diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index 3354774af61e..8948467b3992 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ enum {
 /* Flags for set_mempolicy */
 #define MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES	(1 << 15)
 #define MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES	(1 << 14)
+#define MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING	(1 << 13) /* Optimize with NUMA balancing if possible */
 
 /*
  * MPOL_MODE_FLAGS is the union of all possible optional mode flags passed to
  * either set_mempolicy() or mbind().
  */
-#define MPOL_MODE_FLAGS	(MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES | MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)
+#define MPOL_MODE_FLAGS							\
+	(MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES | MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES | MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING)
 
 /* Flags for get_mempolicy */
 #define MPOL_F_NODE	(1<<0)	/* return next IL mode instead of node mask */
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 2c3a86502053..6961238c7ef5 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -875,6 +875,16 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (flags & MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING) {
+		if (new && new->mode == MPOL_BIND) {
+			new->flags |= (MPOL_F_MOF | MPOL_F_MORON);
+		} else {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			mpol_put(new);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = mpol_set_nodemask(new, nodes, scratch);
 	if (ret) {
 		mpol_put(new);
@@ -2486,6 +2496,12 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long
 		break;
 
 	case MPOL_BIND:
+		/* Optimize placement among multiple nodes via NUMA balancing */
+		if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_MORON) {
+			if (node_isset(thisnid, pol->v.nodes))
+				break;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * allows binding to multiple nodes.