diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
index 4b75ad40dd80e5..00d9d77f583a7b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
@@ -16,10 +16,21 @@ config DRM_NOUVEAU
 	select INPUT if ACPI && X86
 	select THERMAL if ACPI && X86
 	select ACPI_VIDEO if ACPI && X86
-	select DRM_VM
 	help
 	  Choose this option for open-source NVIDIA support.
 
+config NOUVEAU_LEGACY_CTX_SUPPORT
+	bool "Nouveau legacy context support"
+	depends on DRM_NOUVEAU
+	select DRM_VM
+	default y
+	help
+	  There was a version of the nouveau DDX that relied on legacy
+	  ctx ioctls not erroring out. But that was back in time a long
+	  ways, so offer a way to disable it now. For uapi compat with
+	  old nouveau ddx this should be on by default, but modern distros
+	  should consider turning it off.
+
 config NOUVEAU_PLATFORM_DRIVER
 	bool "Nouveau (NVIDIA) SoC GPUs"
 	depends on DRM_NOUVEAU && ARCH_TEGRA
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 74d2283f2c28e7..2b7a54cc3c9ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -1015,8 +1015,11 @@ nouveau_driver_fops = {
 static struct drm_driver
 driver_stub = {
 	.driver_features =
-		DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_MODESET | DRIVER_PRIME | DRIVER_RENDER |
-		DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT,
+		DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_MODESET | DRIVER_PRIME | DRIVER_RENDER
+#if defined(CONFIG_NOUVEAU_LEGACY_CTX_SUPPORT)
+		| DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT
+#endif
+		,
 
 	.load = nouveau_drm_load,
 	.unload = nouveau_drm_unload,