diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 7614880edad8..66fc156b294a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ static int i915_getparam(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		value = 0;
 		if (dev_priv->engine[RCS] && dev_priv->engine[RCS]->schedule) {
 			value |= I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_ENABLED;
+			value |= I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_PRIORITY;
 
 			if (INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->has_logical_ring_preemption &&
 			    i915_modparams.enable_execlists &&
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 2bb8e58706ba..5bf96a258509 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -1070,6 +1070,9 @@ int i915_gem_context_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_BANNABLE:
 		args->value = i915_gem_context_is_bannable(ctx);
 		break;
+	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PRIORITY:
+		args->value = ctx->priority;
+		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		break;
@@ -1125,6 +1128,26 @@ int i915_gem_context_setparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		else
 			i915_gem_context_clear_bannable(ctx);
 		break;
+
+	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PRIORITY:
+		{
+			int priority = args->value;
+
+			if (args->size)
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+			else if (!to_i915(dev)->engine[RCS]->schedule)
+				ret = -ENODEV;
+			else if (priority > I915_CONTEXT_MAX_USER_PRIORITY ||
+				 priority < I915_CONTEXT_MIN_USER_PRIORITY)
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+			else if (priority > I915_CONTEXT_DEFAULT_PRIORITY &&
+				 !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
+				ret = -EPERM;
+			else
+				ctx->priority = priority;
+		}
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
index 6b9e992d01de..26249f39de67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "i915_gem.h"
 #include "i915_sw_fence.h"
 
+#include <uapi/drm/i915_drm.h>
+
 struct drm_file;
 struct drm_i915_gem_object;
 struct drm_i915_gem_request;
@@ -69,10 +71,14 @@ struct i915_priotree {
 	struct list_head waiters_list; /* those after us, they depend upon us */
 	struct list_head link;
 	int priority;
-#define I915_PRIORITY_MAX 1024
-#define I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL 0
-#define I915_PRIORITY_MIN (-I915_PRIORITY_MAX)
-#define I915_PRIORITY_INVALID INT_MIN
+};
+
+enum {
+	I915_PRIORITY_MIN = I915_CONTEXT_MIN_USER_PRIORITY - 1,
+	I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL = I915_CONTEXT_DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
+	I915_PRIORITY_MAX = I915_CONTEXT_MAX_USER_PRIORITY + 1,
+
+	I915_PRIORITY_INVALID = INT_MIN
 };
 
 struct i915_gem_capture_list {
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index aa4a3b20ef6b..7266b53191ee 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_irq_wait {
  * priorities and the driver will attempt to execute batches in priority order.
  * The param returns a capability bitmask, nonzero implies that the scheduler
  * is enabled, with different features present according to the mask.
+ *
+ * The initial priority for each batch is supplied by the context and is
+ * controlled via I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PRIORITY.
  */
 #define I915_PARAM_HAS_SCHEDULER	 41
 #define   I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_ENABLED	(1ul << 0)
@@ -1367,6 +1370,10 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_context_param {
 #define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_GTT_SIZE	0x3
 #define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_NO_ERROR_CAPTURE	0x4
 #define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_BANNABLE	0x5
+#define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PRIORITY	0x6
+#define   I915_CONTEXT_MAX_USER_PRIORITY	1023 /* inclusive */
+#define   I915_CONTEXT_DEFAULT_PRIORITY		0
+#define   I915_CONTEXT_MIN_USER_PRIORITY	-1023 /* inclusive */
 	__u64 value;
 };