diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 9e7704e44f6d..1db9bbcfb84e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -473,3 +473,4 @@
 541	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 542	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 543	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+544	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
index aaf479a9e92d..81e6e1817c45 100644
--- a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
@@ -447,3 +447,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
index 70e6882853c0..e8f7d95a1481 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #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		434
+#define __NR_compat_syscalls		435
 #endif
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
index c39e90600bb3..7a3158ccd68e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
@@ -886,6 +886,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_fsconfig, sys_fsconfig)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fsmount, sys_fsmount)
 #define __NR_fspick 433
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fspick, sys_fspick)
+#define __NR_pidfd_open 434
+__SYSCALL(__NR_pidfd_open, sys_pidfd_open)
 
 /*
  * Please add new compat syscalls above this comment and update
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e01df3f2f80d..ecc44926737b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -354,3 +354,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 7e3d0734b2f3..9a3eb2558568 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -433,3 +433,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 26339e417695..ad706f83c755 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -439,3 +439,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
index 0e2dd68ade57..97035e19ad03 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
@@ -372,3 +372,4 @@
 431	n32	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	n32	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	n32	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	n32	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
index 5eebfa0d155c..d7292722d3b0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
@@ -348,3 +348,4 @@
 431	n64	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	n64	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	n64	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	n64	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
index 3cc1374e02d0..dba084c92f14 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
@@ -421,3 +421,4 @@
 431	o32	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	o32	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	o32	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	o32	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index c9e377d59232..5022b9e179c2 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -430,3 +430,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 103655d84b4b..f2c3bda2d39f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -515,3 +515,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e822b2964a83..6ebacfeaf853 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -436,3 +436,4 @@
 431  common	fsconfig		sys_fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432  common	fsmount			sys_fsmount			sys_fsmount
 433  common	fspick			sys_fspick			sys_fspick
+434  common	pidfd_open		sys_pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 016a727d4357..834c9c7d79fa 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -436,3 +436,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e047480b1605..c58e71f21129 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -479,3 +479,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index ad968b7bac72..43e4429a5272 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -438,3 +438,4 @@
 431	i386	fsconfig		sys_fsconfig			__ia32_sys_fsconfig
 432	i386	fsmount			sys_fsmount			__ia32_sys_fsmount
 433	i386	fspick			sys_fspick			__ia32_sys_fspick
+434	i386	pidfd_open		sys_pidfd_open			__ia32_sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index b4e6f9e6204a..1bee0a77fdd3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
 431	common	fsconfig		__x64_sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount			__x64_sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick			__x64_sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open		__x64_sys_pidfd_open
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 5fa0ee1c8e00..782b81945ccc 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -404,3 +404,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	pidfd_open			sys_pidfd_open
diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index 3c8ef5a199ca..c938a92eab99 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct pid
 extern struct pid init_struct_pid;
 
 extern const struct file_operations pidfd_fops;
+extern int pidfd_create(struct pid *pid);
 
 static inline struct pid *get_pid(struct pid *pid)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index e2870fe1be5b..989055e0b501 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_clock_adjtime32(clockid_t which_clock,
 				struct old_timex32 __user *tx);
 asmlinkage long sys_syncfs(int fd);
 asmlinkage long sys_setns(int fd, int nstype);
+asmlinkage long sys_pidfd_open(pid_t pid, unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_sendmmsg(int fd, struct mmsghdr __user *msg,
 			     unsigned int vlen, unsigned flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_process_vm_readv(pid_t pid,
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index a87904daf103..e5684a4512c0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -844,9 +844,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_fsconfig, sys_fsconfig)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fsmount, sys_fsmount)
 #define __NR_fspick 433
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fspick, sys_fspick)
+#define __NR_pidfd_open 434
+__SYSCALL(__NR_pidfd_open, sys_pidfd_open)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 434
+#define __NR_syscalls 435
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b4cba953040a..c3df226f47a1 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ const struct file_operations pidfd_fops = {
  * Return: On success, a cloexec pidfd is returned.
  *         On error, a negative errno number will be returned.
  */
-static int pidfd_create(struct pid *pid)
+int pidfd_create(struct pid *pid)
 {
 	int fd;
 
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 89548d35eefb..8fc9d94f6ac1 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/proc_ns.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 
@@ -450,6 +451,48 @@ struct pid *find_ge_pid(int nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
 	return idr_get_next(&ns->idr, &nr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * pidfd_open() - Open new pid file descriptor.
+ *
+ * @pid:   pid for which to retrieve a pidfd
+ * @flags: flags to pass
+ *
+ * This creates a new pid file descriptor with the O_CLOEXEC flag set for
+ * the process identified by @pid. Currently, the process identified by
+ * @pid must be a thread-group leader. This restriction currently exists
+ * for all aspects of pidfds including pidfd creation (CLONE_PIDFD cannot
+ * be used with CLONE_THREAD) and pidfd polling (only supports thread group
+ * leaders).
+ *
+ * Return: On success, a cloexec pidfd is returned.
+ *         On error, a negative errno number will be returned.
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pidfd_open, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	int fd, ret;
+	struct pid *p;
+
+	if (flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (pid <= 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	p = find_get_pid(pid);
+	if (!p)
+		return -ESRCH;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!pid_task(p, PIDTYPE_TGID))
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	fd = ret ?: pidfd_create(p);
+	put_pid(p);
+	return fd;
+}
+
 void __init pid_idr_init(void)
 {
 	/* Verify no one has done anything silly: */
