diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst
index 4165fbf1aeb6..7547ce635161 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst
@@ -160,3 +160,15 @@ where <nr_zones> is the total number of zones, <nr_unmap_rnd> is the number
 of unmapped (ie free) random zones, <nr_rnd> the total number of zones,
 <nr_unmap_seq> the number of unmapped sequential zones, and <nr_seq> the
 total number of sequential zones.
+
+Normally the reclaim process will be started once there are less than 50
+percent free random zones. In order to start the reclaim process manually
+even before reaching this threshold the 'dmsetup message' function can be
+used:
+
+Ex::
+
+	dmsetup message /dev/dm-X 0 reclaim
+
+will start the reclaim process and random zones will be moved to sequential
+zones.
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
index 0b4b27d280fb..0bfe34162dbb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
@@ -990,6 +990,20 @@ static void dmz_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
 	return;
 }
 
+static int dmz_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
+		       char *result, unsigned int maxlen)
+{
+	struct dmz_target *dmz = ti->private;
+	int r = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "reclaim")) {
+		dmz_schedule_reclaim(dmz->reclaim);
+		r = 0;
+	} else
+		DMERR("unrecognized message %s", argv[0]);
+	return r;
+}
+
 static struct target_type dmz_type = {
 	.name		 = "zoned",
 	.version	 = {1, 1, 0},
@@ -1004,6 +1018,7 @@ static struct target_type dmz_type = {
 	.resume		 = dmz_resume,
 	.iterate_devices = dmz_iterate_devices,
 	.status		 = dmz_status,
+	.message	 = dmz_message,
 };
 
 static int __init dmz_init(void)