diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst
index eb9475d7e196..9e9d4b8157c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ root_hash_sig_key_desc <key_description>
     also gain new certificates at run time if they are signed by a certificate
     already in the secondary trusted keyring.
 
+    Whether a signature is required for every dm-verity device is controlled by
+    the dm_verity.require_signatures parameter which defaults to off. Setting
+    DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_FORCE makes it default to on in which case it
+    can no longer be turned off.
+
 try_verify_in_tasklet
     If verity hashes are in cache and the IO size does not exceed the limit,
     verify data blocks in bottom half instead of workqueue. This option can
diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index df27c7d066d2..9a90e81817c7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -610,6 +610,20 @@ config DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_FORCE
+	bool "Require dm-verity root hash signature verification"
+	depends on DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG
+	help
+	  Reject dm-verity devices that are created without a valid root hash
+	  signature.  Without this, whether a signature is required is decided
+	  at boot time by the dm_verity.require_signatures parameter which
+	  defaults to off.
+
+	  Enabling this makes that parameter default to on and it can then no
+	  longer be turned off.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config DM_VERITY_FEC
 	bool "Verity forward error correction support"
 	depends on DM_VERITY
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
index b2b55c41e2cb..aadcf5e4a47c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ static bool dm_verity_keyring_unsealed __ro_after_init;
 module_param_named(keyring_unsealed, dm_verity_keyring_unsealed, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(keyring_unsealed, "Leave the dm-verity keyring unsealed");
 
-static bool require_signatures;
-module_param(require_signatures, bool, 0444);
+static bool require_signatures = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_FORCE);
+module_param(require_signatures, bool_enable_only, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(require_signatures,
 		"Verify the roothash of dm-verity hash tree");