diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
index a1030bea60d3..8e51c1a39564 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
 Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
 Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
 Updated 2006 by Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
+Updated 2018 by Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>
 
 
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
 
 
 ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
-   <dns0-ip>:<dns1-ip>
+   <dns0-ip>:<dns1-ip>:<ntp0-ip>
 
   This parameter tells the kernel how to configure IP addresses of devices
   and also how to set up the IP routing table. It was originally called
@@ -178,9 +179,18 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
   <dns1-ip>	IP address of secondary nameserver.
 		See <dns0-ip>.
 
-  After configuration (whether manual or automatic) is complete, a file is
-  created at /proc/net/pnp in the following format; lines are omitted if
-  their respective value is empty following configuration.
+  <ntp0-ip>	IP address of a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.
+		Value is exported to /proc/net/ntp, but is otherwise unused
+		(see below).
+
+		Default: None if not using autoconfiguration; determined
+		automatically if using autoconfiguration.
+
+  After configuration (whether manual or automatic) is complete, two files
+  are created in the following format; lines are omitted if their respective
+  value is empty following configuration:
+
+  - /proc/net/pnp:
 
 	#PROTO: <DHCP|BOOTP|RARP|MANUAL>	(depending on configuration method)
 	domain <dns-domain>			(if autoconfigured, the DNS domain)
@@ -189,13 +199,26 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
 	nameserver <dns2-ip>			(tertiary name server IP)
 	bootserver <server-ip>			(NFS server IP)
 
-  <dns-domain> and <dns2-ip> are requested during autoconfiguration; they
-  cannot be specified as part of the "ip=" kernel command line parameter.
+  - /proc/net/ntp:
+
+	<ntp0-ip>				(NTP server IP)
+	<ntp1-ip>				(NTP server IP)
+	<ntp2-ip>				(NTP server IP)
+
+  <dns-domain> and <dns2-ip> (in /proc/net/pnp) and <ntp1-ip> and <ntp2-ip>
+  (in /proc/net/ntp) are requested during autoconfiguration; they cannot be
+  specified as part of the "ip=" kernel command line parameter.
 
   Because the "domain" and "nameserver" options are recognised by DNS
   resolvers, /etc/resolv.conf is often linked to /proc/net/pnp on systems
   that use an NFS root filesystem.
 
+  Note that the kernel will not synchronise the system time with any NTP
+  servers it discovers; this is the responsibility of a user space process
+  (e.g. an initrd/initramfs script that passes the IP addresses listed in
+  /proc/net/ntp to an NTP client before mounting the real root filesystem
+  if it is on NFS).
+
 
 nfsrootdebug
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index e11dfd29a929..a5d68e506494 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
  *
  *  Multiple Nameservers in /proc/net/pnp
  *              --  Josef Siemes <jsiemes@web.de>, Aug 2002
+ *
+ *  NTP servers in /proc/net/ntp
+ *              --  Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>, April 2018
  */
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@
 #define CONF_TIMEOUT_MAX	(HZ*30)	/* Maximum allowed timeout */
 #define CONF_NAMESERVERS_MAX   3       /* Maximum number of nameservers
 					   - '3' from resolv.h */
+#define CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX   3	/* Maximum number of NTP servers */
 
 #define NONE cpu_to_be32(INADDR_NONE)
 #define ANY cpu_to_be32(INADDR_ANY)
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ static int ic_proto_used;			/* Protocol used, if any */
 #define ic_proto_used 0
 #endif
 static __be32 ic_nameservers[CONF_NAMESERVERS_MAX]; /* DNS Server IP addresses */
+static __be32 ic_ntp_servers[CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX]; /* NTP server IP addresses */
 static u8 ic_domain[64];		/* DNS (not NIS) domain name */
 
 /*
@@ -576,6 +581,17 @@ static inline void __init ic_nameservers_predef(void)
 		ic_nameservers[i] = NONE;
 }
 
+/*
+ *  Predefine NTP servers
+ */
+static inline void __init ic_ntp_servers_predef(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX; i++)
+		ic_ntp_servers[i] = NONE;
+}
+
 /*
  *	DHCP/BOOTP support.
  */
@@ -671,6 +687,7 @@ ic_dhcp_init_options(u8 *options, struct ic_device *d)
 			17,	/* Boot path */
 			26,	/* MTU */
 			40,	/* NIS domain name */
+			42,	/* NTP servers */
 		};
 
 		*e++ = 55;	/* Parameter request list */
@@ -750,12 +767,13 @@ static void __init ic_bootp_init_ext(u8 *e)
  */
 static inline void __init ic_bootp_init(void)
 {
-	/* Re-initialise all name servers to NONE, in case any were set via the
-	 * "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters: any IP addresses
-	 * specified there will already have been decoded but are no longer
-	 * needed
+	/* Re-initialise all name servers and NTP servers to NONE, in case any
+	 * were set via the "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters:
+	 * any IP addresses specified there will already have been decoded but
+	 * are no longer needed
 	 */
 	ic_nameservers_predef();
+	ic_ntp_servers_predef();
 
 	dev_add_pack(&bootp_packet_type);
 }
@@ -919,6 +937,15 @@ static void __init ic_do_bootp_ext(u8 *ext)
 		ic_bootp_string(utsname()->domainname, ext+1, *ext,
 				__NEW_UTS_LEN);
 		break;
+	case 42:	/* NTP servers */
+		servers = *ext / 4;
+		if (servers > CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX)
+			servers = CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX;
+		for (i = 0; i < servers; i++) {
+			if (ic_ntp_servers[i] == NONE)
+				memcpy(&ic_ntp_servers[i], ext+1+4*i, 4);
+		}
+		break;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1265,6 +1292,9 @@ static int __init ic_dynamic(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
+/*
+ *  Name servers:
+ */
 static int pnp_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1301,6 +1331,33 @@ static const struct file_operations pnp_seq_fops = {
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
 	.release	= single_release,
 };
+
+/*
+ *  NTP servers:
+ */
+static int ntp_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX; i++) {
+		if (ic_ntp_servers[i] != NONE)
+			seq_printf(seq, "%pI4\n", &ic_ntp_servers[i]);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ntp_seq_open(struct inode *indoe, struct file *file)
+{
+	return single_open(file, ntp_seq_show, NULL);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations ntp_seq_fops = {
+	.open		= ntp_seq_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= single_release,
+};
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 /*
@@ -1375,15 +1432,18 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 	int err;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	/* Initialise all name servers to NONE (but only if the "ip=" or
-	 * "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters weren't decoded, otherwise
-	 * we'll overwrite the IP addresses specified there)
+	/* Initialise all name servers and NTP servers to NONE (but only if the
+	 * "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters weren't decoded,
+	 * otherwise we'll overwrite the IP addresses specified there)
 	 */
-	if (ic_set_manually == 0)
+	if (ic_set_manually == 0) {
 		ic_nameservers_predef();
+		ic_ntp_servers_predef();
+	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	proc_create("pnp", 0444, init_net.proc_net, &pnp_seq_fops);
+	proc_create("ntp", 0444, init_net.proc_net, &ntp_seq_fops);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 	if (!ic_enable)
@@ -1508,6 +1568,19 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 		if (i + 1 == CONF_NAMESERVERS_MAX)
 			pr_cont("\n");
 	}
+	/* NTP servers (if any): */
+	for (i = 0; i < CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX; i++) {
+		if (ic_ntp_servers[i] != NONE) {
+			if (i == 0)
+				pr_info("     ntpserver%u=%pI4",
+					i, &ic_ntp_servers[i]);
+			else
+				pr_cont(", ntpserver%u=%pI4",
+					i, &ic_ntp_servers[i]);
+		}
+		if (i + 1 == CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX)
+			pr_cont("\n");
+	}
 #endif /* !SILENT */
 
 	/*
@@ -1605,8 +1678,9 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config_setup(char *addrs)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	/* Initialise all name servers to NONE */
+	/* Initialise all name servers and NTP servers to NONE */
 	ic_nameservers_predef();
+	ic_ntp_servers_predef();
 
 	/* Parse string for static IP assignment.  */
 	ip = addrs;
@@ -1665,6 +1739,13 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config_setup(char *addrs)
 						ic_nameservers[1] = NONE;
 				}
 				break;
+			case 9:
+				if (CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX >= 1) {
+					ic_ntp_servers[0] = in_aton(ip);
+					if (ic_ntp_servers[0] == ANY)
+						ic_ntp_servers[0] = NONE;
+				}
+				break;
 			}
 		}
 		ip = cp;
