diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 71672cee00f76572009b78896d0aee6109dff85e..d57ea167213433ef0ecd5bbb90689dac31d63574 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,9 @@ static int i915_getparam(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	case I915_PARAM_HAS_WAIT_TIMEOUT:
 		value = 1;
 		break;
+	case I915_PARAM_HAS_SEMAPHORES:
+		value = i915_semaphore_is_enabled(dev);
+		break;
 	default:
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Unknown parameter %d\n",
 				 param->param);
diff --git a/include/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/drm/i915_drm.h
index 772b0d638912ce419c77d0d4cfea641b925a20f2..d8a79bf59ae74c17f6e6c796da3c110247fa63fc 100644
--- a/include/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_irq_wait {
 #define I915_PARAM_HAS_LLC     	 	 17
 #define I915_PARAM_HAS_ALIASING_PPGTT	 18
 #define I915_PARAM_HAS_WAIT_TIMEOUT	 19
+#define I915_PARAM_HAS_SEMAPHORES	 20
 
 typedef struct drm_i915_getparam {
 	int param;