diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b2a2d68..3b132ee 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ extern int sysctl_overcommit_ratio;
 extern int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
 extern int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
 extern int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks;
+extern int sysctl_would_have_oomkilled;
 extern int max_threads;
 extern int core_uses_pid;
 extern int suid_dumpable;
@@ -861,6 +862,14 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "would_have_oomkilled",
+		.data		= &sysctl_would_have_oomkilled,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_would_have_oomkilled),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{
 		.ctl_name	= VM_OVERCOMMIT_RATIO,
 		.procname	= "overcommit_ratio",
 		.data		= &sysctl_overcommit_ratio,
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index f255eda..3335a94 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 int sysctl_panic_on_oom;
 int sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task;
 int sysctl_oom_dump_tasks;
+int sysctl_would_have_oomkilled;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(zone_scan_lock);
 /* #define DEBUG */
 
@@ -321,6 +322,12 @@ static void __oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p, int verbose)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (sysctl_would_have_oomkilled == 1) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Would have killed process %d (%s). But continuing instead.\n",
+				task_pid_nr(p), p->comm);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (verbose)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Killed process %d (%s)\n",
 				task_pid_nr(p), p->comm);
@@ -363,6 +370,12 @@ static int oom_kill_task(struct task_struct *p)
 			return 1;
 	} while_each_thread(g, q);
 
+	if (sysctl_would_have_oomkilled == 1) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Would have killed process %d (%s). But continuing instead.\n",
+				task_pid_nr(p), p->comm);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	__oom_kill_task(p, 1);
 
 	/*