diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e5d0309f..f3325aa0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ AC_HAVE_MREMAP
 AC_NEED_INTERNAL_FSXATTR
 AC_HAVE_GETFSMAP
 AC_HAVE_STATFS_FLAGS
+AC_HAVE_MAP_SYNC
 
 if test "$enable_blkid" = yes; then
 AC_HAVE_BLKID_TOPO
diff --git a/include/builddefs.in b/include/builddefs.in
index fd274ddc..126f7e95 100644
--- a/include/builddefs.in
+++ b/include/builddefs.in
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ HAVE_MREMAP = @have_mremap@
 NEED_INTERNAL_FSXATTR = @need_internal_fsxattr@
 HAVE_GETFSMAP = @have_getfsmap@
 HAVE_STATFS_FLAGS = @have_statfs_flags@
+HAVE_MAP_SYNC = @have_map_sync@
 
 GCCFLAGS = -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall
 #	   -Wbitwise -Wno-transparent-union -Wno-old-initializer -Wno-decl
diff --git a/include/linux.h b/include/linux.h
index 6ce344c5..1998941a 100644
--- a/include/linux.h
+++ b/include/linux.h
@@ -327,4 +327,12 @@ fsmap_advance(
 #define HAVE_GETFSMAP
 #endif /* HAVE_GETFSMAP */
 
+#ifndef HAVE_MAP_SYNC
+#define MAP_SYNC 0
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0
+#else
+#include <asm-generic/mman.h>
+#include <asm-generic/mman-common.h>
+#endif /* HAVE_MAP_SYNC */
+
 #endif	/* __XFS_LINUX_H__ */
diff --git a/io/Makefile b/io/Makefile
index 6725936d..2987ee11 100644
--- a/io/Makefile
+++ b/io/Makefile
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_MREMAP),yes)
 LCFLAGS += -DHAVE_MREMAP
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(HAVE_MAP_SYNC),yes)
+LCFLAGS += -DHAVE_MAP_SYNC
+endif
+
 # On linux we get fsmap from the system or define it ourselves
 # so include this based on platform type.  If this reverts to only
 # the autoconf check w/o local definition, change to testing HAVE_GETFSMAP
diff --git a/io/io.h b/io/io.h
index 3862985f..8b2753b3 100644
--- a/io/io.h
+++ b/io/io.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typedef struct mmap_region {
 	size_t		length;		/* length of mapping */
 	off64_t		offset;		/* start offset into backing file */
 	int		prot;		/* protection mode of the mapping */
+	bool		map_sync;	/* is this a MAP_SYNC mapping? */
 	char		*name;		/* name of backing file */
 } mmap_region_t;
 
diff --git a/io/mmap.c b/io/mmap.c
index 7a8150e3..84319f48 100644
--- a/io/mmap.c
+++ b/io/mmap.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ print_mapping(
 	int		index,
 	int		braces)
 {
-	unsigned char	buffer[8] = { 0 };
+	char		buffer[8] = { 0 };
 	int		i;
 
 	static struct {
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ print_mapping(
 
 	for (i = 0, p = pflags; p->prot != PROT_NONE; i++, p++)
 		buffer[i] = (map->prot & p->prot) ? p->mode : '-';
+
+	if (map->map_sync)
+		sprintf(&buffer[i], " S");
+
 	printf("%c%03d%c 0x%lx - 0x%lx %s  %14s (%lld : %ld)\n",
 		braces? '[' : ' ', index, braces? ']' : ' ',
 		(unsigned long)map->addr,
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ mmap_help(void)
 " -r -- map with PROT_READ protection\n"
 " -w -- map with PROT_WRITE protection\n"
 " -x -- map with PROT_EXEC protection\n"
+" -S -- map with MAP_SYNC and MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE flags\n"
 " -s <size> -- first do mmap(size)/munmap(size), try to reserve some free space\n"
 " If no protection mode is specified, all are used by default.\n"
 "\n"));
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ mmap_f(
 	void		*address = NULL;
 	char		*filename;
 	size_t		blocksize, sectsize;
-	int		c, prot = 0;
+	int		c, prot = 0, flags = MAP_SHARED;
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
 		if (mapping)
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ mmap_f(
 
 	init_cvtnum(&blocksize, &sectsize);
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "rwxs:")) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "rwxSs:")) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'r':
 			prot |= PROT_READ;
@@ -195,6 +200,13 @@ mmap_f(
 		case 'x':
 			prot |= PROT_EXEC;
 			break;
+		case 'S':
+			flags = MAP_SYNC | MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE;
+			if (!flags) {
+				printf("MAP_SYNC not supported\n");
+				return 0;
+			}
+			break;
 		case 's':
 			length2 = cvtnum(blocksize, sectsize, optarg);
 			break;
@@ -238,7 +250,7 @@ mmap_f(
 		               MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
 		munmap(address, length2);
 	}
-	address = mmap(address, length, prot, MAP_SHARED, file->fd, offset);
+	address = mmap(address, length, prot, flags, file->fd, offset);
 	if (address == MAP_FAILED) {
 		perror("mmap");
 		free(filename);
@@ -263,6 +275,7 @@ mmap_f(
 	mapping->offset = offset;
 	mapping->name = filename;
 	mapping->prot = prot;
+	mapping->map_sync = (flags == (MAP_SYNC | MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -676,7 +689,7 @@ mmap_init(void)
 	mmap_cmd.argmax = -1;
 	mmap_cmd.flags = CMD_NOMAP_OK | CMD_NOFILE_OK |
 			 CMD_FOREIGN_OK | CMD_FLAG_ONESHOT;
-	mmap_cmd.args = _("[N] | [-rwx] [-s size] [off len]");
+	mmap_cmd.args = _("[N] | [-rwxS] [-s size] [off len]");
 	mmap_cmd.oneline =
 		_("mmap a range in the current file, show mappings");
 	mmap_cmd.help = mmap_help;
diff --git a/m4/package_libcdev.m4 b/m4/package_libcdev.m4
index 7b4dfc85..71cedc5c 100644
--- a/m4/package_libcdev.m4
+++ b/m4/package_libcdev.m4
@@ -328,3 +328,19 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_HAVE_STATFS_FLAGS],
     )
     AC_SUBST(have_statfs_flags)
   ])
+
+#
+# Check if we have MAP_SYNC defines (Linux)
+#
+AC_DEFUN([AC_HAVE_MAP_SYNC],
+  [ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for MAP_SYNC])
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <asm-generic/mman.h>
+#include <asm-generic/mman-common.h>
+    ], [
+        int flags = MAP_SYNC | MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE;
+    ], have_map_sync=yes
+	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
+	AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
+    AC_SUBST(have_map_sync)
+  ])
diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
index 9bf1a478..1693f7f1 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_io.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ Each (sec, nsec) pair constitutes a single timestamp value.
 
 .SH MEMORY MAPPED I/O COMMANDS
 .TP
-.BI "mmap [ " N " | [[ \-rwx ] [\-s " size " ] " "offset length " ]]
+.BI "mmap [ " N " | [[ \-rwxS ] [\-s " size " ] " "offset length " ]]
 With no arguments,
 .B mmap
 shows the current mappings. Specifying a single numeric argument
@@ -780,6 +780,10 @@ PROT_WRITE
 .RB ( \-w ),
 and PROT_EXEC
 .RB ( \-x ).
+The mapping will be created with the MAP_SHARED flag by default, or with the
+Linux specific (MAP_SYNC | MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE) flags if
+.B -S
+is given.
 .BI \-s " size"
 is used to do a mmap(size) && munmap(size) operation at first, try to reserve some
 extendible free memory space, if
