diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
index 8ac3e072dcd8a..1b26ceffed241 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ extern int radeon_bapm;
 extern int radeon_backlight;
 extern int radeon_auxch;
 extern int radeon_mst;
+extern int radeon_uvd;
 
 /*
  * Copy from radeon_drv.h so we don't have to include both and have conflicting
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c
index 46a4ced338a47..b4810ef06aee1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c
@@ -2696,6 +2696,9 @@ int radeon_asic_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 		rdev->asic->pm.set_memory_clock = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (!radeon_uvd)
+		rdev->has_uvd = false;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
index 5d44ed0d104a1..d637828ae53ca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ int radeon_bapm = -1;
 int radeon_backlight = -1;
 int radeon_auxch = -1;
 int radeon_mst = 0;
+int radeon_uvd = 1;
 
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_wb, "Disable AGP writeback for scratch registers");
 module_param_named(no_wb, radeon_no_wb, int, 0444);
@@ -287,6 +288,9 @@ module_param_named(auxch, radeon_auxch, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mst, "DisplayPort MST experimental support (1 = enable, 0 = disable)");
 module_param_named(mst, radeon_mst, int, 0444);
 
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(uvd, "uvd enable/disable uvd support (1 = enable, 0 = disable)");
+module_param_named(uvd, radeon_uvd, int, 0444);
+
 static struct pci_device_id pciidlist[] = {
 	radeon_PCI_IDS
 };