diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index f5f4869de0d7..55c8c64fe992 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -806,6 +806,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_timerfd_settime(int ufd, int flags,
 asmlinkage long sys_timerfd_gettime(int ufd, struct itimerspec __user *otmr);
 asmlinkage long sys_eventfd(unsigned int count);
 asmlinkage long sys_eventfd2(unsigned int count, int flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_memfd_create(const char __user *uname_ptr, unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_fallocate(int fd, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len);
 asmlinkage long sys_old_readdir(unsigned int, struct old_linux_dirent __user *, unsigned int);
 asmlinkage long sys_pselect6(int, fd_set __user *, fd_set __user *,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/memfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/memfd.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..534e364bda92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/memfd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_MEMFD_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_MEMFD_H
+
+/* flags for memfd_create(2) (unsigned int) */
+#define MFD_CLOEXEC		0x0001U
+#define MFD_ALLOW_SEALING	0x0002U
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMFD_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 7e7fc0a082c4..9c37e7a20436 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ cond_syscall(compat_sys_timerfd_settime);
 cond_syscall(compat_sys_timerfd_gettime);
 cond_syscall(sys_eventfd);
 cond_syscall(sys_eventfd2);
+cond_syscall(sys_memfd_create);
 
 /* performance counters: */
 cond_syscall(sys_perf_event_open);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index db0ee23867b8..11061a25ad0c 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ static struct vfsmount *shm_mnt;
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/memfd.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -2672,6 +2674,77 @@ static int shmem_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
 	shmem_show_mpol(seq, sbinfo->mpol);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+#define MFD_NAME_PREFIX "memfd:"
+#define MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(MFD_NAME_PREFIX) - 1)
+#define MFD_NAME_MAX_LEN (NAME_MAX - MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN)
+
+#define MFD_ALL_FLAGS (MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING)
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(memfd_create,
+		const char __user *, uname,
+		unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	struct shmem_inode_info *info;
+	struct file *file;
+	int fd, error;
+	char *name;
+	long len;
+
+	if (flags & ~(unsigned int)MFD_ALL_FLAGS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* length includes terminating zero */
+	len = strnlen_user(uname, MFD_NAME_MAX_LEN + 1);
+	if (len <= 0)
+		return -EFAULT;
+	if (len > MFD_NAME_MAX_LEN + 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name = kmalloc(len + MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN, GFP_TEMPORARY);
+	if (!name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	strcpy(name, MFD_NAME_PREFIX);
+	if (copy_from_user(&name[MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN], uname, len)) {
+		error = -EFAULT;
+		goto err_name;
+	}
+
+	/* terminating-zero may have changed after strnlen_user() returned */
+	if (name[len + MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN - 1]) {
+		error = -EFAULT;
+		goto err_name;
+	}
+
+	fd = get_unused_fd_flags((flags & MFD_CLOEXEC) ? O_CLOEXEC : 0);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		error = fd;
+		goto err_name;
+	}
+
+	file = shmem_file_setup(name, 0, VM_NORESERVE);
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		error = PTR_ERR(file);
+		goto err_fd;
+	}
+	info = SHMEM_I(file_inode(file));
+	file->f_mode |= FMODE_LSEEK | FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE;
+	file->f_flags |= O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE;
+	if (flags & MFD_ALLOW_SEALING)
+		info->seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL;
+
+	fd_install(fd, file);
+	kfree(name);
+	return fd;
+
+err_fd:
+	put_unused_fd(fd);
+err_name:
+	kfree(name);
+	return error;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_TMPFS */
 
 static void shmem_put_super(struct super_block *sb)