diff --git a/lib/libcryptsetup.h b/lib/libcryptsetup.h
index bfb98c53..1f5e20d6 100644
--- a/lib/libcryptsetup.h
+++ b/lib/libcryptsetup.h
@@ -1183,6 +1183,8 @@ int crypt_keyslot_destroy(struct crypt_device *cd, int keyslot);
 #define CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_WRITE_WORKQUEUE (UINT32_C(1) << 25)
 /** dm-integrity: reset automatic recalculation */
 #define CRYPT_ACTIVATE_RECALCULATE_RESET (UINT32_C(1) << 26)
+/** dm-verity: try to use tasklets */
+#define CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS (UINT32_C(1) << 27)
 
 /**
  * Active device runtime attributes
diff --git a/lib/libdevmapper.c b/lib/libdevmapper.c
index a8d8c2a0..b4656215 100644
--- a/lib/libdevmapper.c
+++ b/lib/libdevmapper.c
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ static void _dm_set_verity_compat(struct crypt_device *cd,
 	if (_dm_satisfies_version(1, 7, 0, verity_maj, verity_min, verity_patch))
 		_dm_flags |= DM_VERITY_PANIC_CORRUPTION_SUPPORTED;
 
+	if (_dm_satisfies_version(1, 9, 0, verity_maj, verity_min, verity_patch))
+		_dm_flags |= DM_VERITY_TASKLETS_SUPPORTED;
+
 	_dm_verity_checked = true;
 }
 
@@ -734,6 +737,8 @@ static char *get_dm_verity_params(const struct dm_target *tgt, uint32_t flags)
 		num_options++;
 	if (flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE)
 		num_options++;
+	if (flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS)
+		num_options++;
 
 	max_fec_size = (tgt->u.verity.fec_device ? strlen(device_block_path(tgt->u.verity.fec_device)) : 0) + 256;
 	fec_features = crypt_safe_alloc(max_fec_size);
@@ -764,13 +769,14 @@ static char *get_dm_verity_params(const struct dm_target *tgt, uint32_t flags)
 	} else
 		*verity_verify_args = '\0';
 
-	if (num_options) {  /* MAX length int32 + 18 + 22 + 20 + 19 + 19 */
-		r = snprintf(features, sizeof(features), " %d%s%s%s%s%s", num_options,
+	if (num_options) {  /* MAX length int32 + 18 + 22 + 20 + 19 + 19 + 22 */
+		r = snprintf(features, sizeof(features), " %d%s%s%s%s%s%s", num_options,
 		(flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_IGNORE_CORRUPTION) ? " ignore_corruption" : "",
 		(flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_RESTART_ON_CORRUPTION) ? " restart_on_corruption" : "",
 		(flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_PANIC_ON_CORRUPTION) ? " panic_on_corruption" : "",
 		(flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_IGNORE_ZERO_BLOCKS) ? " ignore_zero_blocks" : "",
-		(flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE) ? " check_at_most_once" : "");
+		(flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE) ? " check_at_most_once" : "",
+		(flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS) ? " try_verify_in_tasklet" : "");
 		if (r < 0 || (size_t)r >= sizeof(features))
 			goto out;
 	} else
@@ -1705,6 +1711,12 @@ int dm_create_device(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name,
 		r = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (dmd->flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS &&
+	    !(dmt_flags & DM_VERITY_TASKLETS_SUPPORTED)) {
+		log_err(cd, _("Requested dm-verity tasklets option is not supported."));
+		r = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (dmd->flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_PANIC_ON_CORRUPTION &&
 	    !(dmt_flags & DM_VERITY_PANIC_CORRUPTION_SUPPORTED)) {
 		log_err(cd, _("Requested dm-verity data corruption handling options are not supported."));
@@ -2289,6 +2301,8 @@ static int _dm_target_query_verity(struct crypt_device *cd,
 				*act_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_IGNORE_ZERO_BLOCKS;
 			else if (!strcasecmp(arg, "check_at_most_once"))
 				*act_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE;
+			else if (!strcasecmp(arg, "try_verify_in_tasklet"))
+				*act_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS;
 			else if (!strcasecmp(arg, "use_fec_from_device")) {
 				str = strsep(&params, " ");
 				str2 = crypt_lookup_dev(str);
diff --git a/lib/utils_dm.h b/lib/utils_dm.h
index 3bde9f3e..284b8c37 100644
--- a/lib/utils_dm.h
+++ b/lib/utils_dm.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static inline uint32_t act2dmflags(uint32_t act_flags)
 #define DM_CRYPT_NO_WORKQUEUE_SUPPORTED (1 << 25) /* dm-crypt suppot for bypassing workqueues  */
 #define DM_INTEGRITY_FIX_HMAC_SUPPORTED (1 << 26) /* hmac covers also superblock */
 #define DM_INTEGRITY_RESET_RECALC_SUPPORTED (1 << 27) /* dm-integrity automatic recalculation supported */
+#define DM_VERITY_TASKLETS_SUPPORTED (1 << 28) /* dm-verity tasklets supported */
 
 typedef enum { DM_CRYPT = 0, DM_VERITY, DM_INTEGRITY, DM_LINEAR, DM_ERROR, DM_ZERO, DM_UNKNOWN } dm_target_type;
 enum tdirection { TARGET_EMPTY = 0, TARGET_SET, TARGET_QUERY };
diff --git a/man/veritysetup.8.adoc b/man/veritysetup.8.adoc
index 837e258d..36d15018 100644
--- a/man/veritysetup.8.adoc
+++ b/man/veritysetup.8.adoc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The <root_hash> is a hexadecimal string.
 
