diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c7f567a..c66b7b400 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -424,6 +424,13 @@
 	help
 	  This option provides fault-injection capabilitiy for kmalloc.
 
+config FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC
+	bool "Fault-injection capabilitiy for alloc_pages()"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	select FAULT_INJECTION
+	help
+	  This option provides fault-injection capabilitiy for alloc_pages().
+
 config FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
 	bool "Debugfs entries for fault-injection capabilities"
 	depends on FAULT_INJECTION && SYSFS
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 18f0e04..0cc8b43 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/sort.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/fault-inject.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -892,6 +893,89 @@
 #define ALLOC_HIGH		0x20 /* __GFP_HIGH set */
 #define ALLOC_CPUSET		0x40 /* check for correct cpuset */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC
+
+static struct fail_page_alloc_attr {
+	struct fault_attr attr;
+
+	u32 ignore_gfp_highmem;
+	u32 ignore_gfp_wait;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
+
+	struct dentry *ignore_gfp_highmem_file;
+	struct dentry *ignore_gfp_wait_file;
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS */
+
+} fail_page_alloc = {
+	.attr = FAULT_ATTR_INITIALIZER,
+};
+
+static int __init setup_fail_page_alloc(char *str)
+{
+	return setup_fault_attr(&fail_page_alloc.attr, str);
+}
+__setup("fail_page_alloc=", setup_fail_page_alloc);
+
+static int should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
+{
+	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)
+		return 0;
+	if (fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_highmem && (gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGHMEM))
+		return 0;
+	if (fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_wait && (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
+		return 0;
+
+	return should_fail(&fail_page_alloc.attr, 1 << order);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
+
+static int __init fail_page_alloc_debugfs(void)
+{
+	mode_t mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
+	struct dentry *dir;
+	int err;
+
+	err = init_fault_attr_dentries(&fail_page_alloc.attr,
+				       "fail_page_alloc");
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	dir = fail_page_alloc.attr.dentries.dir;
+
+	fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_wait_file =
+		debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-wait", mode, dir,
+				      &fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_wait);
+
+	fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_highmem_file =
+		debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-highmem", mode, dir,
+				      &fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_highmem);
+
+	if (!fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_wait_file ||
+			!fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_highmem_file) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		debugfs_remove(fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_wait_file);
+		debugfs_remove(fail_page_alloc.ignore_gfp_highmem_file);
+		cleanup_fault_attr_dentries(&fail_page_alloc.attr);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+late_initcall(fail_page_alloc_debugfs);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS */
+
+#else /* CONFIG_FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC */
+
+static inline int should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC */
+
 /*
  * Return 1 if free pages are above 'mark'. This takes into account the order
  * of the allocation.
@@ -1136,6 +1220,9 @@
 
 	might_sleep_if(wait);
 
+	if (should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_mask, order))
+		return NULL;
+
 restart:
 	z = zonelist->zones;  /* the list of zones suitable for gfp_mask */