diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index c8dacb4dda80..2c3e07addd38 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -169,4 +169,10 @@ config SAMPLE_VFS
 	  as mount API and statx().  Note that this is restricted to the x86
 	  arch whilst it accesses system calls that aren't yet in all arches.
 
+config SAMPLE_WATCH_QUEUE
+	bool "Build example /dev/watch_queue notification consumer"
+	help
+	  Build example userspace program to use the new mount_notify(),
+	  sb_notify() syscalls and the KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY keyctl() function.
+
 endif # SAMPLES
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index 7d6e4ca28d69..a61a39047d02 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_PRINTK)	+= trace_printk/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_PCI_SKELETON)	+= v4l/
 obj-y					+= vfio-mdev/
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFS)		+= vfs
+subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_WATCH_QUEUE)	+= watch_queue
diff --git a/samples/watch_queue/Makefile b/samples/watch_queue/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ee61e3ca8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/watch_queue/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# List of programs to build
+hostprogs-y := watch_test
+
+# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
+
+HOSTCFLAGS_watch_test.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
+HOSTLDLIBS_watch_test += -lkeyutils
diff --git a/samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c b/samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ecc191174b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/watch_queue/watch_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Use /dev/watch_queue to watch for notifications.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <linux/watch_queue.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/keyctl.h>
+
+#ifndef KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY
+#define KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY -1
+#endif
+#ifndef __NR_watch_devices
+#define __NR_watch_devices -1
+#endif
+
+#define BUF_SIZE 4
+
+static long keyctl_watch_key(int key, int watch_fd, int watch_id)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_keyctl, KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY, key, watch_fd, watch_id);
+}
+
+static const char *key_subtypes[256] = {
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_INSTANTIATED]	= "instantiated",
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_UPDATED]		= "updated",
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_LINKED]		= "linked",
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_UNLINKED]		= "unlinked",
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_CLEARED]		= "cleared",
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_REVOKED]		= "revoked",
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_INVALIDATED]	= "invalidated",
+	[NOTIFY_KEY_SETATTR]		= "setattr",
+};
+
+static void saw_key_change(struct watch_notification *n)
+{
+	struct key_notification *k = (struct key_notification *)n;
+	unsigned int len = (n->info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH) >> WATCH_INFO_LENGTH__SHIFT;
+
+	if (len != sizeof(struct key_notification) / WATCH_LENGTH_GRANULARITY)
+		return;
+
+	printf("KEY %08x change=%u[%s] aux=%u\n",
+	       k->key_id, n->subtype, key_subtypes[n->subtype], k->aux);
+}
+
+static const char *block_subtypes[256] = {
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_TIMEOUT]			= "timeout",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_NO_SPACE]			= "critical space allocation",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_RECOVERABLE_TRANSPORT]	= "recoverable transport",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_TARGET]		= "critical target",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_NEXUS]		= "critical nexus",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_CRITICAL_MEDIUM]		= "critical medium",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_PROTECTION]			= "protection",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_KERNEL_RESOURCE]		= "kernel resource",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_DEVICE_RESOURCE]		= "device resource",
+	[NOTIFY_BLOCK_ERROR_IO]				= "I/O",
+};
+
+static void saw_block_change(struct watch_notification *n)
+{
+	struct block_notification *b = (struct block_notification *)n;
+	unsigned int len = (n->info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH) >> WATCH_INFO_LENGTH__SHIFT;
+
+	if (len < sizeof(struct block_notification) / WATCH_LENGTH_GRANULARITY)
+		return;
+
+	printf("BLOCK %08llx e=%u[%s] s=%llx\n",
+	       (unsigned long long)b->dev,
+	       n->subtype, block_subtypes[n->subtype],
+	       (unsigned long long)b->sector);
+}
+
+static const char *usb_subtypes[256] = {
+	[NOTIFY_USB_DEVICE_ADD]		= "dev-add",
+	[NOTIFY_USB_DEVICE_REMOVE]	= "dev-remove",
+	[NOTIFY_USB_DEVICE_RESET]	= "dev-reset",
+	[NOTIFY_USB_DEVICE_ERROR]	= "dev-error",
+};
+
+static void saw_usb_event(struct watch_notification *n)
+{
+	struct usb_notification *u = (struct usb_notification *)n;
+	unsigned int len = (n->info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH) >> WATCH_INFO_LENGTH__SHIFT;
+
+	if (len < sizeof(struct usb_notification) / WATCH_LENGTH_GRANULARITY)
+		return;
+
+	printf("USB %*.*s %s e=%x r=%x\n",
+	       u->name_len, u->name_len, u->name,
+	       usb_subtypes[n->subtype],
+	       u->error, u->reserved);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Consume and display events.
