diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index f811af4f6507..92ee15dda4c7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ void fuse_finish_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	if (!(ff->open_flags & FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE))
 		invalidate_inode_pages2(inode->i_mapping);
-	if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE)
+	if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_STREAM)
+		stream_open(inode, file);
+	else if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE)
 		nonseekable_open(inode, file);
 	if (fc->atomic_o_trunc && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
 		struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
index 36899cfcb654..17afe2dd8d1c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
@@ -232,11 +232,13 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE: don't invalidate the data cache on open
  * FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE: the file is not seekable
  * FOPEN_CACHE_DIR: allow caching this directory
+ * FOPEN_STREAM: the file is stream-like (no file position at all)
  */
 #define FOPEN_DIRECT_IO		(1 << 0)
 #define FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE	(1 << 1)
 #define FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE	(1 << 2)
 #define FOPEN_CACHE_DIR		(1 << 3)
+#define FOPEN_STREAM		(1 << 4)
 
 /**
  * INIT request/reply flags