diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9776f068306b7f7ec6425ec4c02b17f5dac4788a..2e8d2625b814c52d069caaf0dad730a75d4e7dcf 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1996,6 +1996,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
 
+	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
+			Allowed values are enable and disable
+
 	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
 			one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified
 			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 0f4ff2bd03f6380011740e688a931fc8eb43d9a6..b1e619f9ff1aafa8f4b7131954ca2c0dc58723d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1563,10 +1563,14 @@ struct task_struct {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 extern void task_numa_fault(int node, int pages, bool migrated);
+extern void set_numabalancing_state(bool enabled);
 #else
 static inline void task_numa_fault(int node, int pages, bool migrated)
 {
 }
+static inline void set_numabalancing_state(bool enabled)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 9f00f004796afd907602ca82d50a1e35fd111f47..18e2a5920a34288a18b150adc46aaa952704aac9 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -720,6 +720,14 @@ config ARCH_USES_NUMA_PROT_NONE
 	depends on ARCH_WANTS_PROT_NUMA_PROT_NONE
 	depends on NUMA_BALANCING
 
+config NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED
+	bool "Automatically enable NUMA aware memory/task placement"
+	default y
+	depends on NUMA_BALANCING
+	help
+	  If set, autonumic NUMA balancing will be enabled if running on a NUMA
+	  machine.
+
 config NUMA_BALANCING
 	bool "Memory placement aware NUMA scheduler"
 	default y
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9d255bc0e278943fd85e6f9569d45a3ac6ab542d..7a45015274ab1674df3ec212d007865630978012 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -192,23 +192,10 @@ static void sched_feat_disable(int i) { };
 static void sched_feat_enable(int i) { };
 #endif /* HAVE_JUMP_LABEL */
 
-static ssize_t
-sched_feat_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
-		size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+static int sched_feat_set(char *cmp)
 {
-	char buf[64];
-	char *cmp;
-	int neg = 0;
 	int i;
-
-	if (cnt > 63)
-		cnt = 63;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-	cmp = strstrip(buf);
+	int neg = 0;
 
 	if (strncmp(cmp, "NO_", 3) == 0) {
 		neg = 1;
@@ -228,6 +215,27 @@ sched_feat_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		}
 	}
 
+	return i;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+sched_feat_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
+		size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	char buf[64];
+	char *cmp;
+	int i;
+
+	if (cnt > 63)
+		cnt = 63;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	buf[cnt] = 0;
+	cmp = strstrip(buf);
+
+	i = sched_feat_set(cmp);
 	if (i == __SCHED_FEAT_NR)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1549,6 +1557,16 @@ static void __sched_fork(struct task_struct *p)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
+void set_numabalancing_state(bool enabled)
+{
+	if (enabled)
+		sched_feat_set("NUMA");
+	else
+		sched_feat_set("NO_NUMA");
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
+
 /*
  * fork()/clone()-time setup:
  */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 4b577863933f04c133db5406d049ad2b3b99f471..7a02a2082e95154d5094ded219b20f76ac98a525 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -811,6 +811,9 @@ void task_numa_fault(int node, int pages, bool migrated)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p = current;
 
+	if (!sched_feat_numa(NUMA))
+		return;
+
 	/* FIXME: Allocate task-specific structure for placement policy here */
 
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index 5fb7aefbec80284f25f716ff52184846069d5c0a..d2373a3e32528ae6869248188108dc2283cd249e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ SCHED_FEAT(RT_RUNTIME_SHARE, true)
 SCHED_FEAT(LB_MIN, false)
 
 /*
- * Apply the automatic NUMA scheduling policy
+ * Apply the automatic NUMA scheduling policy. Enabled automatically
+ * at runtime if running on a NUMA machine. Can be controlled via
+ * numa_balancing=
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
-SCHED_FEAT(NUMA,	true)
+SCHED_FEAT(NUMA,	false)
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index fd20e28fd2adcfdd540ef7fcdfefb319d3c0d72b..046308e9b9999eac79751c00de5aa67dea4a52b4 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2521,6 +2521,50 @@ void mpol_free_shared_policy(struct shared_policy *p)
 	mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
+static bool __initdata numabalancing_override;
+
+static void __init check_numabalancing_enable(void)
+{
+	bool numabalancing_default = false;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED))
+		numabalancing_default = true;
+
+	if (nr_node_ids > 1 && !numabalancing_override) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Enabling automatic NUMA balancing. "
+			"Configure with numa_balancing= or sysctl");
+		set_numabalancing_state(numabalancing_default);
+	}
+}
+
+static int __init setup_numabalancing(char *str)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (!str)
+		goto out;
+	numabalancing_override = true;
+
+	if (!strcmp(str, "enable")) {
+		set_numabalancing_state(true);
+		ret = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(str, "disable")) {
+		set_numabalancing_state(false);
+		ret = 1;
+	}
+out:
+	if (!ret)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to parse numa_balancing=\n");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+__setup("numa_balancing=", setup_numabalancing);
+#else
+static inline void __init check_numabalancing_enable(void)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
+
 /* assumes fs == KERNEL_DS */
 void __init numa_policy_init(void)
 {
@@ -2571,6 +2615,8 @@ void __init numa_policy_init(void)
 
 	if (do_set_mempolicy(MPOL_INTERLEAVE, 0, &interleave_nodes))
 		printk("numa_policy_init: interleaving failed\n");
+
+	check_numabalancing_enable();
 }
 
 /* Reset policy of current process to default */