+ */
+static int consumer(int fd, struct watch_queue_buffer *buf)
+{
+	struct watch_notification *n;
+	struct pollfd p[1];
+	unsigned int head, tail, mask = buf->meta.mask;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		p[0].fd = fd;
+		p[0].events = POLLIN | POLLERR;
+		p[0].revents = 0;
+
+		if (poll(p, 1, -1) == -1) {
+			perror("poll");
+			break;
+		}
+
+		printf("ptrs h=%x t=%x m=%x\n",
+		       buf->meta.head, buf->meta.tail, buf->meta.mask);
+
+		while (head = __atomic_load_n(&buf->meta.head, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE),
+		       tail = buf->meta.tail,
+		       tail != head
+		       ) {
+			n = &buf->slots[tail & mask];
+			printf("NOTIFY[%08x-%08x] ty=%04x sy=%04x i=%08x\n",
+			       head, tail, n->type, n->subtype, n->info);
+			if ((n->info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH) == 0)
+				goto out;
+
+			switch (n->type) {
+			case WATCH_TYPE_META:
+				if (n->subtype == WATCH_META_REMOVAL_NOTIFICATION)
+					printf("REMOVAL of watchpoint %08x\n",
+					       (n->info & WATCH_INFO_ID) >>
+					       WATCH_INFO_ID__SHIFT);
+				break;
+			case WATCH_TYPE_KEY_NOTIFY:
+				saw_key_change(n);
+				break;
+			case WATCH_TYPE_BLOCK_NOTIFY:
+				saw_block_change(n);
+				break;
+			case WATCH_TYPE_USB_NOTIFY:
+				saw_usb_event(n);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			tail += (n->info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH) >> WATCH_INFO_LENGTH__SHIFT;
+			__atomic_store_n(&buf->meta.tail, tail, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct watch_notification_filter filter = {
+	.nr_filters	= 3,
+	.__reserved	= 0,
+	.filters = {
+		[0]	= {
+			.type			= WATCH_TYPE_KEY_NOTIFY,
+			.subtype_filter[0]	= UINT_MAX,
+		},
+		[1]	= {
+			.type			= WATCH_TYPE_BLOCK_NOTIFY,
+			.subtype_filter[0]	= UINT_MAX,
+		},
+		[2]	= {
+			.type			= WATCH_TYPE_USB_NOTIFY,
+			.subtype_filter[0]	= UINT_MAX,
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct watch_queue_buffer *buf;
+	size_t page_size;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = open("/dev/watch_queue", O_RDWR);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		perror("/dev/watch_queue");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (ioctl(fd, IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_SIZE, BUF_SIZE) == -1) {
+		perror("/dev/watch_queue(size)");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (ioctl(fd, IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_FILTER, &filter) == -1) {
+		perror("/dev/watch_queue(filter)");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+	buf = mmap(NULL, BUF_SIZE * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+		   MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if (buf == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (keyctl_watch_key(KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, fd, 0x01) == -1) {
+		perror("keyctl");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (syscall(__NR_watch_devices, fd, 0x04, 0) == -1) {
+		perror("watch_devices");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	return consumer(fd, buf);
+}
