diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 280813a4bf82..da21c843fed8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ __create_hw_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 	ctx->remap_slice = ALL_L3_SLICES(dev_priv);
 
 	i915_gem_context_set_bannable(ctx);
+	i915_gem_context_set_recoverable(ctx);
+
 	ctx->ring_size = 4 * PAGE_SIZE;
 	ctx->desc_template =
 		default_desc_template(dev_priv, dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt);
@@ -951,6 +953,10 @@ int i915_gem_context_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		args->size = 0;
 		args->value = i915_gem_context_is_bannable(ctx);
 		break;
+	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_RECOVERABLE:
+		args->size = 0;
+		args->value = i915_gem_context_is_recoverable(ctx);
+		break;
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PRIORITY:
 		args->size = 0;
 		args->value = ctx->sched.priority >> I915_USER_PRIORITY_SHIFT;
@@ -1285,6 +1291,15 @@ int i915_gem_context_setparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			i915_gem_context_clear_bannable(ctx);
 		break;
 
+	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_RECOVERABLE:
+		if (args->size)
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		else if (args->value)
+			i915_gem_context_set_recoverable(ctx);
+		else
+			i915_gem_context_clear_recoverable(ctx);
+		break;
+
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PRIORITY:
 		{
 			s64 priority = args->value;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
index ca150a764c24..071108d34ae0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ struct i915_gem_context {
 #define UCONTEXT_NO_ZEROMAP		0
 #define UCONTEXT_NO_ERROR_CAPTURE	1
 #define UCONTEXT_BANNABLE		2
+#define UCONTEXT_RECOVERABLE		3
 
 	/**
 	 * @flags: small set of booleans
@@ -270,6 +271,21 @@ static inline void i915_gem_context_clear_bannable(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	clear_bit(UCONTEXT_BANNABLE, &ctx->user_flags);
 }
 
+static inline bool i915_gem_context_is_recoverable(const struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
+{
+	return test_bit(UCONTEXT_RECOVERABLE, &ctx->user_flags);
+}
+
+static inline void i915_gem_context_set_recoverable(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
+{
+	set_bit(UCONTEXT_RECOVERABLE, &ctx->user_flags);
+}
+
+static inline void i915_gem_context_clear_recoverable(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
+{
+	clear_bit(UCONTEXT_RECOVERABLE, &ctx->user_flags);
+}
+
 static inline bool i915_gem_context_is_banned(const struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 {
 	return test_bit(CONTEXT_BANNED, &ctx->flags);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c
index 5a067a4b3d5d..1911e00d2581 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static bool context_mark_guilty(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 
 	bannable = i915_gem_context_is_bannable(ctx);
 	score = atomic_add_return(CONTEXT_SCORE_GUILTY, &ctx->ban_score);
-	banned = score >= CONTEXT_SCORE_BAN_THRESHOLD;
+	banned = (!i915_gem_context_is_recoverable(ctx) ||
+		  score >= CONTEXT_SCORE_BAN_THRESHOLD);
 
 	/* Cool contexts don't accumulate client ban score */
 	if (!bannable)
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 397810fa2d33..c890b7992d5c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -1491,6 +1491,26 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_context_param {
 	 * drm_i915_gem_context_param_sseu.
 	 */
 #define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_SSEU		0x7
+
+/*
+ * Not all clients may want to attempt automatic recover of a context after
+ * a hang (for example, some clients may only submit very small incremental
+ * batches relying on known logical state of previous batches which will never
+ * recover correctly and each attempt will hang), and so would prefer that
+ * the context is forever banned instead.
+ *
+ * If set to false (0), after a reset, subsequent (and in flight) rendering
+ * from this context is discarded, and the client will need to create a new
+ * context to use instead.
+ *
+ * If set to true (1), the kernel will automatically attempt to recover the
+ * context by skipping the hanging batch and executing the next batch starting
+ * from the default context state (discarding the incomplete logical context
+ * state lost due to the reset).
+ *
+ * On creation, all new contexts are marked as recoverable.
+ */
+#define I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_RECOVERABLE	0x8
 	__u64 value;
 };