diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index e3322fcb2e8d..b63746a7a0e0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -2291,6 +2291,57 @@ int __ceph_do_getattr(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 	return err;
 }
 
+int ceph_do_getvxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *value,
+		      size_t size)
+{
+	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = fsc->mdsc;
+	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
+	int mode = USE_AUTH_MDS;
+	int err;
+	char *xattr_value;
+	size_t xattr_value_len;
+
+	req = ceph_mdsc_create_request(mdsc, CEPH_MDS_OP_GETVXATTR, mode);
+	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	req->r_path2 = kstrdup(name, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!req->r_path2) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto put;
+	}
+
+	ihold(inode);
+	req->r_inode = inode;
+	err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc, NULL, req);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto put;
+
+	xattr_value = req->r_reply_info.xattr_info.xattr_value;
+	xattr_value_len = req->r_reply_info.xattr_info.xattr_value_len;
+
+	dout("do_getvxattr xattr_value_len:%u, size:%u\n", xattr_value_len, size);
+
+	err = xattr_value_len;
+	if (size == 0)
+		goto put;
+
+	if (xattr_value_len > size) {
+		err = -ERANGE;
+		goto put;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(value, xattr_value, xattr_value_len);
+put:
+	ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
+out:
+	dout("do_getvxattr result=%d\n", err);
+	return err;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Check inode permissions.  We verify we have a valid value for
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index c30eefc0ac19..a5eafc71d976 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -555,6 +555,29 @@ static int parse_reply_info_create(void **p, void *end,
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
+static int parse_reply_info_getvxattr(void **p, void *end,
+				      struct ceph_mds_reply_info_parsed *info,
+				      u64 features)
+{
+	u8 struct_v, struct_compat;
+	u32 struct_len;
+	u32 value_len;
+
+	ceph_decode_8_safe(p, end, struct_v, bad);
+	ceph_decode_8_safe(p, end, struct_compat, bad);
+	ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, struct_len, bad);
+	ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, value_len, bad);
+
+	if (value_len == end - *p) {
+	  info->xattr_info.xattr_value = *p;
+	  info->xattr_info.xattr_value_len = end - *p;
+	  *p = end;
+	  return info->xattr_info.xattr_value_len;
+	}
+bad:
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
 /*
  * parse extra results
  */
@@ -570,6 +593,8 @@ static int parse_reply_info_extra(void **p, void *end,
 		return parse_reply_info_readdir(p, end, info, features);
 	else if (op == CEPH_MDS_OP_CREATE)
 		return parse_reply_info_create(p, end, info, features, s);
+	else if (op == CEPH_MDS_OP_GETVXATTR)
+		return parse_reply_info_getvxattr(p, end, info, features);
 	else
 		return -EIO;
 }
@@ -615,7 +640,7 @@ static int parse_reply_info(struct ceph_mds_session *s, struct ceph_msg *msg,
 
 	if (p != end)
 		goto bad;
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 
 bad:
 	err = -EIO;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index 97c7f7bfa55f..f2a8e5af3c2e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ enum ceph_feature_type {
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MULTI_RECONNECT,
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_DELEG_INO,
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_METRIC_COLLECT,
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_ALTERNATE_NAME,
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_GETVXATTR,
 
-	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MAX = CEPHFS_FEATURE_METRIC_COLLECT,
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MAX = CEPHFS_FEATURE_GETVXATTR,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ enum ceph_feature_type {
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MULTI_RECONNECT,		\
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_DELEG_INO,		\
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_METRIC_COLLECT,		\
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_ALTERNATE_NAME,		\
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_GETVXATTR,		\
 						\
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MAX,			\
 }
@@ -100,6 +104,11 @@ struct ceph_mds_reply_dir_entry {
 	loff_t			      offset;
 };
 
+struct ceph_mds_reply_xattr {
+	char *xattr_value;
+	size_t xattr_value_len;
+};
+
 /*
  * parsed info about an mds reply, including information about
  * either: 1) the target inode and/or its parent directory and dentry,
@@ -115,6 +124,7 @@ struct ceph_mds_reply_info_parsed {
 	char                          *dname;
 	u32                           dname_len;
 	struct ceph_mds_reply_lease   *dlease;
+	struct ceph_mds_reply_xattr   xattr_info;
 
 	/* extra */
 	union {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/strings.c b/fs/ceph/strings.c
index 573bb9556fb5..e36e8948e728 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/strings.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/strings.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const char *ceph_mds_op_name(int op)
 	case CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPINO:  return "lookupino";
 	case CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPNAME:  return "lookupname";
 	case CEPH_MDS_OP_GETATTR:  return "getattr";
+	case CEPH_MDS_OP_GETVXATTR:  return "getvxattr";
 	case CEPH_MDS_OP_SETXATTR: return "setxattr";
 	case CEPH_MDS_OP_SETATTR: return "setattr";
 	case CEPH_MDS_OP_RMXATTR: return "rmxattr";
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index ac331aa07cfa..a627fa69668e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ static inline bool ceph_inode_is_shutdown(struct inode *inode)
 
 /* xattr.c */
 int __ceph_setxattr(struct inode *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
+int ceph_do_getvxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
 ssize_t __ceph_getxattr(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 extern ssize_t ceph_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 extern struct ceph_buffer *__ceph_build_xattrs_blob(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index fcf7dfdecf96..da26331ea3df 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -918,6 +918,30 @@ static inline int __get_request_mask(struct inode *in) {
 	return mask;
 }
 
+/* check if the entire cluster supports the given feature */
+static inline bool ceph_cluster_has_feature(struct inode *inode, int feature_bit)
+{
+	int64_t i;
+	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
+	struct ceph_mds_session **sessions = fsc->mdsc->sessions;
+	int64_t num_sessions = atomic_read(&fsc->mdsc->num_sessions);
+
+	if (fsc->mdsc->stopping)
+		return false;
+
+	if (!sessions)
+		return false;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_sessions; i++) {
+		struct ceph_mds_session *session = sessions[i];
+		if (!session)
+			return false;
+		if (!test_bit(feature_bit, &session->s_features))
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 ssize_t __ceph_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *value,
 		      size_t size)
 {
@@ -927,6 +951,15 @@ ssize_t __ceph_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *value,
 	int req_mask;
 	ssize_t err;
 
+	if (ceph_cluster_has_feature(inode, CEPHFS_FEATURE_GETVXATTR)) {
+		err = ceph_do_getvxattr(inode, name, value, size);
+		/* if cluster doesn't support attribute, we try to service it
+		 * locally
+		 */
+		if (err != -ENODATA)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	/* let's see if a virtual xattr was requested */
 	vxattr = ceph_match_vxattr(inode, name);
 	if (vxattr) {
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h b/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h
index 7ad6c3d0db7d..66db21ac5f0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ enum {
 	CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPPARENT = 0x00103,
 	CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPINO  = 0x00104,
 	CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPNAME = 0x00105,
+	CEPH_MDS_OP_GETVXATTR  = 0x00106,
 
 	CEPH_MDS_OP_SETXATTR   = 0x01105,
 	CEPH_MDS_OP_RMXATTR    = 0x01106,
