diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
index 86a9d7b3eabe..949788f5ba40 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define __ARM_NR_compat_set_tls		(__ARM_NR_COMPAT_BASE + 5)
 #define __ARM_NR_COMPAT_END		(__ARM_NR_COMPAT_BASE + 0x800)
 
-#define __NR_compat_syscalls		442
+#define __NR_compat_syscalls		443
 #endif
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
index 6c1dcca067e0..c71c3fe0b6cd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
@@ -891,6 +891,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_faccessat2, sys_faccessat2)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_process_madvise, sys_process_madvise)
 #define __NR_watch_mount 441
 __SYSCALL(__NR_watch_mount, sys_watch_mount)
+#define __NR_memfd_secret 442
+__SYSCALL(__NR_memfd_secret, sys_memfd_secret)
 
 /*
  * Please add new compat syscalls above this comment and update
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index f83a70e07df8..ce2ee8f1e361 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SET_GET_RLIMIT
 #define __ARCH_WANT_TIME32_SYSCALLS
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE3
+#define __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
 
 #include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 977ee6181dab..6c316093a1e5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
+#define __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
 
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index c52ab1c4a755..109e6681b8fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -446,3 +446,4 @@
 439	i386	faccessat2		sys_faccessat2
 440	i386	process_madvise		sys_process_madvise
 441	i386	watch_mount		sys_watch_mount
+442	i386	memfd_secret		sys_memfd_secret
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index f3270a9ef467..742cf17d7725 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@
 439	common	faccessat2		sys_faccessat2
 440	common	process_madvise		sys_process_madvise
 441	common	watch_mount		sys_watch_mount
+442	common	memfd_secret		sys_memfd_secret
 
 #
 # Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 6d55324363ab..f9d93fbf9b69 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig,
 asmlinkage long sys_pidfd_getfd(int pidfd, int fd, unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_watch_mount(int dfd, const char __user *path,
 				unsigned int at_flags, int watch_fd, int watch_id);
+asmlinkage long sys_memfd_secret(unsigned long flags);
 
 /*
  * Architecture-specific system calls
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 5df46517260e..51151888f330 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -861,9 +861,13 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_faccessat2, sys_faccessat2)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_process_madvise, sys_process_madvise)
 #define __NR_watch_mount 441
 __SYSCALL(__NR_watch_mount, sys_watch_mount)
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
+#define __NR_memfd_secret 442
+__SYSCALL(__NR_memfd_secret, sys_memfd_secret)
+#endif
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 442
+#define __NR_syscalls 443
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
diff --git a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
index a18b47695f55..b7609958ee36 100755
--- a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
+++ b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ cat << EOF
 #define __IGNORE_setrlimit	/* setrlimit */
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
+#define __IGNORE_memfd_secret
+#endif
+
 /* Missing flags argument */
 #define __IGNORE_renameat	/* renameat2 */
 
