diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 3311757c9d98..8d7e93a8437b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@
 
 #define NR_PAGE_ORDERS (MAX_ORDER + 1)
 
+/* Defines the order for the number of pages that have a migrate type. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER
+#define PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER MAX_ORDER
+#else
+#define PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER CONFIG_PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER
+#endif /* CONFIG_PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER */
+
+/*
+ * The MAX_ORDER, which defines the max order of pages to be allocated
+ * by the buddy allocator, has to be larger or equal to the PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER,
+ * which defines the order for the number of pages that can have a migrate type
+ */
+#if (PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER > MAX_ORDER)
+#error MAX_ORDER must be >= PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER
+#endif
+
 /*
  * PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER is the order at which allocations are deemed
  * costly to service.  That is between allocation orders which should
diff --git a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
index e83c4c095041..25783939a065 100644
--- a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ extern unsigned int pageblock_order;
  * Huge pages are a constant size, but don't exceed the maximum allocation
  * granularity.
  */
-#define pageblock_order		min_t(unsigned int, HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER, MAX_ORDER)
+#define pageblock_order		min_t(unsigned int, HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER, PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE */
 
 #else /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 
 /* If huge pages are not used, group by MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES */
-#define pageblock_order		MAX_ORDER
+#define pageblock_order		PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 1d88bab99ff1..2b86f4fd9abd 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -994,6 +994,40 @@ config CMA_AREAS
 
 	  If unsure, leave the default value "7" in UMA and "19" in NUMA.
 
+#
+# Select this config option from the architecture Kconfig, if available, to set
+# the max page order for physically contiguous allocations.
+#
+config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
+	int
+
+#
+# When ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER is not defined,
+# the default page block order is MAX_PAGE_ORDER (10) as per
+# include/linux/mmzone.h.
+#
+config PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER
+	int "Page Block Order"
+	range 1 10 if ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER = 0 || ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER = ""
+	default 10 if ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER = 0 || ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER = ""
+	range 1 ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER if ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER != 0
+	default ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER if ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER != 0
+	help
+	  The page block order refers to the power of two number of pages that
+	  are physically contiguous and can have a migrate type associated to
+	  them. The maximum size of the page block order is limited by
+	  ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER.
+
+	  This config allows overriding the default page block order when the
+	  page block order is required to be smaller than ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
+	  or MAX_ORDER.
+
+	  Reducing pageblock order can negatively impact THP generation
+	  success rate. If your workloads uses THP heavily, please use this
+	  option with caution.
+
+	  Don't change if unsure.
+
 config MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
 	bool "Track memory changes"
 	depends on CHECKPOINT_RESTORE && HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY && PROC_FS
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index dad55dbde265..57cbca52fb56 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ static inline void setup_usemap(struct zone *zone) {}
 /* Initialise the number of pages represented by NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS */
 void __init set_pageblock_order(void)
 {
-	unsigned int order = MAX_ORDER;
+	unsigned int order = PAGE_BLOCK_ORDER;
 
 	/* Check that pageblock_nr_pages has not already been setup */
 	if (pageblock_order)