diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 13302e94fee3..f578ef9bc1f4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ cifs_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct dentry *root)
 		seq_puts(s, ",hard");
 	if (tcon->use_persistent)
 		seq_puts(s, ",persistenthandles");
+	else if (tcon->use_resilient)
+		seq_puts(s, ",resilienthandles");
 	if (tcon->unix_ext)
 		seq_puts(s, ",unix");
 	else
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 81273fea898f..2b510c537a0d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ struct smb_vol {
 	bool nosharesock:1;
 	bool persistent:1;
 	bool nopersistent:1;
+	bool resilient:1; /* noresilient not required since not fored for CA */
 	unsigned int rsize;
 	unsigned int wsize;
 	bool sockopt_tcp_nodelay:1;
@@ -897,6 +898,7 @@ struct cifs_tcon {
 	bool broken_posix_open; /* e.g. Samba server versions < 3.3.2, 3.2.9 */
 	bool broken_sparse_sup; /* if server or share does not support sparse */
 	bool need_reconnect:1; /* connection reset, tid now invalid */
+	bool use_resilient:1; /* use resilient instead of durable handles */
 	bool use_persistent:1; /* use persistent instead of durable handles */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2
 	bool print:1;		/* set if connection to printer share */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index bb35ae735a8e..4042996ddc7c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_fsc, Opt_mfsymlinks,
 	Opt_multiuser, Opt_sloppy, Opt_nosharesock,
 	Opt_persistent, Opt_nopersistent,
+	Opt_resilient, Opt_noresilient,
 
 	/* Mount options which take numeric value */
 	Opt_backupuid, Opt_backupgid, Opt_uid,
@@ -172,6 +173,8 @@ static const match_table_t cifs_mount_option_tokens = {
 	{ Opt_nosharesock, "nosharesock" },
 	{ Opt_persistent, "persistenthandles"},
 	{ Opt_nopersistent, "nopersistenthandles"},
+	{ Opt_resilient, "resilienthandles"},
+	{ Opt_noresilient, "noresilienthandles"},
 
 	{ Opt_backupuid, "backupuid=%s" },
 	{ Opt_backupgid, "backupgid=%s" },
@@ -1510,12 +1513,23 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 			break;
 		case Opt_persistent:
 			vol->persistent = true;
-			if (vol->nopersistent) {
+			if ((vol->nopersistent) || (vol->resilient)) {
 				cifs_dbg(VFS,
 				  "persistenthandles mount options conflict\n");
 				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 			break;
+		case Opt_resilient:
+			vol->resilient = true;
+			if (vol->persistent) {
+				cifs_dbg(VFS,
+				  "persistenthandles mount options conflict\n");
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+			}
+			break;
+		case Opt_noresilient:
+			vol->resilient = false; /* already the default */
+			break;
 
 		/* Numeric Values */
 		case Opt_backupuid:
@@ -2681,6 +2695,7 @@ cifs_get_tcon(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 			     "SMB3 or later required for persistent handles\n");
 			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto out_fail;
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2
 		} else if (ses->server->capabilities &
 			   SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES)
 			tcon->use_persistent = true;
@@ -2689,12 +2704,23 @@ cifs_get_tcon(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 				"Persistent handles not supported on share\n");
 			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto out_fail;
+#endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2 */
 		}
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2
 	} else if ((tcon->capabilities & SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CONTINUOUS_AVAILABILITY)
 	     && (ses->server->capabilities & SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES)
 	     && (volume_info->nopersistent == false)) {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "enabling persistent handles\n");
 		tcon->use_persistent = true;
+#endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2 */
+	} else if (volume_info->resilient) {
+		if (ses->server->vals->protocol_id == 0) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS,
+			     "SMB2.1 or later required for resilient handles\n");
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto out_fail;
+		}
+		tcon->use_resilient = true;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -3545,12 +3571,15 @@ cifs_mount(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 		goto mount_fail_check;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2
 	if ((volume_info->persistent == true) && ((ses->server->capabilities &
 		SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES) == 0)) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "persistent handles not supported by server\n");
 		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto mount_fail_check;
 	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2*/
+
 	/* search for existing tcon to this server share */
 	tcon = cifs_get_tcon(ses, volume_info);
 	if (IS_ERR(tcon)) {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
index 2ab297dae5a7..f9e766f464be 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 	struct smb2_file_all_info *smb2_data = NULL;
 	__u8 smb2_oplock[17];
 	struct cifs_fid *fid = oparms->fid;
+	struct network_resiliency_req nr_ioctl_req;
 
 	smb2_path = cifs_convert_path_to_utf16(oparms->path, oparms->cifs_sb);
 	if (smb2_path == NULL) {
@@ -67,6 +68,24 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
 
+
+	 if (oparms->tcon->use_resilient) {
+		nr_ioctl_req.Timeout = 0; /* use server default (120 seconds) */
+		nr_ioctl_req.Reserved = 0;
+		rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, oparms->tcon, fid->persistent_fid,
+			fid->volatile_fid, FSCTL_LMR_REQUEST_RESILIENCY, true,
+			(char *)&nr_ioctl_req, sizeof(nr_ioctl_req),
+			NULL, NULL /* no return info */);
+		if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS,
+			     "resiliency not supported by server, disabling\n");
+			oparms->tcon->use_resilient = false;
+		} else if (rc)
+			cifs_dbg(FYI, "error %d setting resiliency\n", rc);
+
+		rc = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (buf) {
 		/* open response does not have IndexNumber field - get it */
 		rc = SMB2_get_srv_num(xid, oparms->tcon, fid->persistent_fid,