diff --git a/man/crypttab.xml b/man/crypttab.xml
index 2062a5b8e7..72fe2e692d 100644
--- a/man/crypttab.xml
+++ b/man/crypttab.xml
@@ -342,6 +342,25 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>no-read-workqueue</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process read requests synchronously. The
+        default is to queue these requests and process them asynchronously.</para>
+
+        <para>This requires kernel 5.9 or newer.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>no-write-workqueue</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process write requests synchronously. The
+        default is to queue these requests and process them asynchronously.</para>
+
+        <para>This requires kernel 5.9 or newer.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>skip=</option></term>
 
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
index 7b21a7457a..65cbd1aec8 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static bool arg_verify = false;
 static bool arg_discards = false;
 static bool arg_same_cpu_crypt = false;
 static bool arg_submit_from_crypt_cpus = false;
+static bool arg_no_read_workqueue = false;
+static bool arg_no_write_workqueue = false;
 static bool arg_tcrypt_hidden = false;
 static bool arg_tcrypt_system = false;
 static bool arg_tcrypt_veracrypt = false;
@@ -236,6 +238,10 @@ static int parse_one_option(const char *option) {
                 arg_same_cpu_crypt = true;
         else if (streq(option, "submit-from-crypt-cpus"))
                 arg_submit_from_crypt_cpus = true;
+        else if (streq(option, "no-read-workqueue"))
+                arg_no_read_workqueue = true;
+        else if (streq(option, "no-write-workqueue"))
+                arg_no_write_workqueue = true;
         else if (streq(option, "luks"))
                 arg_type = ANY_LUKS;
 /* since cryptsetup 2.3.0 (Feb 2020) */
@@ -1352,6 +1358,12 @@ static uint32_t determine_flags(void) {
         if (arg_submit_from_crypt_cpus)
                 flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_SUBMIT_FROM_CRYPT_CPUS;
 
+        if (arg_no_read_workqueue)
+                flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_READ_WORKQUEUE;
+
+        if (arg_no_write_workqueue)
+                flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_WRITE_WORKQUEUE;
+
 #ifdef CRYPT_ACTIVATE_SERIALIZE_MEMORY_HARD_PBKDF
         /* Try to decrease the risk of OOM event if memory hard key derivation function is in use */
         /* https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/issues/446/ */
diff --git a/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.h b/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.h
index fa2d2f65f3..afac5cd46b 100644
--- a/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.h
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 #if HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP
 #include <libcryptsetup.h>
 
+/* These next two are defined in libcryptsetup.h from cryptsetup version 2.3.4 forwards. */
+#ifndef CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_READ_WORKQUEUE
+#define CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_READ_WORKQUEUE (1 << 24)
+#endif
+#ifndef CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_WRITE_WORKQUEUE
+#define CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_WRITE_WORKQUEUE (1 << 25)
+#endif
+
 extern int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_passphrase)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, int keyslot, const char *passphrase, size_t passphrase_size, uint32_t flags);
 #if HAVE_CRYPT_ACTIVATE_BY_SIGNED_KEY
 extern int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_signed_key)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, const char *signature, size_t signature_size, uint32_t flags);