diff --git a/fs/pidfs.c b/fs/pidfs.c
index dbb9d854d1c5..957284e8b2dd 100644
--- a/fs/pidfs.c
+++ b/fs/pidfs.c
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/proc_ns.h>
 #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/pidfd.h>
+#include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/time_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "mount.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /**
@@ -108,11 +114,97 @@ static __poll_t pidfd_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *pts)
 	return poll_flags;
 }
 
+static long pidfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct task_struct *task __free(put_task) = NULL;
+	struct nsproxy *nsp __free(put_nsproxy) = NULL;
+	struct user_namespace *user_ns = NULL;
+	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns = NULL;
+	struct pid *pid = pidfd_pid(file);
+	struct ns_common *ns_common;
+
+	if (arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	task = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+	if (!task)
+		return -ESRCH;
+
+	scoped_guard(task_lock, task) {
+		nsp = task->nsproxy;
+		if (nsp)
+			get_nsproxy(nsp);
+	}
+	if (!nsp)
+		return -ESRCH; /* just pretend it didn't exist */
+
+	/*
+	 * We're trying to open a file descriptor to the namespace so perform a
+	 * filesystem cred ptrace check. Also, we mirror nsfs behavior.
+	 */
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS))
+		return -EACCES;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case PIDFD_GET_CGROUP_NAMESPACE:
+		get_cgroup_ns(nsp->cgroup_ns);
+		ns_common = &nsp->cgroup_ns->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_IPC_NAMESPACE:
+		get_ipc_ns(nsp->ipc_ns);
+		ns_common = &nsp->ipc_ns->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_MNT_NAMESPACE:
+		get_mnt_ns(nsp->mnt_ns);
+		ns_common = &nsp->mnt_ns->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_NET_NAMESPACE:
+		ns_common = &nsp->net_ns->ns;
+		get_net_ns(ns_common);
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_PID_NAMESPACE:
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		pid_ns = get_pid_ns(task_active_pid_ns(task));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		ns_common = &pid_ns->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_PID_FOR_CHILDREN_NAMESPACE:
+		get_pid_ns(nsp->pid_ns_for_children);
+		ns_common = &nsp->pid_ns_for_children->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_TIME_NAMESPACE:
+		get_time_ns(nsp->time_ns);
+		ns_common = &nsp->time_ns->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_TIME_FOR_CHILDREN_NAMESPACE:
+		get_time_ns(nsp->time_ns_for_children);
+		ns_common = &nsp->time_ns_for_children->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_USER_NAMESPACE:
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		user_ns = get_user_ns(task_cred_xxx(task, user_ns));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		ns_common = &user_ns->ns;
+		break;
+	case PIDFD_GET_UTS_NAMESPACE:
+		get_uts_ns(nsp->uts_ns);
+		ns_common = &nsp->uts_ns->ns;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+	}
+
+	/* open_namespace() unconditionally consumes the reference */
+	return open_namespace(ns_common);
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations pidfs_file_operations = {
 	.poll		= pidfd_poll,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	.show_fdinfo	= pidfd_show_fdinfo,
 #endif
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= pidfd_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl   = compat_ptr_ioctl,
 };
 
 struct pid *pidfd_pid(const struct file *file)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h
index 72ec000a97cd..565fc0629fff 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
 
 /* Flags for pidfd_open().  */
 #define PIDFD_NONBLOCK	O_NONBLOCK
@@ -15,4 +16,17 @@
 #define PIDFD_SIGNAL_THREAD_GROUP	(1UL << 1)
 #define PIDFD_SIGNAL_PROCESS_GROUP	(1UL << 2)
 
+#define PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC 0xFF
+
+#define PIDFD_GET_CGROUP_NAMESPACE            _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 1)
+#define PIDFD_GET_IPC_NAMESPACE               _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 2)
+#define PIDFD_GET_MNT_NAMESPACE               _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 3)
+#define PIDFD_GET_NET_NAMESPACE               _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 4)
+#define PIDFD_GET_PID_NAMESPACE               _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 5)
+#define PIDFD_GET_PID_FOR_CHILDREN_NAMESPACE  _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 6)
+#define PIDFD_GET_TIME_NAMESPACE              _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 7)
+#define PIDFD_GET_TIME_FOR_CHILDREN_NAMESPACE _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 8)
+#define PIDFD_GET_USER_NAMESPACE              _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 9)
+#define PIDFD_GET_UTS_NAMESPACE               _IO(PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 10)
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_PIDFD_H */
