diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index 76d092b7d1b0..1647fefd2969 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -400,3 +400,4 @@
 386	i386	rseq			sys_rseq			__ia32_sys_rseq
 387	i386	open_tree		sys_open_tree			__ia32_sys_open_tree
 388	i386	move_mount		sys_move_mount			__ia32_sys_move_mount
+389	i386	fsopen			sys_fsopen			__ia32_sys_fsopen
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 37ba4e65eee6..235d33dbccb2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@
 334	common	rseq			__x64_sys_rseq
 335	common	open_tree		__x64_sys_open_tree
 336	common	move_mount		__x64_sys_move_mount
+337	common	fsopen			__x64_sys_fsopen
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index ae681523b4b1..e3ea8093b178 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ obj-y :=	open.o read_write.o file_table.o super.o \
 		seq_file.o xattr.o libfs.o fs-writeback.o \
 		pnode.o splice.o sync.o utimes.o d_path.o \
 		stack.o fs_struct.o statfs.o fs_pin.o nsfs.o \
-		fs_context.o fs_parser.o
+		fs_context.o fs_parser.o fsopen.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLOCK),y)
 obj-y +=	buffer.o block_dev.o direct-io.o mpage.o
diff --git a/fs/fs_context.c b/fs/fs_context.c
index 8f040a20b320..90db81d7008c 100644
--- a/fs/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/fs_context.c
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ struct fs_context *vfs_new_fs_context(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	fc->fs_type	= get_filesystem(fs_type);
 	fc->cred	= get_current_cred();
 
+	mutex_init(&fc->uapi_mutex);
+
 	switch (purpose) {
 	case FS_CONTEXT_FOR_KERNEL_MOUNT:
 		fc->sb_flags |= SB_KERNMOUNT;
@@ -348,6 +350,8 @@ struct fs_context *vfs_dup_fs_context(struct fs_context *src_fc)
 	if (!fc)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	mutex_init(&fc->uapi_mutex);
+
 	fc->fs_private	= NULL;
 	fc->s_fs_info	= NULL;
 	fc->source	= NULL;
diff --git a/fs/fsopen.c b/fs/fsopen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f30080e1ebc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/fsopen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* Filesystem access-by-fd.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs_context.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include "mount.h"
+
+static int fscontext_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct fs_context *fc = file->private_data;
+
+	if (fc) {
+		file->private_data = NULL;
+		put_fs_context(fc);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct file_operations fscontext_fops = {
+	.release	= fscontext_release,
+	.llseek		= no_llseek,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Attach a filesystem context to a file and an fd.
+ */
+static int fscontext_create_fd(struct fs_context *fc, unsigned int o_flags)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = anon_inode_getfd("fscontext", &fscontext_fops, fc,
+			      O_RDWR | o_flags);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		put_fs_context(fc);
+	return fd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Open a filesystem by name so that it can be configured for mounting.
+ *
+ * We are allowed to specify a container in which the filesystem will be
+ * opened, thereby indicating which namespaces will be used (notably, which
+ * network namespace will be used for network filesystems).
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fsopen, const char __user *, _fs_name, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	struct file_system_type *fs_type;
+	struct fs_context *fc;
+	const char *fs_name;
+
+	if (!ns_capable(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	if (flags & ~FSOPEN_CLOEXEC)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	fs_name = strndup_user(_fs_name, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (IS_ERR(fs_name))
+		return PTR_ERR(fs_name);
+
+	fs_type = get_fs_type(fs_name);
+	kfree(fs_name);
+	if (!fs_type)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	fc = vfs_new_fs_context(fs_type, NULL, 0, FS_CONTEXT_FOR_USER_MOUNT);
+	put_filesystem(fs_type);
+	if (IS_ERR(fc))
+		return PTR_ERR(fc);
+
+	fc->phase = FS_CONTEXT_CREATE_PARAMS;
+	return fscontext_create_fd(fc, flags & FSOPEN_CLOEXEC ? O_CLOEXEC : 0);
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_context.h b/include/linux/fs_context.h
index bbb8114f2fdc..5445889f705b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_context.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_context.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 struct cred;
 struct dentry;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ struct fs_parameter {
  */
 struct fs_context {
 	const struct fs_context_operations *ops;
+	struct mutex		uapi_mutex;	/* Userspace access mutex */
 	struct file_system_type	*fs_type;
 	void			*fs_private;	/* The filesystem's context */
 	struct dentry		*root;		/* The root and superblock */
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ extern int vfs_get_super(struct fs_context *fc,
 			 int (*fill_super)(struct super_block *sb,
 					   struct fs_context *fc));
 
+extern const struct file_operations fscontext_fops;
+
 #define logfc(FC, FMT, ...) pr_notice(FMT, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 3c0855d9b105..ad6c7ff33c01 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_open_tree(int dfd, const char __user *path, unsigned flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_move_mount(int from_dfd, const char __user *from_path,
 			       int to_dfd, const char __user *to_path,
 			       unsigned int ms_flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_fsopen(const char __user *fs_name, unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * Architecture-specific system calls
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 1c982eb44ff4..f8818e6cddd6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -344,4 +344,9 @@ typedef int __bitwise __kernel_rwf_t;
 #define RWF_SUPPORTED	(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC | RWF_NOWAIT |\
 			 RWF_APPEND)
 
+/*
+ * Flags for fsopen() and co.
+ */
+#define FSOPEN_CLOEXEC		0x00000001
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_FS_H */
