diff --git a/fs/fuse/control.c b/fs/fuse/control.c
index 284a3500646296..39ef00e127b37a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/control.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/control.c
@@ -184,6 +184,68 @@ static ssize_t fuse_conn_congestion_threshold_write(struct file *file,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static ssize_t fuse_conn_writethrough_threshold_read(struct file *file,
+						     char __user *buf,
+						     size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct fuse_conn *fc;
+	unsigned val;
+
+	fc = fuse_ctl_file_conn_get(file);
+	if (!fc)
+		return 0;
+
+	val = READ_ONCE(fc->writethrough_threshold);
+	fuse_conn_put(fc);
+
+	return fuse_conn_limit_read(file, buf, len, ppos, val);
+}
+
+static ssize_t fuse_conn_writethrough_threshold_write(struct file *file,
+						      const char __user *buf,
+						      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct fuse_conn *fc;
+	char kbuf[32];
+	unsigned long long val;
+	char *end;
+
+	if (*ppos)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (count == 0 || count >= sizeof(kbuf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, count))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	kbuf[count] = '\0';
+
+	/* memparse accepts a bare suffix without a digit; require a digit */
+	if (kbuf[0] < '0' || kbuf[0] > '9')
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	val = memparse(kbuf, &end);
+	end = skip_spaces(end);
+	if (*end)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (val > UINT_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	fc = fuse_ctl_file_conn_get(file);
+	if (!fc)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(fc->writethrough_threshold, (unsigned int)val);
+	fuse_conn_put(fc);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations fuse_conn_writethrough_threshold_ops = {
+	.open = nonseekable_open,
+	.read = fuse_conn_writethrough_threshold_read,
+	.write = fuse_conn_writethrough_threshold_write,
+	.llseek = no_llseek,
+};
+
 static const struct file_operations fuse_ctl_abort_ops = {
 	.open = nonseekable_open,
 	.write = fuse_conn_abort_write,
@@ -278,7 +340,10 @@ int fuse_ctl_add_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 				 1, NULL, &fuse_conn_max_background_ops) ||
 	    !fuse_ctl_add_dentry(parent, fc, "congestion_threshold",
 				 S_IFREG | 0600, 1, NULL,
-				 &fuse_conn_congestion_threshold_ops))
+				 &fuse_conn_congestion_threshold_ops) ||
+	    !fuse_ctl_add_dentry(parent, fc, "writethrough_threshold",
+				 S_IFREG | 0600, 1, NULL,
+				 &fuse_conn_writethrough_threshold_ops))
 		goto err;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 55ab5e9cf61715..b782778eecccd4 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,47 @@ static void fuse_dio_unlock(struct kiocb *iocb, bool exclusive)
 	}
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * With writeback caching the request size seen by the server depends on
+ * how many contiguous dirty pages the flusher finds, which is bounded by
+ * dirty throttling: with BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT the dirty window can degrade
+ * to a single page under streaming writes, turning large application
+ * writes into page-sized requests.
+ *
+ * Writes that already match the server's preferred alignment gain
+ * nothing from accumulating in the page cache, so send them through
+ * fuse_perform_write() instead, which packs requests up to max_write.
+ * They create no dirty pages, hence no DLM write lock needs to be cached
+ * for them.  Unaligned writes keep using the writeback cache, where they
+ * can merge with neighbouring data.
+ */
+static bool fuse_use_writeback_cache(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct kiocb *iocb,
+				     struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+	size_t count = iov_iter_count(from);
+	unsigned int wt;
+	u64 align;
+	bool ret;
+
+	if (!fc->big_writes)
+		return true;
+
+	/* these rely on the semantics of their current paths */
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & (IOCB_DIRECT | IOCB_APPEND | IOCB_NOWAIT))
+		return true;
+
+	wt = READ_ONCE(fc->writethrough_threshold);
+	if (wt && count >= wt)
+		return false;
+
+	align = fc->alignment_pages ?
+		(u64)fc->alignment_pages << PAGE_SHIFT : PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	ret = !IS_ALIGNED(iocb->ki_pos, align) || !IS_ALIGNED((u64)count, align);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static ssize_t fuse_cache_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
@@ -1486,6 +1527,9 @@ static ssize_t fuse_cache_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 			goto writethrough;
 		}
 
+		if (!fuse_use_writeback_cache(fc, iocb, from))
+			goto writethrough;
+
 		/* if we have dlm support acquire the lock for the area
 		 * we are writing into */
 		if (fc->dlm) {
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 72aabf8dd5ff31..146ebf7243be23 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #define FUSE_NAME_MAX (PATH_MAX - 1)
 
 /** Number of dentries for each connection in the control filesystem */
-#define FUSE_CTL_NUM_DENTRIES 5
+#define FUSE_CTL_NUM_DENTRIES 6
 
 /** Maximum of max_pages received in init_out */
 extern unsigned int fuse_max_pages_limit;
@@ -952,6 +952,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/* The foffset alignment in PAGE */
 	unsigned int alignment_pages;
 
+	/* Buffered writes >= this size bypass the writeback cache (0 = off) */
+	unsigned int writethrough_threshold;
+
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index a2d496160da4c5..259daca77475fe 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ static int fuse_bdi_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 
 	/* fuse does it's own writeback accounting */
 	sb->s_bdi->capabilities &= ~BDI_CAP_WRITEBACK_ACCT;
-	sb->s_bdi->capabilities |= BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT;
+	sb->s_bdi->capabilities &= ~BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT;
 
 	/*
 	 * For a single fuse filesystem use max 1% of dirty +
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
index d472df6370a400..e2b2c68b162d43 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * FUSE_OVER_IO_URING: Indicate that client supports io-uring
  * FUSE_INVAL_INODE_ENTRY: invalidate inode aliases when doing inode invalidation
  * FUSE_EXPIRE_INODE_ENTRY: expire inode aliases when doing inode invalidation
- * FUSE_ALIGN_PG_ORDER: page order (power of 2 exponent for number of pages) for
- *			optimal io-size alignment
+ * FUSE_ALIGN_PG_ORDER: alignment order (power of 2 exponent of the IO size
+ *			in bytes) for optimal io-size alignment
  * FUSE_URING_REDUCED_Q: Client (kernel) supports less queues - Server is free
  *			 to register between 1 and nr-core io-uring queues
  */
@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ struct fuse_init_in {
 #define FUSE_COMPAT_22_INIT_OUT_SIZE 24
 
 /*
- * align_page_order: Number of pages for optimal IO, or a multiple of that
+ * align_page_order: log2 of the optimal IO size in bytes; IO is optimal
+ * when sized and aligned to (1 << align_page_order) or a multiple of it
  */
 struct fuse_init_out {
 	uint32_t	major;