diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 346418c942a25b..30bc92744f82c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -477,6 +477,15 @@ submit_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence, enum i915_sw_fence_notify state)
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
+static int add_timeline_barrier(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	struct i915_request *barrier =
+		i915_gem_active_raw(&rq->timeline->barrier,
+				    &rq->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	return barrier ? i915_request_await_dma_fence(rq, &barrier->fence) : 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * i915_request_alloc - allocate a request structure
  *
@@ -628,6 +637,10 @@ i915_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	 */
 	rq->head = rq->ring->emit;
 
+	ret = add_timeline_barrier(rq);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_unwind;
+
 	ret = engine->request_alloc(rq);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unwind;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c
index 4667cc08c416c1..5a87c5bd5154cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ void i915_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&timeline->requests);
 
 	i915_syncmap_init(&timeline->sync);
+
+	init_request_active(&timeline->barrier, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ void i915_timelines_park(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 void i915_timeline_fini(struct i915_timeline *timeline)
 {
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&timeline->requests));
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_gem_active_isset(&timeline->barrier));
 
 	i915_syncmap_free(&timeline->sync);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.h
index 38c1e15e927a82..af6c05333d76c6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.h
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ struct i915_timeline {
 	 */
 	struct i915_syncmap *sync;
 
+	/**
+	 * Barrier provides the ability to serialize ordering between different
+	 * timelines.
+	 *
+	 * Users can call i915_timeline_set_barrier which will make all
+	 * subsequent submissions to this timeline be executed only after the
+	 * barrier has been completed.
+	 */
+	struct i915_gem_active barrier;
+
 	struct list_head link;
 	const char *name;
 
@@ -136,4 +146,21 @@ static inline bool i915_timeline_sync_is_later(struct i915_timeline *tl,
 
 void i915_timelines_park(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 
+/**
+ * i915_timeline_set_barrier - orders submission between different timelines
+ * @timeline: timeline to set the barrier on
+ * @rq: request after which new submissions can proceed
+ *
+ * Sets the passed in request as the serialization point for all subsequent
+ * submissions on @timeline. Subsequent requests will not be submitted to GPU
+ * until the barrier has been completed.
+ */
+static inline void
+i915_timeline_set_barrier(struct i915_timeline *timeline,
+			  struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline->fence_context == rq->timeline->fence_context);
+	i915_gem_active_set(&timeline->barrier, rq);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_timeline.c
index dcf3b16f5a07c3..a718b64c988e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_timeline.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ void mock_timeline_init(struct i915_timeline *timeline, u64 context)
 
 	i915_syncmap_init(&timeline->sync);
 
+	init_request_active(&timeline->barrier, NULL);
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&timeline->link);
 }