diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 78be6b8c89e0..84e064ffee52 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -157,10 +157,25 @@ static int virtblk_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 /* We provide getgeo only to please some old bootloader/partitioning tools */
 static int virtblk_getgeo(struct block_device *bd, struct hd_geometry *geo)
 {
-	/* some standard values, similar to sd */
-	geo->heads = 1 << 6;
-	geo->sectors = 1 << 5;
-	geo->cylinders = get_capacity(bd->bd_disk) >> 11;
+	struct virtio_blk *vblk = bd->bd_disk->private_data;
+	struct virtio_blk_geometry vgeo;
+	int err;
+
+	/* see if the host passed in geometry config */
+	err = virtio_config_val(vblk->vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY,
+				offsetof(struct virtio_blk_config, geometry),
+				&vgeo);
+
+	if (!err) {
+		geo->heads = vgeo.heads;
+		geo->sectors = vgeo.sectors;
+		geo->cylinders = vgeo.cylinders;
+	} else {
+		/* some standard values, similar to sd */
+		geo->heads = 1 << 6;
+		geo->sectors = 1 << 5;
+		geo->cylinders = get_capacity(bd->bd_disk) >> 11;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -310,6 +325,7 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
 
 static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_BARRIER, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX,
+	VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY,
 };
 
 static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = {
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
index c75a9e82b924..d4695a3356d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_BARRIER	0	/* Does host support barriers? */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX	1	/* Indicates maximum segment size */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX	2	/* Indicates maximum # of segments */
+#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY	4	/* Legacy geometry available  */
 
 struct virtio_blk_config
 {
@@ -18,6 +19,12 @@ struct virtio_blk_config
 	__le32 size_max;
 	/* The maximum number of segments (if VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX) */
 	__le32 seg_max;
+	/* geometry the device (if VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY) */
+	struct virtio_blk_geometry {
+		__le16 cylinders;
+		__u8 heads;
+		__u8 sectors;
+	} geometry;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 /* These two define direction. */