diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h b/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
index 42f0d67f1054..ed49222abecb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct cifs_sb_info {
 	spinlock_t tlink_tree_lock;
 	struct tcon_link *master_tlink;
 	struct nls_table *local_nls;
+	unsigned int bsize;
 	unsigned int rsize;
 	unsigned int wsize;
 	unsigned long actimeo; /* attribute cache timeout (jiffies) */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 62d48d486d8f..f2c0d863fb52 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ cifs_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct dentry *root)
 
 	seq_printf(s, ",rsize=%u", cifs_sb->rsize);
 	seq_printf(s, ",wsize=%u", cifs_sb->wsize);
+	seq_printf(s, ",bsize=%u", cifs_sb->bsize);
 	seq_printf(s, ",echo_interval=%lu",
 			tcon->ses->server->echo_interval / HZ);
 	if (tcon->snapshot_time)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 94dbdbe5be34..33264f9a9665 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ struct smb_vol {
 	bool resilient:1; /* noresilient not required since not fored for CA */
 	bool domainauto:1;
 	bool rdma:1;
+	unsigned int bsize;
 	unsigned int rsize;
 	unsigned int wsize;
 	bool sockopt_tcp_nodelay:1;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index a825ac219bbd..106b6508f138 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_backupuid, Opt_backupgid, Opt_uid,
 	Opt_cruid, Opt_gid, Opt_file_mode,
 	Opt_dirmode, Opt_port,
-	Opt_rsize, Opt_wsize, Opt_actimeo,
+	Opt_blocksize, Opt_rsize, Opt_wsize, Opt_actimeo,
 	Opt_echo_interval, Opt_max_credits,
 	Opt_snapshot,
 
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static const match_table_t cifs_mount_option_tokens = {
 	{ Opt_dirmode, "dirmode=%s" },
 	{ Opt_dirmode, "dir_mode=%s" },
 	{ Opt_port, "port=%s" },
+	{ Opt_blocksize, "bsize=%s" },
 	{ Opt_rsize, "rsize=%s" },
 	{ Opt_wsize, "wsize=%s" },
 	{ Opt_actimeo, "actimeo=%s" },
@@ -1598,7 +1599,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 	vol->cred_uid = current_uid();
 	vol->linux_uid = current_uid();
 	vol->linux_gid = current_gid();
-
+	vol->bsize = 1024 * 1024; /* can improve cp performance significantly */
 	/*
 	 * default to SFM style remapping of seven reserved characters
 	 * unless user overrides it or we negotiate CIFS POSIX where
@@ -1971,6 +1972,26 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 			}
 			port = (unsigned short)option;
 			break;
+		case Opt_blocksize:
+			if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
+				cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Invalid blocksize value\n",
+					__func__);
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * inode blocksize realistically should never need to be
+			 * less than 16K or greater than 16M and default is 1MB.
+			 * Note that small inode block sizes (e.g. 64K) can lead
+			 * to very poor performance of common tools like cp and scp
+			 */
+			if ((option < CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE) ||
+			   (option > (4 * SMB3_DEFAULT_IOSIZE))) {
+				cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Invalid blocksize\n",
+					__func__);
+				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+			}
+			vol->bsize = option;
+			break;
 		case Opt_rsize:
 			if (get_option_ul(args, &option)) {
 				cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Invalid rsize value\n",
@@ -3866,6 +3887,7 @@ int cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info,
 	spin_lock_init(&cifs_sb->tlink_tree_lock);
 	cifs_sb->tlink_tree = RB_ROOT;
 
+	cifs_sb->bsize = pvolume_info->bsize;
 	/*
 	 * Temporarily set r/wsize for matching superblock. If we end up using
 	 * new sb then client will later negotiate it downward if needed.
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 478003644916..53fdb5df0d2e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ int cifs_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 		return rc;
 
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
-	stat->blksize = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE;
+	stat->blksize = cifs_sb->bsize;
 	stat->ino = CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid;
 
 	/* old CIFS Unix Extensions doesn't return create time */