diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
index 15332eae43c0..3025556ff7d4 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ extern int cachefiles_ondemand_copen(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 extern int cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(struct cachefiles_object *object);
 extern void cachefiles_ondemand_clean_object(struct cachefiles_object *object);
 
+extern int cachefiles_ondemand_read(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+				    loff_t pos, size_t len);
+
 #else
 static inline ssize_t cachefiles_ondemand_daemon_read(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 					char __user *_buffer, size_t buflen)
@@ -303,6 +306,12 @@ static inline int cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(struct cachefiles_object *obje
 static inline void cachefiles_ondemand_clean_object(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 {
 }
+
+static inline int cachefiles_ondemand_read(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+					   loff_t pos, size_t len)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/io.c b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
index 50a14e8f0aac..ccf77a969653 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/io.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static int cachefiles_read(struct netfs_cache_resources *cres,
 	       file, file_inode(file)->i_ino, start_pos, len,
 	       i_size_read(file_inode(file)));
 
+retry:
 	/* If the caller asked us to seek for data before doing the read, then
 	 * we should do that now.  If we find a gap, we fill it with zeros.
 	 */
@@ -119,6 +120,16 @@ static int cachefiles_read(struct netfs_cache_resources *cres,
 			if (read_hole == NETFS_READ_HOLE_FAIL)
 				goto presubmission_error;
 
+			if (read_hole == NETFS_READ_HOLE_ONDEMAND) {
+				ret = cachefiles_ondemand_read(object, off, len);
+				if (ret)
+					goto presubmission_error;
+
+				/* fail the read if no progress achieved */
+				read_hole = NETFS_READ_HOLE_FAIL;
+				goto retry;
+			}
+
 			iov_iter_zero(len, iter);
 			skipped = len;
 			ret = 0;
@@ -403,6 +414,7 @@ static enum netfs_io_source cachefiles_prepare_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *
 	enum netfs_io_source ret = NETFS_DOWNLOAD_FROM_SERVER;
 	loff_t off, to;
 	ino_t ino = file ? file_inode(file)->i_ino : 0;
+	int rc;
 
 	_enter("%zx @%llx/%llx", subreq->len, subreq->start, i_size);
 
@@ -415,7 +427,8 @@ static enum netfs_io_source cachefiles_prepare_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *
 	if (test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_NO_DATA_TO_READ, &cookie->flags)) {
 		__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_COPY_TO_CACHE, &subreq->flags);
 		why = cachefiles_trace_read_no_data;
-		goto out_no_object;
+		if (!test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_ONDEMAND, &subreq->flags))
+			goto out_no_object;
 	}
 
 	/* The object and the file may be being created in the background. */
@@ -432,7 +445,7 @@ static enum netfs_io_source cachefiles_prepare_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *
 	object = cachefiles_cres_object(cres);
 	cache = object->volume->cache;
 	cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred);
-
+retry:
 	off = cachefiles_inject_read_error();
 	if (off == 0)
 		off = vfs_llseek(file, subreq->start, SEEK_DATA);
@@ -483,6 +496,15 @@ static enum netfs_io_source cachefiles_prepare_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *
 
 download_and_store:
 	__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_COPY_TO_CACHE, &subreq->flags);
+	if (test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_ONDEMAND, &subreq->flags)) {
+		rc = cachefiles_ondemand_read(object, subreq->start,
+					      subreq->len);
+		if (!rc) {
+			__clear_bit(NETFS_SREQ_ONDEMAND, &subreq->flags);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+		ret = NETFS_INVALID_READ;
+	}
 out:
 	cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred);
 out_no_object:
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
index 7ce383536f27..10bdac26ce23 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
@@ -10,8 +10,25 @@ static int cachefiles_ondemand_fd_release(struct inode *inode,
 	struct cachefiles_object *object = file->private_data;
 	struct cachefiles_cache *cache = object->volume->cache;
 	int object_id = object->ondemand_id;
+	struct cachefiles_req *req;
+	XA_STATE(xas, &cache->reqs, 0);
 
+	xa_lock(&cache->reqs);
 	object->ondemand_id = CACHEFILES_ONDEMAND_ID_CLOSED;
+
+	/*
+	 * Flush all pending READ requests since their completion depends on
+	 * anon_fd.
+	 */
+	xas_for_each(&xas, req, ULONG_MAX) {
+		if (req->msg.opcode == CACHEFILES_OP_READ) {
+			req->error = -EIO;
+			complete(&req->done);
+			xas_store(&xas, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+	xa_unlock(&cache->reqs);
+
 	xa_erase(&cache->ondemand_ids, object_id);
 	cachefiles_put_object(object, cachefiles_obj_put_ondemand_fd);
 	cachefiles_put_unbind_pincount(cache);
@@ -57,11 +74,35 @@ static loff_t cachefiles_ondemand_fd_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t pos,
 	return vfs_llseek(file, pos, whence);
 }
 
