diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 739891b94136..ff310613ae64 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@
 
 #define SO_RCVMARK		75
 
+#define SO_PASSPIDFD		76
+
 #if !defined(__KERNEL__)
 
 #if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 18f3d95ecfec..762dcb80e4ec 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@
 
 #define SO_RCVMARK		75
 
+#define SO_PASSPIDFD		76
+
 #if !defined(__KERNEL__)
 
 #if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index f486d3dfb6bb..df16a3e16d64 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@
 
 #define SO_RCVMARK		0x4049
 
+#define SO_PASSPIDFD		0x404A
+
 #if !defined(__KERNEL__)
 
 #if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 2fda57a3ea86..6e2847804fea 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
 
 #define SO_RCVMARK               0x0054
 
+#define SO_PASSPIDFD             0x0055
+
 #if !defined(__KERNEL__)
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index b73ad8e3c212..c234dfbe7a30 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct net;
 #define SOCK_PASSSEC		4
 #define SOCK_SUPPORT_ZC		5
 #define SOCK_CUSTOM_SOCKOPT	6
+#define SOCK_PASSPIDFD		7
 
 #ifndef ARCH_HAS_SOCKET_TYPES
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index 13c3a237b9c9..6bf90f251910 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static inline size_t msg_data_left(struct msghdr *msg)
 #define	SCM_RIGHTS	0x01		/* rw: access rights (array of int) */
 #define SCM_CREDENTIALS 0x02		/* rw: struct ucred		*/
 #define SCM_SECURITY	0x03		/* rw: security label		*/
+#define SCM_PIDFD	0x04		/* ro: pidfd (int)		*/
 
 struct ucred {
 	__u32	pid;
diff --git a/include/net/scm.h b/include/net/scm.h
index 585adc1346bd..13b188422370 100644
--- a/include/net/scm.h
+++ b/include/net/scm.h
@@ -120,12 +120,46 @@ static inline bool scm_has_secdata(struct socket *sock)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK */
 
+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_UNIX)
+static __inline__ void scm_pidfd_recv(struct msghdr *msg, struct scm_cookie *scm)
+{
+	struct file *pidfd_file = NULL;
+	int pidfd;
+
+	/*
+	 * put_cmsg() doesn't return an error if CMSG is truncated,
+	 * that's why we need to opencode these checks here.
+	 */
+	if ((msg->msg_controllen <= sizeof(struct cmsghdr)) ||
+	    (msg->msg_controllen - sizeof(struct cmsghdr)) < sizeof(int)) {
+		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_CTRUNC;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!scm->pid);
+	pidfd = pidfd_prepare(scm->pid, 0, &pidfd_file);
+
+	if (put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_PIDFD, sizeof(int), &pidfd)) {
+		if (pidfd_file) {
+			put_unused_fd(pidfd);
+			fput(pidfd_file);
+		}
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (pidfd_file)
+		fd_install(pidfd, pidfd_file);
+}
+#endif
+
 static __inline__ void scm_recv(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 				struct scm_cookie *scm, int flags)
 {
 	if (!msg->msg_control) {
-		if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) || scm->fp ||
-		    scm_has_secdata(sock))
+		if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) ||
+		    test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags) ||
+		    scm->fp || scm_has_secdata(sock))
 			msg->msg_flags |= MSG_CTRUNC;
 		scm_destroy(scm);
 		return;
@@ -141,6 +175,11 @@ static __inline__ void scm_recv(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_CREDENTIALS, sizeof(ucreds), &ucreds);
 	}
 
+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_UNIX)
+	if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags))
+		scm_pidfd_recv(msg, scm);
+#endif
+
 	scm_destroy_cred(scm);
 
 	scm_passec(sock, msg, scm);
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
index 638230899e98..b76169fdb80b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
 
 #define SO_RCVMARK		75
 
+#define SO_PASSPIDFD		76
+
 #if !defined(__KERNEL__)
 
 #if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64 || (defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__ILP32__))
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 5440e67bcfe3..f6c415ef151f 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,15 @@ int sk_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 			clear_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags);
 		break;
 
+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_UNIX)
+	case SO_PASSPIDFD:
+		if (valbool)
+			set_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags);
+		else
+			clear_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags);
+		break;
+#endif
+
 	case SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD:
 	case SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW:
 	case SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD:
@@ -1732,6 +1741,12 @@ int sk_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		v.val = !!test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags);
 		break;
 
+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_UNIX)
+	case SO_PASSPIDFD:
+		v.val = !!test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags);
+		break;
+#endif
+
 	case SO_PEERCRED:
 	{
 		struct ucred peercred;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
index d4258869ac48..5a80eb23089f 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ static int mptcp_setsockopt_sol_socket(struct mptcp_sock *msk, int optname,
 	case SO_BROADCAST:
 	case SO_BSDCOMPAT:
 	case SO_PASSCRED:
+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_UNIX)
+	case SO_PASSPIDFD:
+#endif
 	case SO_PASSSEC:
 	case SO_RXQ_OVFL:
 	case SO_WIFI_STATUS:
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index cc695c9f09ec..aac40106d036 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,8 @@ static int unix_dgram_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) &&
+		if ((test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) ||
+		     test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags)) &&
 		    !unix_sk(sk)->addr) {
 			err = unix_autobind(sk);
 			if (err)
@@ -1469,7 +1470,8 @@ static int unix_stream_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) && !u->addr) {
+	if ((test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) ||
+	     test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags)) && !u->addr) {
 		err = unix_autobind(sk);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
@@ -1670,6 +1672,8 @@ static void unix_sock_inherit_flags(const struct socket *old,
 {
 	if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &old->flags))
 		set_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &new->flags);
+	if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &old->flags))
+		set_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &new->flags);
 	if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSSEC, &old->flags))
 		set_bit(SOCK_PASSSEC, &new->flags);
 }
@@ -1819,8 +1823,10 @@ static bool unix_passcred_enabled(const struct socket *sock,
 				  const struct sock *other)
 {
 	return test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) ||
+	       test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags) ||
 	       !other->sk_socket ||
-	       test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &other->sk_socket->flags);
+	       test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &other->sk_socket->flags) ||
+	       test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &other->sk_socket->flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1922,7 +1928,8 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) && !u->addr) {
+	if ((test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) ||
+	     test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags)) && !u->addr) {
 		err = unix_autobind(sk);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
@@ -2824,7 +2831,8 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state,
 			/* Never glue messages from different writers */
 			if (!unix_skb_scm_eq(skb, &scm))
 				break;
-		} else if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags)) {
+		} else if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) ||
+			   test_bit(SOCK_PASSPIDFD, &sock->flags)) {
 			/* Copy credentials */
 			scm_set_cred(&scm, UNIXCB(skb).pid, UNIXCB(skb).uid, UNIXCB(skb).gid);
 			unix_set_secdata(&scm, skb);
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
index 8756df13be50..fbbc4bf53ee3 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@
 
 #define SO_RCVMARK		75
 
+#define SO_PASSPIDFD		76
+
 #if !defined(__KERNEL__)
 
 #if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64 || (defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__ILP32__))
