diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index 5f180cf7abbd6..5e0c0d0aef7dc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
 #define OCFS2_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb,mask)			\
 	OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_feature_incompat &= ~(mask)
 
-#define OCFS2_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPP	OCFS2_FEATURE_COMPAT_BACKUP_SB
+#define OCFS2_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPP	(OCFS2_FEATURE_COMPAT_BACKUP_SB	\
+					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_COMPAT_JBD2_SB)
 #define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUPP	(OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_LOCAL_MOUNT \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SPARSE_ALLOC \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA \
@@ -152,6 +153,11 @@
  */
 #define OCFS2_FEATURE_COMPAT_BACKUP_SB		0x0001
 
+/*
+ * The filesystem will correctly handle journal feature bits.
+ */
+#define OCFS2_FEATURE_COMPAT_JBD2_SB		0x0002
+
 /*
  * Unwritten extents support.
  */