diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c
index ed9588f36bc9..9e7098e3207f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c
@@ -250,6 +250,42 @@ void etnaviv_buffer_end(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Append a 'sync point' to the ring buffer. */
+void etnaviv_sync_point_queue(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, unsigned int event)
+{
+	struct etnaviv_cmdbuf *buffer = gpu->buffer;
+	unsigned int waitlink_offset = buffer->user_size - 16;
+	u32 dwords, target;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need at most 3 dwords in the return target:
+	 * 1 event + 1 end + 1 wait + 1 link.
+	 */
+	dwords = 4;
+	target = etnaviv_buffer_reserve(gpu, buffer, dwords);
+
+	/* Signal sync point event */
+	CMD_LOAD_STATE(buffer, VIVS_GL_EVENT, VIVS_GL_EVENT_EVENT_ID(event) |
+		       VIVS_GL_EVENT_FROM_PE);
+
+	/* Stop the FE to 'pause' the GPU */
+	CMD_END(buffer);
+
+	/* Append waitlink */
+	CMD_WAIT(buffer);
+	CMD_LINK(buffer, 2, etnaviv_cmdbuf_get_va(buffer) +
+			    buffer->user_size - 4);
+
+	/*
+	 * Kick off the 'sync point' command by replacing the previous
+	 * WAIT with a link to the address in the ring buffer.
+	 */
+	etnaviv_buffer_replace_wait(buffer, waitlink_offset,
+				    VIV_FE_LINK_HEADER_OP_LINK |
+				    VIV_FE_LINK_HEADER_PREFETCH(dwords),
+				    target);
+}
+
 /* Append a command buffer to the ring buffer. */
 void etnaviv_buffer_queue(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, unsigned int event,
 	struct etnaviv_cmdbuf *cmdbuf)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
index d157d9379e68..203613ae24dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ int etnaviv_gem_new_userptr(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
 u16 etnaviv_buffer_init(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu);
 u16 etnaviv_buffer_config_mmuv2(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 mtlb_addr, u32 safe_addr);
 void etnaviv_buffer_end(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu);
+void etnaviv_sync_point_queue(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, unsigned int event);
 void etnaviv_buffer_queue(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, unsigned int event,
 	struct etnaviv_cmdbuf *cmdbuf);
 void etnaviv_validate_init(void);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index 7b61071af0de..cd70e7c04305 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "etnaviv_gpu.h"
 #include "etnaviv_gem.h"
 #include "etnaviv_mmu.h"
+#include "etnaviv_perfmon.h"
 #include "common.xml.h"
 #include "state.xml.h"
 #include "state_hi.xml.h"
@@ -1364,6 +1365,7 @@ int etnaviv_gpu_submit(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu,
 	}
 
 	gpu->event[event].fence = fence;
+	gpu->event[event].sync_point = NULL;
 	submit->fence = dma_fence_get(fence);
 	gpu->active_fence = submit->fence->seqno;
 
@@ -1409,6 +1411,24 @@ out_pm_put:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void etnaviv_process_sync_point(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu,
+	struct etnaviv_event *event)
+{
+	u32 addr = gpu_read(gpu, VIVS_FE_DMA_ADDRESS);
+
+	event->sync_point(gpu, event);
+	etnaviv_gpu_start_fe(gpu, addr + 2, 2);
+}
+
+static void sync_point_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu = container_of(work, struct etnaviv_gpu,
+					       sync_point_work);
+
+	etnaviv_process_sync_point(gpu, &gpu->event[gpu->sync_point_event]);
+	event_free(gpu, gpu->sync_point_event);
+}
+
 /*
  * Init/Cleanup:
  */
@@ -1455,6 +1475,11 @@ static irqreturn_t irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
 
 			dev_dbg(gpu->dev, "event %u\n", event);
 
+			if (gpu->event[event].sync_point) {
+				gpu->sync_point_event = event;
+				etnaviv_queue_work(gpu->drm, &gpu->sync_point_work);
+			}
+
 			fence = gpu->event[event].fence;
 			gpu->event[event].fence = NULL;
 			dma_fence_signal(fence);
@@ -1660,6 +1685,7 @@ static int etnaviv_gpu_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gpu->active_cmd_list);
 	INIT_WORK(&gpu->retire_work, retire_worker);
+	INIT_WORK(&gpu->sync_point_work, sync_point_worker);
 	INIT_WORK(&gpu->recover_work, recover_worker);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&gpu->fence_event);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
index 70e6590aacdf..3be5cb53e89f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ struct etnaviv_chip_identity {
 
 struct etnaviv_event {
 	struct dma_fence *fence;
+
+	void (*sync_point)(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, struct etnaviv_event *event);
 };
 
 struct etnaviv_cmdbuf_suballoc;
@@ -135,6 +137,10 @@ struct etnaviv_gpu {
 	/* worker for handling active-list retiring: */
 	struct work_struct retire_work;
 
+	/* worker for handling 'sync' points: */
+	struct work_struct sync_point_work;
+	int sync_point_event;
+
 	void __iomem *mmio;
 	int irq;