diff --git a/include/linux/ipc.h b/include/linux/ipc.h
index 408696ea5189..b8826107b518 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc.h
@@ -100,58 +100,6 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm
 	void		*security;
 };
 
-struct ipc_ids;
-struct ipc_namespace {
-	struct kref	kref;
-	struct ipc_ids	*ids[3];
-
-	int		sem_ctls[4];
-	int		used_sems;
-
-	int		msg_ctlmax;
-	int		msg_ctlmnb;
-	int		msg_ctlmni;
-	atomic_t	msg_bytes;
-	atomic_t	msg_hdrs;
-
-	size_t		shm_ctlmax;
-	size_t		shm_ctlall;
-	int		shm_ctlmni;
-	int		shm_tot;
-};
-
-extern struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
-#define INIT_IPC_NS(ns)		.ns		= &init_ipc_ns,
-extern void free_ipc_ns(struct kref *kref);
-extern struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
-						struct ipc_namespace *ns);
-#else
-#define INIT_IPC_NS(ns)
-static inline struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
-						struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-	return ns;
-}
-#endif
-
-static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
-	if (ns)
-		kref_get(&ns->kref);
-#endif
-	return ns;
-}
-
-static inline void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
-	kref_put(&ns->kref, free_ipc_ns);
-#endif
-}
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_IPC_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a491fc9dd231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#ifndef __IPC_NAMESPACE_H__
+#define __IPC_NAMESPACE_H__
+
+#include <linux/err.h>
+
+struct ipc_ids;
+struct ipc_namespace {
+	struct kref	kref;
+	struct ipc_ids	*ids[3];
+
+	int		sem_ctls[4];
+	int		used_sems;
+
+	int		msg_ctlmax;
+	int		msg_ctlmnb;
+	int		msg_ctlmni;
+	atomic_t	msg_bytes;
+	atomic_t	msg_hdrs;
+
+	size_t		shm_ctlmax;
+	size_t		shm_ctlall;
+	int		shm_ctlmni;
+	int		shm_tot;
+};
+
+extern struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
+#define INIT_IPC_NS(ns)		.ns		= &init_ipc_ns,
+#else
+#define INIT_IPC_NS(ns)
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSVIPC) && defined(CONFIG_IPC_NS)
+extern void free_ipc_ns(struct kref *kref);
+extern struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
+						struct ipc_namespace *ns);
+
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	if (ns)
+		kref_get(&ns->kref);
+	return ns;
+}
+
+static inline void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	kref_put(&ns->kref, free_ipc_ns);
+}
+#else
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
+		struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	if (flags & CLONE_NEWIPC)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	return ns;
+}
+
+static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	return ns;
+}
+
+static inline void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index fef641af78c2..47879a874966 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -436,6 +436,13 @@ config UTS_NS
 	  In this namespace tasks see different info provided with the
 	  uname() system call
 
+config IPC_NS
+	bool "IPC namespace"
+	depends on NAMESPACES && SYSVIPC
+	help
+	  In this namespace tasks work with IPC ids which correspond to
+	  different IPC objects in different namespaces
+
 config BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	bool "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support"
 	depends on BROKEN || !FRV
diff --git a/ipc/Makefile b/ipc/Makefile
index b93bba6652f1..5fc5e33ea047 100644
--- a/ipc/Makefile
+++ b/ipc/Makefile
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC) += util.o msgutil.o msg.o sem.o shm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSVIPC_SYSCTL) += ipc_sysctl.o
 obj_mq-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat_mq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE) += mqueue.o msgutil.o $(obj_mq-y)
+obj-$(CONFIG_IPC_NS) += namespace.o
 
diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
index 79e24e878c1e..7f4235bed51b 100644
--- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
+++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 
 static void *get_ipc(ctl_table *table)
 {
diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index ec0c724054b9..5879bfeb79ca 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ static void __msg_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids)
 	ipc_init_ids(ids);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
 int msg_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct ipc_ids *ids;
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ void msg_exit_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	kfree(ns->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS]);
 	ns->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS] = NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 void __init msg_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cef1139e6c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * linux/ipc/namespace.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> OpenVZ, SWsoft Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/ipc.h>
+#include <linux/msg.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include "util.h"
+
+static struct ipc_namespace *clone_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *old_ns)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ipc_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ns == NULL)
+		goto err_mem;
+
+	err = sem_init_ns(ns);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_sem;
+	err = msg_init_ns(ns);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_msg;
+	err = shm_init_ns(ns);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_shm;
+
+	kref_init(&ns->kref);
+	return ns;
+
+err_shm:
+	msg_exit_ns(ns);
+err_msg:
+	sem_exit_ns(ns);
+err_sem:
+	kfree(ns);
+err_mem:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags, struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	struct ipc_namespace *new_ns;
+
+	BUG_ON(!ns);
+	get_ipc_ns(ns);
+
+	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWIPC))
+		return ns;
+
+	new_ns = clone_ipc_ns(ns);
+
+	put_ipc_ns(ns);
+	return new_ns;
+}
+
+void free_ipc_ns(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
+
+	ns = container_of(kref, struct ipc_namespace, kref);
+	sem_exit_ns(ns);
+	msg_exit_ns(ns);
+	shm_exit_ns(ns);
+	kfree(ns);
+}
diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index d65e285b7e30..84c701fe5004 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "util.h"
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ static void __sem_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids)
 	ipc_init_ids(ids);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
 int sem_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct ipc_ids *ids;
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ void sem_exit_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	kfree(ns->ids[IPC_SEM_IDS]);
 	ns->ids[IPC_SEM_IDS] = NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 void __init sem_init (void)
 {
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 65c3a294aba5..07f4b7abc80a 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ static void do_shm_rmid(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *shp)
 		shm_destroy(ns, shp);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
 int shm_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct ipc_ids *ids;
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ void shm_exit_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 	kfree(ns->ids[IPC_SHM_IDS]);
 	ns->ids[IPC_SHM_IDS] = NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 void __init shm_init (void)
 {
diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c
index 76c1f3461e22..5432b8e34c9b 100644
--- a/ipc/util.c
+++ b/ipc/util.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
@@ -51,66 +52,6 @@ struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns = {
 	},
 };
 
-static struct ipc_namespace *clone_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *old_ns)
-{
-	int err;
-	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
-
-	err = -ENOMEM;
-	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ipc_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (ns == NULL)
-		goto err_mem;
-
-	err = sem_init_ns(ns);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_sem;
-	err = msg_init_ns(ns);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_msg;
-	err = shm_init_ns(ns);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_shm;
-
-	kref_init(&ns->kref);
-	return ns;
-
-err_shm:
-	msg_exit_ns(ns);
-err_msg:
-	sem_exit_ns(ns);
-err_sem:
-	kfree(ns);
-err_mem:
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-
-struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags, struct ipc_namespace *ns)
-{
-	struct ipc_namespace *new_ns;
-
-	BUG_ON(!ns);
-	get_ipc_ns(ns);
-
-	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWIPC))
-		return ns;
-
-	new_ns = clone_ipc_ns(ns);
-
-	put_ipc_ns(ns);
-	return new_ns;
-}
-
-void free_ipc_ns(struct kref *kref)
-{
-	struct ipc_namespace *ns;
-
-	ns = container_of(kref, struct ipc_namespace, kref);
-	sem_exit_ns(ns);
-	msg_exit_ns(ns);
-	shm_exit_ns(ns);
-	kfree(ns);
-}
-
 /**
  *	ipc_init	-	initialise IPC subsystem
  *
diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index 9ffea40457ce..fc6b7294f764 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ void sem_init (void);
 void msg_init (void);
 void shm_init (void);
 
+struct ipc_namespace;
+
 int sem_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 int msg_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 int shm_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index 79f871bc0ef4..f5d332cf8c63 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 
 static struct kmem_cache *nsproxy_cachep;