diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 52567252288e..e514f76db04f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2581,6 +2581,7 @@ enum kernel_read_file_id {
 	READING_MODULE,
 	READING_KEXEC_IMAGE,
 	READING_KEXEC_INITRAMFS,
+	READING_POLICY,
 	READING_MAX_ID
 };
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index f355231997b4..a6c61b351f36 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #include "ima.h"
 
@@ -258,6 +259,43 @@ static const struct file_operations ima_ascii_measurements_ops = {
 	.release = seq_release,
 };
 
+static ssize_t ima_read_policy(char *path)
+{
+	void *data;
+	char *datap;
+	loff_t size;
+	int rc, pathlen = strlen(path);
+
+	char *p;
+
+	/* remove \n */
+	datap = path;
+	strsep(&datap, "\n");
+
+	rc = kernel_read_file_from_path(path, &data, &size, 0, READING_POLICY);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err("Unable to open file: %s (%d)", path, rc);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	datap = data;
+	while (size > 0 && (p = strsep(&datap, "\n"))) {
+		pr_debug("rule: %s\n", p);
+		rc = ima_parse_add_rule(p);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			break;
+		size -= rc;
+	}
+
+	vfree(data);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
+	else if (size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	else
+		return pathlen;
+}
+
 static ssize_t ima_write_policy(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t datalen, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -286,9 +324,12 @@ static ssize_t ima_write_policy(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	result = mutex_lock_interruptible(&ima_write_mutex);
 	if (result < 0)
 		goto out_free;
-	result = ima_parse_add_rule(data);
-	mutex_unlock(&ima_write_mutex);
 
+	if (data[0] == '/')
+		result = ima_read_policy(data);
+	else 
+		result = ima_parse_add_rule(data);
+	mutex_unlock(&ima_write_mutex);
 out_free:
 	kfree(data);
 out: