diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index d9cdb4747f68..aa6320557196 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -921,4 +921,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ovl_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.getxattr	= ovl_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ovl_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= ovl_removexattr,
+	.get_acl	= ovl_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 32ae8b49a72c..a574108f52a8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -310,6 +310,22 @@ int ovl_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	return err;
 }
 
+struct posix_acl *ovl_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+{
+	struct inode *realinode = ovl_inode_real(inode);
+
+	if (!realinode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(realinode))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!realinode->i_op->get_acl)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return realinode->i_op->get_acl(realinode, type);
+}
+
 static bool ovl_open_need_copy_up(int flags, enum ovl_path_type type,
 				  struct dentry *realdentry)
 {
@@ -354,6 +370,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations ovl_file_inode_operations = {
 	.getxattr	= ovl_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ovl_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= ovl_removexattr,
+	.get_acl	= ovl_get_acl,
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations ovl_symlink_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 0d3f2ad45708..75128c70aa6a 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ struct dentry *ovl_dentry_upper(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lower(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_dentry_real(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_entry_real(struct ovl_entry *oe, bool *is_upper);
+struct inode *ovl_inode_real(struct inode *inode);
 struct vfsmount *ovl_entry_mnt_real(struct ovl_entry *oe, struct inode *inode,
 				    bool is_upper);
 struct ovl_dir_cache *ovl_dir_cache(struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 		     const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
 ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size);
 int ovl_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
+struct posix_acl *ovl_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 int ovl_open_maybe_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int file_flags);
 
 struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 5341ca57677c..893d6e0ea1c5 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ struct dentry *ovl_entry_real(struct ovl_entry *oe, bool *is_upper)
 	return realdentry;
 }
 
+struct inode *ovl_inode_real(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	bool tmp;
+
+	return d_inode(ovl_entry_real(inode->i_private, &tmp));
+}
+
 struct vfsmount *ovl_entry_mnt_real(struct ovl_entry *oe, struct inode *inode,
 				    bool is_upper)
 {
@@ -1172,6 +1179,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_op = &ovl_super_operations;
 	sb->s_root = root_dentry;
 	sb->s_fs_info = ufs;
+	sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
 
 	return 0;