diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 21fd510183c3..59e8bb72dc14 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ void fuse_finish_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		file->f_op = &fuse_direct_io_file_operations;
 	if (!(ff->open_flags & FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE))
 		invalidate_inode_pages2(inode->i_mapping);
-	if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE)
+	if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_STREAM)
+		stream_open(inode, file);
+	else if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE)
 		nonseekable_open(inode, file);
 	if (fc->atomic_o_trunc && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
 		struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
index 92fa24c24c92..2170e58a2a97 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
@@ -219,10 +219,12 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * FOPEN_DIRECT_IO: bypass page cache for this open file
  * FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE: don't invalidate the data cache on open
  * FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE: the file is not seekable
+ * FOPEN_STREAM: the file is stream-like (no file position at all)
  */
 #define FOPEN_DIRECT_IO		(1 << 0)
 #define FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE	(1 << 1)
 #define FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE	(1 << 2)
+#define FOPEN_STREAM		(1 << 4)
 
 /**
  * INIT request/reply flags