diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
index 536942b46ab6..f6e0c03fe7b2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ struct aoedev {
 	struct aoetgt *htgt;	/* target needing rexmit assistance */
 	ulong ntargets;
 	ulong kicked;
+	char ident[512];
 };
 
 /* kthread tracking */
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 56736cd5f3fe..7ba0fcf7b06b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <scsi/sg.h>
 #include "aoe.h"
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(aoeblk_mutex);
@@ -212,9 +213,38 @@ aoeblk_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+aoeblk_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, uint cmd, ulong arg)
+{
+	struct aoedev *d;
+
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	d = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
+	if ((d->flags & DEVFL_UP) == 0) {
+		pr_err("aoe: disk not up\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	if (cmd == HDIO_GET_IDENTITY) {
+		if (!copy_to_user((void __user *) arg, &d->ident,
+			sizeof(d->ident)))
+			return 0;
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	/* udev calls scsi_id, which uses SG_IO, resulting in noise */
+	if (cmd != SG_IO)
+		pr_info("aoe: unknown ioctl 0x%x\n", cmd);
+
+	return -ENOTTY;
+}
+
 static const struct block_device_operations aoe_bdops = {
 	.open = aoeblk_open,
 	.release = aoeblk_release,
+	.ioctl = aoeblk_ioctl,
 	.getgeo = aoeblk_getgeo,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 3ce01f6b3a5d..c4ff70b61e7e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -798,6 +798,17 @@ aoecmd_sleepwork(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 }
 
+static void
+ata_ident_fixstring(u16 *id, int ns)
+{
+	u16 s;
+
+	while (ns-- > 0) {
+		s = *id;
+		*id++ = s >> 8 | s << 8;
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 ataid_complete(struct aoedev *d, struct aoetgt *t, unsigned char *id)
 {
@@ -833,6 +844,11 @@ ataid_complete(struct aoedev *d, struct aoetgt *t, unsigned char *id)
 		d->geo.sectors = get_unaligned_le16(&id[56 << 1]);
 	}
 
+	ata_ident_fixstring((u16 *) &id[10<<1], 10);	/* serial */
+	ata_ident_fixstring((u16 *) &id[23<<1], 4);	/* firmware */
+	ata_ident_fixstring((u16 *) &id[27<<1], 20);	/* model */
+	memcpy(d->ident, id, sizeof(d->ident));
+
 	if (d->ssize != ssize)
 		printk(KERN_INFO
 			"aoe: %pm e%ld.%d v%04x has %llu sectors\n",