diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 2e2de0532c08..ad8052235f37 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -95,6 +95,21 @@
 
 #define ALL_L3_SLICES(dev) (1 << NUM_L3_SLICES(dev)) - 1
 
+static struct intel_engine_cs *
+lookup_user_engine(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+		   unsigned long flags, u16 class, u16 instance)
+#define LOOKUP_USER_INDEX BIT(0)
+{
+	if (flags & LOOKUP_USER_INDEX) {
+		if (instance >= ctx->nengine)
+			return NULL;
+
+		return ctx->engines[instance];
+	}
+
+	return intel_engine_lookup_user(ctx->i915, class, instance);
+}
+
 static void lut_close(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct i915_lut_handle *lut, *ln;
@@ -218,6 +233,8 @@ static void i915_gem_context_free(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	release_hw_id(ctx);
 	i915_ppgtt_put(ctx->ppgtt);
 
+	kfree(ctx->engines);
+
 	for (n = 0; n < ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->__engine); n++) {
 		struct intel_context *ce = &ctx->__engine[n];
 
@@ -1317,9 +1334,9 @@ static int set_sseu(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	if (user_sseu.flags || user_sseu.rsvd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	engine = intel_engine_lookup_user(i915,
-					  user_sseu.engine_class,
-					  user_sseu.engine_instance);
+	engine = lookup_user_engine(ctx, 0,
+				    user_sseu.engine_class,
+				    user_sseu.engine_instance);
 	if (!engine)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1337,9 +1354,156 @@ static int set_sseu(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 
 	args->size = sizeof(user_sseu);
 
+	return 0;
+};
+
+struct set_engines {
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
+	struct intel_engine_cs **engines;
+	unsigned int nengine;
+};
+
+static const i915_user_extension_fn set_engines__extensions[] = {
+};
+
+static int
+set_engines(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+	    const struct drm_i915_gem_context_param *args)
+{
+	struct i915_context_param_engines __user *user;
+	struct set_engines set = { .ctx = ctx };
+	u64 size, extensions;
+	unsigned int n;
+	int err;
+
+	user = u64_to_user_ptr(args->value);
+	size = args->size;
+	if (!size)
+		goto out;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(*user), sizeof(*user->class_instance)));
+	if (size < sizeof(*user) || size % sizeof(*user->class_instance))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	set.nengine = (size - sizeof(*user)) / sizeof(*user->class_instance);
+	if (set.nengine == 0 || set.nengine > I915_EXEC_RING_MASK)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	set.engines = kmalloc_array(set.nengine,
+				    sizeof(*set.engines),
+				    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!set.engines)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (n = 0; n < set.nengine; n++) {
+		u16 class, inst;
+
+		if (get_user(class, &user->class_instance[n].engine_class) ||
+		    get_user(inst, &user->class_instance[n].engine_instance)) {
+			kfree(set.engines);
+			return -EFAULT;
+		}
+
+		if (class == (u16)I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID &&
+		    inst == (u16)I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE) {
+			set.engines[n] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		set.engines[n] = lookup_user_engine(ctx, 0, class, inst);
+		if (!set.engines[n]) {
+			kfree(set.engines);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = -EFAULT;
+	if (!get_user(extensions, &user->extensions))
+		err = i915_user_extensions(u64_to_user_ptr(extensions),
+					   set_engines__extensions,
+					   ARRAY_SIZE(set_engines__extensions),
+					   &set);
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(set.engines);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+out:
+	mutex_lock(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	kfree(ctx->engines);
+	ctx->engines = set.engines;
+	ctx->nengine = set.nengine;
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+get_engines(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+	    struct drm_i915_gem_context_param *args)
+{
+	struct i915_context_param_engines *local;
+	unsigned int n, count, size;
+	int err;
+
+restart:
+	count = READ_ONCE(ctx->nengine);
+	if (count > (INT_MAX - sizeof(*local)) / sizeof(*local->class_instance))
+		return -ENOMEM; /* unrepresentable! */
+
+	size = sizeof(*local) + count * sizeof(*local->class_instance);
+	if (!args->size) {
+		args->size = size;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (args->size < size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	local = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!local)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex)) {
+		err = -EINTR;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (READ_ONCE(ctx->nengine) != count) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+		kfree(local);
+		goto restart;
+	}
+
+	local->extensions = 0;
+	for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
+		if (ctx->engines[n]) {
+			local->class_instance[n].engine_class =
+				ctx->engines[n]->uabi_class;
+			local->class_instance[n].engine_instance =
+				ctx->engines[n]->instance;
+		} else {
+			local->class_instance[n].engine_class =
+				I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID;
+			local->class_instance[n].engine_instance =
+				I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	if (copy_to_user(u64_to_user_ptr(args->value), local, size)) {
+		err = -EFAULT;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	args->size = size;
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	kfree(local);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int ctx_setparam(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 			struct drm_i915_gem_context_param *args)
 {
@@ -1403,6 +1567,10 @@ static int ctx_setparam(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		ret = set_ppgtt(ctx, args);
 		break;
 
