diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
index 45c329694a5e..22547d7a84ea 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
@@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ static ssize_t vol_cdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			return count;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * We voluntarily do not take into account the skip_check flag
+		 * as we want to make sure what we wrote was correctly written.
+		 */
 		err = ubi_check_volume(ubi, vol->vol_id);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
@@ -622,6 +626,13 @@ static int verify_mkvol_req(const struct ubi_device *ubi,
 	    req->vol_type != UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
 		goto bad;
 
+	if (req->flags & ~UBI_VOL_VALID_FLGS)
+		goto bad;
+
+	if (req->flags & UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG &&
+	    req->vol_type != UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+		goto bad;
+
 	if (req->alignment > ubi->leb_size)
 		goto bad;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
index e2606a4e1c9e..729588b94e41 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ int ubi_create_volume(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_mkvol_req *req)
 	vol->dev.class = &ubi_class;
 	vol->dev.groups = volume_dev_groups;
 
+	if (req->flags & UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG)
+		vol->skip_check = 1;
+
 	spin_lock(&ubi->volumes_lock);
 	if (vol_id == UBI_VOL_NUM_AUTO) {
 		/* Find unused volume ID */
diff --git a/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
index 5b04a494d139..aad3b6201fc0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -285,6 +285,20 @@ struct ubi_attach_req {
 	__s8 padding[10];
 };
 
+/*
+ * UBI volume flags.
+ *
+ * @UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG: skip the CRC check done on a static volume at
+ *				open time. Only valid for static volumes and
+ *				should only be used if the volume user has a
+ *				way to verify data integrity
+ */
+enum {
+	UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG = 0x1,
+};
+
+#define UBI_VOL_VALID_FLGS	(UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG)
+
 /**
  * struct ubi_mkvol_req - volume description data structure used in
  *                        volume creation requests.
@@ -292,7 +306,7 @@ struct ubi_attach_req {
  * @alignment: volume alignment
  * @bytes: volume size in bytes
  * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
- * @padding1: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ * @flags: volume flags (%UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG)
  * @name_len: volume name length
  * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
  * @name: volume name
@@ -321,7 +335,7 @@ struct ubi_mkvol_req {
 	__s32 alignment;
 	__s64 bytes;
 	__s8 vol_type;
-	__s8 padding1;
+	__u8 flags;
 	__s16 name_len;
 	__s8 padding2[4];
 	char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];