diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 062cbda1bf4a..33cb97388fc9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ int i915_enable_ips __read_mostly = 1;
 module_param_named(enable_ips, i915_enable_ips, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_ips, "Enable IPS (default: true)");
 
+bool i915_fastboot __read_mostly = 0;
+module_param_named(fastboot, i915_fastboot, bool, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(fastboot, "Try to skip unnecessary mode sets at boot time "
+		 "(default: false)");
+
 static struct drm_driver driver;
 extern int intel_agp_enabled;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index da07f6f28854..4a23e957b85c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ extern int i915_enable_ppgtt __read_mostly;
 extern unsigned int i915_preliminary_hw_support __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_disable_power_well __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_enable_ips __read_mostly;
+extern bool i915_fastboot __read_mostly;
 
 extern int i915_suspend(struct drm_device *dev, pm_message_t state);
 extern int i915_resume(struct drm_device *dev);