diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index e2ead36e5be4229e784984fc79da69092065c151..2ede6f6e1484ef819a4ca89c0d788fbbb1ca821e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/bsearch.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
@@ -5480,6 +5481,30 @@ static int send_update_extent(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int send_fallocate(struct send_ctx *sctx, u32 mode, u64 offset, u64 len)
+{
+	struct fs_path *path;
+	int ret;
+
+	path = get_cur_inode_path(sctx);
+	if (IS_ERR(path))
+		return PTR_ERR(path);
+
+	ret = begin_cmd(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_C_FALLOCATE);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	TLV_PUT_PATH(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_PATH, path);
+	TLV_PUT_U32(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_FALLOCATE_MODE, mode);
+	TLV_PUT_U64(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_FILE_OFFSET, offset);
+	TLV_PUT_U64(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_SIZE, len);
+
+	ret = send_cmd(sctx);
+
+tlv_put_failure:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int send_hole(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 end)
 {
 	struct fs_path *p = NULL;
@@ -5487,6 +5512,14 @@ static int send_hole(struct send_ctx *sctx, u64 end)
 	u64 offset = sctx->cur_inode_last_extent;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Starting with send stream v2 we have fallocate and can use it to
+	 * punch holes instead of sending writes full of zeroes.
+	 */
+	if (proto_cmd_ok(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_C_FALLOCATE))
+		return send_fallocate(sctx, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
+				      offset, end - offset);
+
 	/*
 	 * A hole that starts at EOF or beyond it. Since we do not yet support
 	 * fallocate (for extent preallocation and hole punching), sending a