diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
index f1c5cc9d17a87d..4c3efe4348060a 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Description:
 				 [fowner]]
 			lsm:	[[subj_user=] [subj_role=] [subj_type=]
 				 [obj_user=] [obj_role=] [obj_type=]]
-			option:	[[appraise_type=]]
+			option:	[[appraise_type=]] [permit_directio]
 
 		base: 	func:= [BPRM_CHECK][MMAP_CHECK][FILE_CHECK][MODULE_CHECK]
 			mask:= [MAY_READ] [MAY_WRITE] [MAY_APPEND] [MAY_EXEC]
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index ba9e4d792dd577..d9cd5ce14d2be3 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 			    struct evm_ima_xattr_data **xattr_value,
 			    int *xattr_len)
 {
+	const char *audit_cause = "failed";
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	const char *filename = file->f_dentry->d_name.name;
 	int result = 0;
@@ -213,6 +214,12 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	if (!(iint->flags & IMA_COLLECTED)) {
 		u64 i_version = file_inode(file)->i_version;
 
+		if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
+			audit_cause = "failed(directio)";
+			result = -EACCES;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		/* use default hash algorithm */
 		hash.hdr.algo = ima_hash_algo;
 
@@ -233,9 +240,10 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 				result = -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	}
+out:
 	if (result)
 		integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_DATA, inode,
-				    filename, "collect_data", "failed",
+				    filename, "collect_data", audit_cause,
 				    result, 0);
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 52ac6cf41f880b..dcc98cf542d83f 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -214,8 +214,11 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const char *filename,
 		xattr_ptr = &xattr_value;
 
 	rc = ima_collect_measurement(iint, file, xattr_ptr, &xattr_len);
-	if (rc != 0)
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
+			rc = (iint->flags & IMA_PERMIT_DIRECTIO) ? 0 : -EACCES;
 		goto out_digsig;
+	}
 
 	pathname = filename ?: ima_d_path(&file->f_path, &pathbuf);
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index 93873a450ff720..40a7488f6721b1 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_obj_user, Opt_obj_role, Opt_obj_type,
 	Opt_subj_user, Opt_subj_role, Opt_subj_type,
 	Opt_func, Opt_mask, Opt_fsmagic, Opt_uid, Opt_fowner,
-	Opt_appraise_type, Opt_fsuuid
+	Opt_appraise_type, Opt_fsuuid, Opt_permit_directio
 };
 
 static match_table_t policy_tokens = {
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static match_table_t policy_tokens = {
 	{Opt_uid, "uid=%s"},
 	{Opt_fowner, "fowner=%s"},
 	{Opt_appraise_type, "appraise_type=%s"},
+	{Opt_permit_directio, "permit_directio"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -622,6 +623,9 @@ static int ima_parse_rule(char *rule, struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 			else
 				result = -EINVAL;
 			break;
+		case Opt_permit_directio:
+			entry->flags |= IMA_PERMIT_DIRECTIO;
+			break;
 		case Opt_err:
 			ima_log_string(ab, "UNKNOWN", p);
 			result = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h b/security/integrity/integrity.h
index 2fb5e53e927f2b..33c0a70f6b15a6 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define IMA_ACTION_FLAGS	0xff000000
 #define IMA_DIGSIG		0x01000000
 #define IMA_DIGSIG_REQUIRED	0x02000000
+#define IMA_PERMIT_DIRECTIO	0x04000000
 
 #define IMA_DO_MASK		(IMA_MEASURE | IMA_APPRAISE | IMA_AUDIT | \
 				 IMA_APPRAISE_SUBMASK)