_PARAM_CONTEXT_INIT 6 /* DRM_VIRTGPU_CONTEXT_INIT */
 #define VIRTGPU_PARAM_SUPPORTED_CAPSET_IDs 7 /* Bitmask of supported capability set ids */
+#define VIRTGPU_PARAM_EXPLICIT_DEBUG_NAME 8 /* Ability to set debug name from userspace */
 
 struct drm_virtgpu_getparam {
 	__u64 param;
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ struct drm_virtgpu_resource_create_blob {
 #define VIRTGPU_CONTEXT_PARAM_CAPSET_ID       0x0001
 #define VIRTGPU_CONTEXT_PARAM_NUM_RINGS       0x0002
 #define VIRTGPU_CONTEXT_PARAM_POLL_RINGS_MASK 0x0003
+#define VIRTGPU_CONTEXT_PARAM_DEBUG_NAME      0x0004
 struct drm_virtgpu_context_set_param {
 	__u64 param;
 	__u64 value;