diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index 879eacc870f2..033c3fad7a23 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,18 @@ int dma_buf_get_flags(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, unsigned long *flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_buf_get_flags);
 
+int dma_buf_get_uuid(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, uuid_t *uuid)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!dmabuf) || !uuid)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!dmabuf->ops->get_uuid)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return dmabuf->ops->get_uuid(dmabuf, uuid);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_buf_get_uuid);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 static int dma_buf_debug_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index dfdcff935fe1..c8d953c92fe0 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -355,6 +355,21 @@ struct dma_buf_ops {
 	void *(*vmap)(struct dma_buf *);
 	void (*vunmap)(struct dma_buf *, void *vaddr);
 
+	/**
+	 * @get_uuid
+	 *
+	 * This is called by dma_buf_get_uuid to get the UUID which identifies
+	 * the buffer to virtio devices.
+	 *
+	 * This callback is optional.
+	 *
+	 * Returns:
+	 *
+	 * 0 on success or a negative error code on failure. On success uuid
+	 * will be populated with the buffer's UUID.
+	 */
+	int (*get_uuid)(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, uuid_t *uuid);
+
 	/**
 	 * @get_flags:
 	 *