+static long cachefiles_ondemand_fd_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
+					 unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object = filp->private_data;
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache = object->volume->cache;
+	struct cachefiles_req *req;
+	unsigned long id;
+
+	if (ioctl != CACHEFILES_IOC_CREAD)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!test_bit(CACHEFILES_ONDEMAND_MODE, &cache->flags))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	id = arg;
+	req = xa_erase(&cache->reqs, id);
+	if (!req)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	complete(&req->done);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations cachefiles_ondemand_fd_fops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.release	= cachefiles_ondemand_fd_release,
 	.write_iter	= cachefiles_ondemand_fd_write_iter,
 	.llseek		= cachefiles_ondemand_fd_llseek,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= cachefiles_ondemand_fd_ioctl,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -381,6 +422,32 @@ static int cachefiles_ondemand_init_close_req(struct cachefiles_req *req,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct cachefiles_read_ctx {
+	loff_t off;
+	size_t len;
+};
+
+static int cachefiles_ondemand_init_read_req(struct cachefiles_req *req,
+					     void *private)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object = req->object;
+	struct cachefiles_read *load = (void *)req->msg.data;
+	struct cachefiles_read_ctx *read_ctx = private;
+	int object_id = object->ondemand_id;
+
+	/* Stop enqueuing requests when daemon has closed anon_fd. */
+	if (object_id <= 0) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(object_id == 0);
+		pr_info_once("READ: anonymous fd closed prematurely.\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	req->msg.object_id = object_id;
+	load->off = read_ctx->off;
+	load->len = read_ctx->len;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 {
 	struct fscache_cookie *cookie = object->cookie;
@@ -410,3 +477,13 @@ void cachefiles_ondemand_clean_object(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 	cachefiles_ondemand_send_req(object, CACHEFILES_OP_CLOSE, 0,
 			cachefiles_ondemand_init_close_req, NULL);
 }
+
+int cachefiles_ondemand_read(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+			     loff_t pos, size_t len)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_read_ctx read_ctx = {pos, len};
+
+	return cachefiles_ondemand_send_req(object, CACHEFILES_OP_READ,
+			sizeof(struct cachefiles_read),
+			cachefiles_ondemand_init_read_req, &read_ctx);
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index c7bf1eaf51d5..02dbde48bb68 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ struct netfs_io_subrequest {
 #define NETFS_SREQ_SHORT_IO		2	/* Set if the I/O was short */
 #define NETFS_SREQ_SEEK_DATA_READ	3	/* Set if ->read() should SEEK_DATA first */
 #define NETFS_SREQ_NO_PROGRESS		4	/* Set if we didn't manage to read any data */
+#define NETFS_SREQ_ONDEMAND		5	/* Set if it's from on-demand read mode */
 };
 
 enum netfs_io_origin {
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ enum netfs_read_from_hole {
 	NETFS_READ_HOLE_IGNORE,
 	NETFS_READ_HOLE_CLEAR,
 	NETFS_READ_HOLE_FAIL,
+	NETFS_READ_HOLE_ONDEMAND,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cachefiles.h b/include/uapi/linux/cachefiles.h
index 37a0071037c8..028fbf15e02b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/cachefiles.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/cachefiles.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_CACHEFILES_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
 
 /*
  * Fscache ensures that the maximum length of cookie key is 255. The volume key
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 enum cachefiles_opcode {
 	CACHEFILES_OP_OPEN,
 	CACHEFILES_OP_CLOSE,
+	CACHEFILES_OP_READ,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -48,4 +50,19 @@ struct cachefiles_open {
 	__u8  data[];
 };
 
+/*
+ * @off		indicates the starting offset of the requested file range
+ * @len		indicates the length of the requested file range
+ */
+struct cachefiles_read {
+	__u64 off;
+	__u64 len;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Reply for READ request (Completion for READ)
+ * arg for CACHEFILES_IOC_CREAD ioctl is the @id field of READ request.
+ */
+#define CACHEFILES_IOC_CREAD	_IOW(0x98, 1, int)
+
 #endif
