diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index b9945314b0a4..7c3250042719 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ static void sched_debug_header(struct seq_file *m)
 #define PN(x) \
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-40s: %Ld.%06ld\n", #x, SPLIT_NS(x))
 	PN(sysctl_sched_base_slice);
+	P(sysctl_sched_child_runs_first);
 	P(sysctl_sched_features);
 #undef PN
 #undef P
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index f58f82f86f13..04a1b692068a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ unsigned int sysctl_sched_tunable_scaling = SCHED_TUNABLESCALING_LOG;
 unsigned int sysctl_sched_base_slice			= 750000ULL;
 static unsigned int normalized_sysctl_sched_base_slice	= 750000ULL;
 
+/*
+ * After fork, child runs first. If set to 0 (default) then
+ * parent will (try to) run first.
+ */
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_child_runs_first __read_mostly;
+
 const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost	= 500000UL;
 
 int sched_thermal_decay_shift;
@@ -155,6 +161,13 @@ static unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_promote_rate_limit = 65536;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static struct ctl_table sched_fair_sysctls[] = {
+	{
+		.procname       = "sched_child_runs_first",
+		.data           = &sysctl_sched_child_runs_first,
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode           = 0644,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
+	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH
 	{
 		.procname       = "sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice_us",
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index edd3aeaca398..e581e633eeed 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ extern __read_mostly int scheduler_running;
 extern unsigned long calc_load_update;
 extern atomic_long_t calc_load_tasks;
 
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_child_runs_first;
+
 extern void calc_global_load_tick(struct rq *this_rq);
 extern long calc_load_fold_active(struct rq *this_rq, long adjust);