diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index bdb193afe176..90c12c591168 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
 			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
 			trust validation.
-			format: id:<keyid>
+			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
 
 	ccw_timeout_log [S390]
 			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
index d376195e1d08..927ce755ff67 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "public_key.h"
 #include "x509_parser.h"
 
+static bool use_builtin_keys;
 static char *ca_keyid;
 
 #ifndef MODULE
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ static int __init ca_keys_setup(char *str)
 
 	if (strncmp(str, "id:", 3) == 0)
 		ca_keyid = str;	/* owner key 'id:xxxxxx' */
+	else if (strcmp(str, "builtin") == 0)
+		use_builtin_keys = true;
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -180,7 +183,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x509_check_signature);
 static int x509_validate_trust(struct x509_certificate *cert,
 			       struct key *trust_keyring)
 {
-	const struct public_key *pk;
 	struct key *key;
 	int ret = 1;
 
@@ -195,8 +197,9 @@ static int x509_validate_trust(struct x509_certificate *cert,
 					  cert->authority,
 					  strlen(cert->authority));
 	if (!IS_ERR(key))  {
-		pk = key->payload.data;
-		ret = x509_check_signature(pk, cert);
+		if (!use_builtin_keys
+		    || test_bit(KEY_FLAG_BUILTIN, &key->flags))
+			ret = x509_check_signature(key->payload.data, cert);
 		key_put(key);
 	}
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index 017b0826642f..65316f7ae794 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ struct key {
 #define KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED	7	/* set if key has been invalidated */
 #define KEY_FLAG_TRUSTED	8	/* set if key is trusted */
 #define KEY_FLAG_TRUSTED_ONLY	9	/* set if keyring only accepts links to trusted keys */
+#define KEY_FLAG_BUILTIN	10	/* set if key is builtin */
 
 	/* the key type and key description string
 	 * - the desc is used to match a key against search criteria
diff --git a/kernel/system_keyring.c b/kernel/system_keyring.c
index 52ebc70263f4..875f64e8935b 100644
--- a/kernel/system_keyring.c
+++ b/kernel/system_keyring.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static __init int load_system_certificate_list(void)
 			pr_err("Problem loading in-kernel X.509 certificate (%ld)\n",
 			       PTR_ERR(key));
 		} else {
+			set_bit(KEY_FLAG_BUILTIN, &key_ref_to_ptr(key)->flags);
 			pr_notice("Loaded X.509 cert '%s'\n",
 				  key_ref_to_ptr(key)->description);
 			key_ref_put(key);