+	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES:
+		ret = set_engines(ctx, args);
+		break;
+
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_BAN_PERIOD:
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1535,9 +1703,9 @@ static int get_sseu(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	if (user_sseu.flags || user_sseu.rsvd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	engine = intel_engine_lookup_user(ctx->i915,
-					  user_sseu.engine_class,
-					  user_sseu.engine_instance);
+	engine = lookup_user_engine(ctx, 0,
+				    user_sseu.engine_class,
+				    user_sseu.engine_instance);
 	if (!engine)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1616,6 +1784,10 @@ int i915_gem_context_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		ret = get_ppgtt(ctx, args);
 		break;
 
+	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES:
+		ret = get_engines(ctx, args);
+		break;
+
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_BAN_PERIOD:
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
index 3bd1faabbc3f..775de1af1b10 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ struct i915_gem_context {
 	/** file_priv: owning file descriptor */
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv;
 
+	struct intel_engine_cs **engines;
+
 	struct i915_timeline *timeline;
 
 	/**
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ struct i915_gem_context {
 #define CONTEXT_CLOSED			1
 #define CONTEXT_FORCE_SINGLE_SUBMISSION	2
 
+	unsigned int nengine;
+
 	/**
 	 * @hw_id: - unique identifier for the context
 	 *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 859625474f58..5052b49f8dcd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2086,13 +2086,23 @@ static const enum intel_engine_id user_ring_map[I915_USER_RINGS + 1] = {
 };
 
 static struct intel_engine_cs *
-eb_select_engine(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+eb_select_engine(struct i915_execbuffer *eb,
 		 struct drm_file *file,
 		 struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 *args)
 {
 	unsigned int user_ring_id = args->flags & I915_EXEC_RING_MASK;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
 
+	if (eb->ctx->engines) {
+		if (user_ring_id >= eb->ctx->nengine) {
+			DRM_DEBUG("execbuf with unknown ring: %u\n",
+				  user_ring_id);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		return eb->ctx->engines[user_ring_id];
+	}
+
 	if (user_ring_id > I915_USER_RINGS) {
 		DRM_DEBUG("execbuf with unknown ring: %u\n", user_ring_id);
 		return NULL;
@@ -2105,11 +2115,11 @@ eb_select_engine(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (user_ring_id == I915_EXEC_BSD && HAS_BSD2(dev_priv)) {
+	if (user_ring_id == I915_EXEC_BSD && HAS_BSD2(eb->i915)) {
 		unsigned int bsd_idx = args->flags & I915_EXEC_BSD_MASK;
 
 		if (bsd_idx == I915_EXEC_BSD_DEFAULT) {
-			bsd_idx = gen8_dispatch_bsd_engine(dev_priv, file);
+			bsd_idx = gen8_dispatch_bsd_engine(eb->i915, file);
 		} else if (bsd_idx >= I915_EXEC_BSD_RING1 &&
 			   bsd_idx <= I915_EXEC_BSD_RING2) {
 			bsd_idx >>= I915_EXEC_BSD_SHIFT;
@@ -2120,9 +2130,9 @@ eb_select_engine(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		engine = dev_priv->engine[_VCS(bsd_idx)];
+		engine = eb->i915->engine[_VCS(bsd_idx)];
 	} else {
-		engine = dev_priv->engine[user_ring_map[user_ring_id]];
+		engine = eb->i915->engine[user_ring_map[user_ring_id]];
 	}
 
 	if (!engine) {
@@ -2332,7 +2342,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto err_destroy;
 
-	eb.engine = eb_select_engine(eb.i915, file, args);
+	eb.engine = eb_select_engine(&eb, file, args);
 	if (!eb.engine) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_engine;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 0c5566b2d244..eb5799fe3868 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ enum drm_i915_gem_engine_class {
 	I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID	= -1
 };
 
+#define I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE -1
+
 /**
  * DOC: perf_events exposed by i915 through /sys/bus/event_sources/drivers/i915
  *
@@ -1481,6 +1483,27 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_context_param {
 	 * See DRM_I915_GEM_VM_CREATE and DRM_I915_GEM_VM_DESTROY.
 	 */
 #define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_VM		0x8
+
+/*
+ * I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES:
+ *
+ * Bind this context to operate on this subset of available engines. Henceforth,
+ * the I915_EXEC_RING selector for DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2 operates as
+ * an index into this array of engines; I915_EXEC_DEFAULT selecting engine[0]
+ * and upwards. Slots 0...N are filled in using the specified (class, instance).
+ * Use
+ *	engine_class: I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID,
+ *	engine_instance: I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE
+ * to specify a gap in the array that can be filled in later, e.g. by a
+ * virtual engine used for load balancing.
+ *
+ * Setting the number of engines bound to the context to 0, by passing a zero
+ * sized argument, will revert back to default settings.
+ *
+ * See struct i915_context_param_engines.
+ */
+#define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES	0x9
+
 	__u64 value;
 };
 
@@ -1543,6 +1566,15 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_context_param_sseu {
 	__u32 rsvd;
 };
 
+struct i915_context_param_engines {
+	__u64 extensions; /* linked chain of extension blocks, 0 terminates */
+
+	struct {
+		__u16 engine_class; /* see enum drm_i915_gem_engine_class */
+		__u16 engine_instance;
+	} class_instance[0];
+};
+
 struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext_setparam {
 #define I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_EXT_SETPARAM 0
 	struct i915_user_extension base;
