diff --git a/fs/orangefs/file.c b/fs/orangefs/file.c
index af375e049aae7794f71dd829678d2a601be0e2d2..ec8ae4257975c9e1a5024876b49751b9b31c100e 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/file.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/file.c
@@ -663,6 +663,8 @@ const struct file_operations orangefs_file_operations = {
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= orangefs_ioctl,
 	.mmap		= orangefs_file_mmap,
 	.open		= generic_file_open,
+	.splice_read    = generic_file_splice_read,
+	.splice_write   = iter_file_splice_write,
 	.flush		= orangefs_flush,
 	.release	= orangefs_file_release,
 	.fsync		= orangefs_fsync,