diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
index e0204a23e997e..9ef7a7de60085 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
@@ -217,6 +217,63 @@ FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY can fail with the following errors:
 - ``EOVERFLOW``: the digest is longer than the specified
   ``digest_size`` bytes.  Try providing a larger buffer.
 
+FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA
+---------------------------
+
+The FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA ioctl reads verity metadata from a
+verity file.  This ioctl is available since Linux v5.12.
+
+This ioctl allows writing a server program that takes a verity file
+and serves it to a client program, such that the client can do its own
+fs-verity compatible verification of the file.  This only makes sense
+if the client doesn't trust the server and if the server needs to
+provide the storage for the client.
+
+This is a fairly specialized use case, and most fs-verity users won't
+need this ioctl.
+
+This ioctl takes in a pointer to the following structure::
+
+   struct fsverity_read_metadata_arg {
+           __u64 metadata_type;
+           __u64 offset;
+           __u64 length;
+           __u64 buf_ptr;
+           __u64 __reserved;
+   };
+
+``metadata_type`` specifies the type of metadata to read.
+
+The semantics are similar to those of ``pread()``.  ``offset``
+specifies the offset in bytes into the metadata item to read from, and
+``length`` specifies the maximum number of bytes to read from the
+metadata item.  ``buf_ptr`` is the pointer to the buffer to read into,
+cast to a 64-bit integer.  ``__reserved`` must be 0.  On success, the
+number of bytes read is returned.  0 is returned at the end of the
+metadata item.  The returned length may be less than ``length``, for
+example if the ioctl is interrupted.
+
+The metadata returned by FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA isn't guaranteed
+to be authenticated against the file digest that would be returned by
+`FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY`_, as the metadata is expected to be used to
+implement fs-verity compatible verification anyway (though absent a
+malicious disk, the metadata will indeed match).  E.g. to implement
+this ioctl, the filesystem is allowed to just read the Merkle tree
+blocks from disk without actually verifying the path to the root node.
+
+FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA can fail with the following errors:
+
+- ``EFAULT``: the caller provided inaccessible memory
+- ``EINTR``: the ioctl was interrupted before any data was read
+- ``EINVAL``: reserved fields were set, or ``offset + length``
+  overflowed
+- ``ENODATA``: the file is not a verity file
+- ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not implement fs-verity, or
+  this ioctl is not yet implemented on it
+- ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configured with fs-verity
+  support, or the filesystem superblock has not had the 'verity'
+  feature enabled on it.  (See `Filesystem support`_.)
+
 FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 524e134324475..56dc58adba8ac 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -1306,6 +1306,12 @@ static long __ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		return fsverity_ioctl_measure(filp, (void __user *)arg);
 
+	case FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA:
+		if (!ext4_has_feature_verity(sb))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		return fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(filp,
+						    (const void __user *)arg);
+
 	default:
 		return -ENOTTY;
 	}
@@ -1388,6 +1394,7 @@ long ext4_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case FS_IOC_GETFSMAP:
 	case FS_IOC_ENABLE_VERITY:
 	case FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY:
+	case FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA:
 	case EXT4_IOC_CLEAR_ES_CACHE:
 	case EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE:
 	case EXT4_IOC_GET_ES_CACHE:
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index f585545277d77..d0aefb5b97fac 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -3357,6 +3357,14 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_measure_verity(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	return fsverity_ioctl_measure(filp, (void __user *)arg);
 }
 
+static int f2fs_ioc_read_verity_metadata(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	if (!f2fs_sb_has_verity(F2FS_I_SB(file_inode(filp))))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(filp, (const void __user *)arg);
+}
+
 static int f2fs_ioc_getfslabel(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
@@ -4272,6 +4280,8 @@ static long __f2fs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return f2fs_ioc_enable_verity(filp, arg);
 	case FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY:
 		return f2fs_ioc_measure_verity(filp, arg);
+	case FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA:
+		return f2fs_ioc_read_verity_metadata(filp, arg);
 	case FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL:
 		return f2fs_ioc_getfslabel(filp, arg);
 	case FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL:
@@ -4523,6 +4533,7 @@ long f2fs_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case F2FS_IOC_RESIZE_FS:
 	case FS_IOC_ENABLE_VERITY:
 	case FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY:
+	case FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA:
 	case FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL:
 	case FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL:
 	case F2FS_IOC_GET_COMPRESS_BLOCKS:
diff --git a/fs/verity/Makefile b/fs/verity/Makefile
index 570e9136334d4..435559a4fa9ea 100644
--- a/fs/verity/Makefile
+++ b/fs/verity/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FS_VERITY) += enable.o \
 			   init.o \
 			   measure.o \
 			   open.o \
+			   read_metadata.o \
 			   verify.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FS_VERITY_BUILTIN_SIGNATURES) += signature.o
diff --git a/fs/verity/read_metadata.c b/fs/verity/read_metadata.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..43be990fd53e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/verity/read_metadata.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Ioctl to read verity metadata
+ *
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ */
+
+#include "fsverity_private.h"
+
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+/**
+ * fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata() - read verity metadata from a file
+ * @filp: file to read the metadata from
+ * @uarg: user pointer to fsverity_read_metadata_arg
+ *
+ * Return: length read on success, 0 on EOF, -errno on failure
+ */
+int fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(struct file *filp, const void __user *uarg)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	const struct fsverity_info *vi;
+	struct fsverity_read_metadata_arg arg;
+	int length;
+	void __user *buf;
+
+	vi = fsverity_get_info(inode);
+	if (!vi)
+		return -ENODATA; /* not a verity file */
+	/*
+	 * Note that we don't have to explicitly check that the file is open for
+	 * reading, since verity files can only be opened for reading.
+	 */
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&arg, uarg, sizeof(arg)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (arg.__reserved)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* offset + length must not overflow. */
+	if (arg.offset + arg.length < arg.offset)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Ensure that the return value will fit in INT_MAX. */
+	length = min_t(u64, arg.length, INT_MAX);
+
+	buf = u64_to_user_ptr(arg.buf_ptr);
+
+	switch (arg.metadata_type) {
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata);
diff --git a/include/linux/fsverity.h b/include/linux/fsverity.h
index c1144a4503920..b568b3c7d095e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsverity.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsverity.h
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ int fsverity_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int fsverity_prepare_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 void fsverity_cleanup_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
+/* read_metadata.c */
+
+int fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(struct file *filp, const void __user *uarg);
+
 /* verify.c */
 
 bool fsverity_verify_page(struct page *page);
@@ -183,6 +187,14 @@ static inline void fsverity_cleanup_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 }
 
+/* read_metadata.c */
+
+static inline int fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(struct file *filp,
+					       const void __user *uarg)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 /* verify.c */
 
 static inline bool fsverity_verify_page(struct page *page)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h b/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h
index 33f44156f8ea5..e062751294d01 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fsverity.h
@@ -83,7 +83,17 @@ struct fsverity_formatted_digest {
 	__u8 digest[];
 };
 
+struct fsverity_read_metadata_arg {
+	__u64 metadata_type;
+	__u64 offset;
+	__u64 length;
+	__u64 buf_ptr;
+	__u64 __reserved;
+};
+
 #define FS_IOC_ENABLE_VERITY	_IOW('f', 133, struct fsverity_enable_arg)
 #define FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY	_IOWR('f', 134, struct fsverity_digest)
+#define FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA \
+	_IOWR('f', 135, struct fsverity_read_metadata_arg)
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_FSVERITY_H */