 *<options>* can be [--hash-offset, --no-superblock, --ignore-corruption
 or --restart-on-corruption, --panic-on-corruption, --ignore-zero-blocks,
---check-at-most-once, --root-hash-signature, --root-hash-file].
+--check-at-most-once, --root-hash-signature, --root-hash-file, --use-tasklets].
 
 If option --root-hash-file is used, the root hash is read from <path>
 instead of from the command line parameter. Expects hex-encoded text,
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ Path to root hash signature file used to verify the root hash (in
 kernel). This feature requires Linux kernel version 5.4 or more
 recent.
 
+*--use-tasklets*::
+Try to use kernel tasklets in dm-verity driver for performance reasons.
+This option is available since Linux kernel version 6.0.
+
 *--deferred*::
 Defers device removal in *close* command until the last user closes
 it.
diff --git a/src/utils_arg_names.h b/src/utils_arg_names.h
index 81b868cc..c174ecab 100644
--- a/src/utils_arg_names.h
+++ b/src/utils_arg_names.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 #define OPT_USE_FSYNC			"use-fsync"
 #define OPT_USE_RANDOM			"use-random"
 #define OPT_USE_URANDOM			"use-urandom"
+#define OPT_USE_TASKLETS		"use-tasklets"
 #define OPT_UUID			"uuid"
 #define OPT_VERACRYPT			"veracrypt"
 #define OPT_VERACRYPT_PIM		"veracrypt-pim"
diff --git a/src/veritysetup.c b/src/veritysetup.c
index 2d96bd65..88249efa 100644
--- a/src/veritysetup.c
+++ b/src/veritysetup.c
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ static int _activate(const char *dm_device,
 		activate_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_IGNORE_ZERO_BLOCKS;
 	if (ARG_SET(OPT_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE_ID))
 		activate_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE;
+	if (ARG_SET(OPT_USE_TASKLETS_ID))
+		activate_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS;
 
 	if (!ARG_SET(OPT_NO_SUPERBLOCK_ID)) {
 		params.flags = flags;
@@ -436,13 +438,15 @@ static int action_status(void)
 				 CRYPT_ACTIVATE_RESTART_ON_CORRUPTION|
 				 CRYPT_ACTIVATE_PANIC_ON_CORRUPTION|
 				 CRYPT_ACTIVATE_IGNORE_ZERO_BLOCKS|
-				 CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE))
-			log_std("  flags:       %s%s%s%s%s\n",
+				 CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE|
+				 CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS))
+			log_std("  flags:       %s%s%s%s%s%s\n",
 				(cad.flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_IGNORE_CORRUPTION) ? "ignore_corruption " : "",
 				(cad.flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_RESTART_ON_CORRUPTION) ? "restart_on_corruption " : "",
 				(cad.flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_PANIC_ON_CORRUPTION) ? "panic_on_corruption " : "",
 				(cad.flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_IGNORE_ZERO_BLOCKS) ? "ignore_zero_blocks " : "",
-				(cad.flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE) ? "check_at_most_once" : "");
+				(cad.flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_CHECK_AT_MOST_ONCE) ? "check_at_most_once" : "",
+				(cad.flags & CRYPT_ACTIVATE_TASKLETS) ? "try_verify_in_tasklet" : "");
 	}
 out:
 	crypt_free(cd);
diff --git a/src/veritysetup_arg_list.h b/src/veritysetup_arg_list.h
index 9e936c51..9b1f949a 100644
--- a/src/veritysetup_arg_list.h
+++ b/src/veritysetup_arg_list.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ ARG(OPT_ROOT_HASH_SIGNATURE, '\0', POPT_ARG_STRING, N_("Path to root hash signat
 
 ARG(OPT_SALT, 's', POPT_ARG_STRING, N_("Salt"), N_("hex string"), CRYPT_ARG_STRING, {}, {})
 
+ARG(OPT_USE_TASKLETS, '\0', POPT_ARG_NONE, N_("Use kernel tasklets for performance"), NULL, CRYPT_ARG_BOOL, {}, OPT_USE_TASKLETS_ACTIONS)
+
 ARG(OPT_UUID, '\0', POPT_ARG_STRING, N_("UUID for device to use"), NULL, CRYPT_ARG_STRING, {}, {})
 
 ARG(OPT_VERBOSE, 'v', POPT_ARG_NONE, N_("Shows more detailed error messages"), NULL, CRYPT_ARG_BOOL, {}, {})
diff --git a/src/veritysetup_args.h b/src/veritysetup_args.h
index 2d5aaf54..4c2c61c0 100644
--- a/src/veritysetup_args.h
+++ b/src/veritysetup_args.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define OPT_PANIC_ON_CORRUPTION_ACTIONS		{ OPEN_ACTION }
 #define OPT_ROOT_HASH_FILE_ACTIONS		{ FORMAT_ACTION, OPEN_ACTION, VERIFY_ACTION }
 #define OPT_ROOT_HASH_SIGNATURE_ACTIONS		{ OPEN_ACTION }
+#define OPT_USE_TASKLETS_ACTIONS		{ OPEN_ACTION }
 
 enum {
 OPT_UNUSED_ID = 0,
diff --git a/tests/verity-compat-test b/tests/verity-compat-test
index c3019768..f9bfdb46 100755
--- a/tests/verity-compat-test
+++ b/tests/verity-compat-test
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ if check_version 1 3; then
 	if check_version 1 7; then
 		check_option 512 $HASH $SALT 1 sha256 "--panic-on-corruption" "panic_on_corruption"
 	fi
+
+	if check_version 1 9; then
+		echo "Verity data performance options test."
+		check_option 512 $HASH $SALT 1 sha256 "--use-tasklets" "try_verify_in_tasklet"
+	fi
 fi
 
 echo "Veritysetup [hash-offset bigger than 2G works] "