diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 61ab1628a057..8b7e5c342302 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -937,6 +937,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
 			Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details.
 
+	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
+			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
+			information about the feature.
+
 	eagerfpu=	[X86]
 			on	enable eager fpu restore
 			off	disable eager fpu restore
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 401ccb03054e..3956858e5312 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 } };
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page);
 
+static int __init x86_mpx_setup(char *s)
+{
+	/* require an exact match without trailing characters */
+	if (strlen(s))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* do not emit a message if the feature is not present */
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MPX))
+		return 1;
+
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_MPX);
+	pr_info("nompx: Intel Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) disabled\n");
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("nompx", x86_mpx_setup);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 static int cachesize_override = -1;
 static int disable_x86_serial_nr = 1;