diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_types.h
index 95c8cd9d22b5..89dfb3793edd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_iommu_types.h
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@
 #define PD_DMA_OPS_MASK		(1UL << 0) /* domain used for dma_ops */
 #define PD_DEFAULT_MASK		(1UL << 1) /* domain is a default dma_ops
 					      domain for an IOMMU */
+extern bool amd_iommu_dump;
+#define DUMP_printk(format, arg...)					\
+	do {								\
+		if (amd_iommu_dump)						\
+			printk(KERN_INFO "AMD IOMMU: " format, ## arg);	\
+	} while(0);
 
 /*
  * This structure contains generic data for  IOMMU protection domains
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
index 8c0be0902dac..57fb7a7cb6e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct ivmd_header {
 	u64 range_length;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+bool amd_iommu_dump;
+
 static int __initdata amd_iommu_detected;
 
 u16 amd_iommu_last_bdf;			/* largest PCI device id we have
@@ -1211,6 +1213,13 @@ void __init amd_iommu_detect(void)
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
+static int __init parse_amd_iommu_dump(char *str)
+{
+	amd_iommu_dump = true;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int __init parse_amd_iommu_options(char *str)
 {
 	for (; *str; ++str) {
@@ -1235,5 +1244,6 @@ static int __init parse_amd_iommu_size_options(char *str)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+__setup("amd_iommu_dump", parse_amd_iommu_dump);
 __setup("amd_iommu=", parse_amd_iommu_options);
 __setup("amd_iommu_size=", parse_amd_iommu_size_options);