diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
index 985ae7d35066..dae15c96e659 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@ compress_extension=%s	 Support adding specified extension, so that f2fs can enab
 			 Note that, there is one reserved special extension '*', it
 			 can be set to enable compression for all files.
 compress_chksum		 Support verifying chksum of raw data in compressed cluster.
+compress_mode=%s	 Control file compression mode. This supports "fs" and "user"
+			 modes. In "fs" mode (default), f2fs does automatic compression
+			 on the compression enabled files. In "user" mode, f2fs disables
+			 the automaic compression and gives the user discretion of
+			 choosing the target file and the timing. The user can do manual
+			 compression/decompression on the compression enabled files using
+			 ioctls.
 inlinecrypt		 When possible, encrypt/decrypt the contents of encrypted
 			 files using the blk-crypto framework rather than
 			 filesystem-layer encryption. This allows the use of
@@ -811,6 +818,34 @@ Compress metadata layout::
 	| data length | data chksum | reserved |      compressed data       |
 	+-------------+-------------+----------+----------------------------+
 
+Compression mode
+--------------------------
+
+f2fs supports "fs" and "user" compression modes with "compression_mode" mount option.
+With this option, f2fs provides a choice to select the way how to compress the
+compression enabled files (refer to "Compression implementation" section for how to
+enable compression on a regular inode).
+
+1) compress_mode=fs
+This is the default option. f2fs does automatic compression in the writeback of the
+compression enabled files.
+
+2) compress_mode=user
+This disables the automaic compression and gives the user discretion of choosing the
+target file and the timing. The user can do manual compression/decompression on the
+compression enabled files using F2FS_IOC_DECOMPRESS_FILE and F2FS_IOC_COMPRESS_FILE
+ioctls like the below.
+
+To decompress a file,
+
+fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY, 0);
+ret = ioctl(fd, F2FS_IOC_DECOMPRESS_FILE);
+
+To compress a file,
+
+fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY, 0);
+ret = ioctl(fd, F2FS_IOC_COMPRESS_FILE);
+
 NVMe Zoned Namespace devices
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/compress.c b/fs/f2fs/compress.c
index 7ec1592a0973..d23bebb6ccd3 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/compress.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/compress.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ int f2fs_is_compressed_cluster(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
 
 static bool cluster_may_compress(struct compress_ctx *cc)
 {
-	if (!f2fs_compressed_file(cc->inode))
+	if (!f2fs_need_compress_data(cc->inode))
 		return false;
 	if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(cc->inode))
 		return false;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index bfe0d787c9e6..e85fd8f77f3f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ static inline bool __should_serialize_io(struct inode *inode,
 	if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
 		return false;
 
-	if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
+	if (f2fs_need_compress_data(inode))
 		return true;
 	if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
 		return true;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 4417f791dbc6..7c02b6d8465c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct f2fs_mount_info {
 	unsigned char compress_log_size;	/* cluster log size */
 	bool compress_chksum;			/* compressed data chksum */
 	unsigned char compress_ext_cnt;		/* extension count */
+	int compress_mode;			/* compression mode */
 	unsigned char extensions[COMPRESS_EXT_NUM][F2FS_EXTENSION_LEN];	/* extensions */
 };
 
@@ -677,6 +678,7 @@ enum {
 	FI_COMPRESSED_FILE,	/* indicate file's data can be compressed */
 	FI_COMPRESS_CORRUPT,	/* indicate compressed cluster is corrupted */
 	FI_MMAP_FILE,		/* indicate file was mmapped */
+	FI_ENABLE_COMPRESS,	/* enable compression in "user" compression mode */
 	FI_MAX,			/* max flag, never be used */
 };
 
@@ -1244,6 +1246,18 @@ enum fsync_mode {
 	FSYNC_MODE_NOBARRIER,	/* fsync behaves nobarrier based on posix */
 };
 
+enum {
+	COMPR_MODE_FS,		/*
+				 * automatically compress compression
+				 * enabled files
+				 */
+	COMPR_MODE_USER,	/*
+				 * automatical compression is disabled.
+				 * user can control the file compression
+				 * using ioctls
+				 */
+};
+
 /*
  * this value is set in page as a private data which indicate that
  * the page is atomically written, and it is in inmem_pages list.
@@ -2759,6 +2773,22 @@ static inline int f2fs_compressed_file(struct inode *inode)
 		is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_COMPRESSED_FILE);
 }
 
+static inline bool f2fs_need_compress_data(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int compress_mode = F2FS_OPTION(F2FS_I_SB(inode)).compress_mode;
+
+	if (!f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
+		return false;
+
+	if (compress_mode == COMPR_MODE_FS)
+		return true;
+	else if (compress_mode == COMPR_MODE_USER &&
+			is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ENABLE_COMPRESS))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int addrs_per_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int addrs = CUR_ADDRS_PER_INODE(inode) -
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index bfc597037413..deca74cb17df 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -3261,7 +3261,7 @@ static int __get_segment_type_6(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
 			else
 				return CURSEG_COLD_DATA;
 		}
-		if (file_is_cold(inode) || f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
+		if (file_is_cold(inode) || f2fs_need_compress_data(inode))
 			return CURSEG_COLD_DATA;
 		if (file_is_hot(inode) ||
 				is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_HOT_DATA) ||
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 0ac4dbd6488a..c6a3365f4844 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_compress_log_size,
 	Opt_compress_extension,
 	Opt_compress_chksum,
+	Opt_compress_mode,
 	Opt_atgc,
 	Opt_err,
 };
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ static match_table_t f2fs_tokens = {
 	{Opt_compress_log_size, "compress_log_size=%u"},
 	{Opt_compress_extension, "compress_extension=%s"},
 	{Opt_compress_chksum, "compress_chksum"},
+	{Opt_compress_mode, "compress_mode=%s"},
 	{Opt_atgc, "atgc"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL},
 };
@@ -939,11 +941,26 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, bool is_remount)
 		case Opt_compress_chksum:
 			F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_chksum = true;
 			break;
+		case Opt_compress_mode:
+			name = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!name)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			if (!strcmp(name, "fs")) {
+				F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_mode = COMPR_MODE_FS;
+			} else if (!strcmp(name, "user")) {
+				F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_mode = COMPR_MODE_USER;
+			} else {
+				kfree(name);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+			kfree(name);
+			break;
 #else
 		case Opt_compress_algorithm:
 		case Opt_compress_log_size:
 		case Opt_compress_extension:
 		case Opt_compress_chksum:
+		case Opt_compress_mode:
 			f2fs_info(sbi, "compression options not supported");
 			break;
 #endif
@@ -1532,6 +1549,11 @@ static inline void f2fs_show_compress_options(struct seq_file *seq,
 
 	if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_chksum)
 		seq_puts(seq, ",compress_chksum");
+
+	if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_mode == COMPR_MODE_FS)
+		seq_printf(seq, ",compress_mode=%s", "fs");
+	else if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_mode == COMPR_MODE_USER)
+		seq_printf(seq, ",compress_mode=%s", "user");
 }
 
 static int f2fs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
@@ -1681,6 +1703,7 @@ static void default_options(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_algorithm = COMPRESS_LZ4;
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_log_size = MIN_COMPRESS_LOG_SIZE;
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_ext_cnt = 0;
+	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_mode = COMPR_MODE_FS;
 	F2FS_OPTION(sbi).bggc_mode = BGGC_MODE_ON;
 
 	sbi->sb->s_flags &= ~SB_INLINECRYPT;