diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 4e9c6d7b4ef..fbe427a6580 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1297,6 +1297,16 @@ sctp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
 sctp_wmem  - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
 	See tcp_wmem for a description.
 
+addr_scope_policy - INTEGER
+	Control IPv4 address scoping - draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00
+
+	0   - Disable IPv4 address scoping
+	1   - Enable IPv4 address scoping
+	2   - Follow draft but allow IPv4 private addresses
+	3   - Follow draft but allow IPv4 link local addresses
+
+	Default: 1
+
 
 /proc/sys/net/core/*
 dev_weight - INTEGER
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/constants.h b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
index af8c1508109..58f714a3b67 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/constants.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
@@ -363,6 +363,13 @@ typedef enum {
 	SCTP_SCOPE_UNUSABLE,		/* IPv4 unusable addresses */
 } sctp_scope_t;
 
+typedef enum {
+	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_DISABLE,	/* Disable IPv4 address scoping */
+	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_ENABLE,	/* Enable IPv4 address scoping */
+	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_PRIVATE,	/* Follow draft but allow IPv4 private addresses */
+	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_LINK,		/* Follow draft but allow IPv4 link local addresses */
+} sctp_scope_policy_t;
+
 /* Based on IPv4 scoping <draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00.txt>,
  * SCTP IPv4 unusable addresses: 0.0.0.0/8, 224.0.0.0/4, 198.18.0.0/24,
  * 192.88.99.0/24.
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 993cfff9218..a48d80e77cd 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
 	/* Flag to idicate if SCTP-AUTH is enabled */
 	int auth_enable;
 
+	/*
+	 * Policy to control SCTP IPv4 address scoping
+	 * 0   - Disable IPv4 address scoping
+	 * 1   - Enable IPv4 address scoping
+	 * 2   - Selectively allow only IPv4 private addresses
+	 * 3   - Selectively allow only IPv4 link local address
+	 */
+	int ipv4_scope_policy;
+
 	/* Flag to indicate whether computing and verifying checksum
 	 * is disabled. */
         int checksum_disable;
@@ -252,6 +261,7 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
 #define sctp_port_hashtable		(sctp_globals.port_hashtable)
 #define sctp_local_addr_list		(sctp_globals.local_addr_list)
 #define sctp_local_addr_lock		(sctp_globals.addr_list_lock)
+#define sctp_scope_policy		(sctp_globals.ipv4_scope_policy)
 #define sctp_addip_enable		(sctp_globals.addip_enable)
 #define sctp_addip_noauth		(sctp_globals.addip_noauth_enable)
 #define sctp_prsctp_enable		(sctp_globals.prsctp_enable)
diff --git a/net/sctp/bind_addr.c b/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
index 6d5944a745d..13a6fba4107 100644
--- a/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
+++ b/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
@@ -510,9 +510,28 @@ int sctp_in_scope(const union sctp_addr *addr, sctp_scope_t scope)
 	 * of requested destination address, sender and receiver
 	 * SHOULD include all of its addresses with level greater
 	 * than or equal to L.
+	 *
+	 * Address scoping can be selectively controlled via sysctl
+	 * option
 	 */
-	if (addr_scope <= scope)
+	switch (sctp_scope_policy) {
+	case SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_DISABLE:
 		return 1;
+	case SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_ENABLE:
+		if (addr_scope <= scope)
+			return 1;
+		break;
+	case SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_PRIVATE:
+		if (addr_scope <= scope || SCTP_SCOPE_PRIVATE == addr_scope)
+			return 1;
+		break;
+	case SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_LINK:
+		if (addr_scope <= scope || SCTP_SCOPE_LINK == addr_scope)
+			return 1;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index a76da657244..60093be8385 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -431,16 +431,14 @@ static int sctp_v4_available(union sctp_addr *addr, struct sctp_sock *sp)
  * of requested destination address, sender and receiver
  * SHOULD include all of its addresses with level greater
  * than or equal to L.
+ *
+ * IPv4 scoping can be controlled through sysctl option
+ * net.sctp.addr_scope_policy
  */
 static sctp_scope_t sctp_v4_scope(union sctp_addr *addr)
 {
 	sctp_scope_t retval;
 
-	/* Should IPv4 scoping be a sysctl configurable option
-	 * so users can turn it off (default on) for certain
-	 * unconventional networking environments?
-	 */
-
 	/* Check for unusable SCTP addresses. */
 	if (IS_IPV4_UNUSABLE_ADDRESS(addr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr)) {
 		retval =  SCTP_SCOPE_UNUSABLE;
@@ -1259,6 +1257,9 @@ SCTP_STATIC __init int sctp_init(void)
 	/* Disable AUTH by default. */
 	sctp_auth_enable = 0;
 
+	/* Set SCOPE policy to enabled */
+	sctp_scope_policy = SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_ENABLE;
+
 	sctp_sysctl_register();
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sctp_address_families);
diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 63eabbc7129..ab7151da120 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static int timer_max = 86400000; /* ms in one day */
 static int int_max = INT_MAX;
 static int sack_timer_min = 1;
 static int sack_timer_max = 500;
+static int addr_scope_max = 3; /* check sctp_scope_policy_t in include/net/sctp/constants.h for max entries */
 
 extern int sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_rmem[3];
@@ -272,6 +273,17 @@ static ctl_table sctp_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		.strategy	= sysctl_intvec
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "addr_scope_policy",
+		.data		= &sctp_scope_policy,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &addr_scope_max,
+	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };