diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1043ccce4f99..b3211a66eeea 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ fuse="auto"
 fuse_lseek="auto"
 multiprocess="auto"
 slirp_smbd="$default_feature"
+selinux="auto"

 malloc_trim="auto"
 gio="$default_feature"
@@ -1576,6 +1577,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-slirp-smbd) slirp_smbd=no
   ;;
+  --enable-selinux) selinux="enabled"
+  ;;
+  --disable-selinux) selinux="disabled"
+  ;;
   *)
       echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
       echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
@@ -1963,6 +1968,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if available
   multiprocess    Out of process device emulation support
   gio             libgio support
   slirp-smbd      use smbd (at path --smbd=*) in slirp networking
+  selinux         SELinux support in qemu-nbd

 NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
 EOF
@@ -5207,7 +5213,7 @@ if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
         -Dattr=$attr -Ddefault_devices=$default_devices -Dvirglrenderer=$virglrenderer \
         -Ddocs=$docs -Dsphinx_build=$sphinx_build -Dinstall_blobs=$blobs \
         -Dvhost_user_blk_server=$vhost_user_blk_server -Dmultiprocess=$multiprocess \
-        -Dfuse=$fuse -Dfuse_lseek=$fuse_lseek -Dguest_agent_msi=$guest_agent_msi -Dbpf=$bpf\
+        -Dselinux=$selinux \
         $(if test "$default_feature" = no; then echo "-Dauto_features=disabled"; fi) \
 	-Dtcg_interpreter=$tcg_interpreter \
         $cross_arg \
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 15ef4d3c4187..0ded2ac5eb9d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1072,6 +1072,11 @@ keyutils = dependency('libkeyutils', required: false,

 has_gettid = cc.has_function('gettid')

+# libselinux
+selinux = dependency('libselinux',
+                     required: get_option('selinux'),
+                     method: 'pkg-config', kwargs: static_kwargs)
+
 # Malloc tests

 malloc = []
@@ -1300,6 +1305,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FUSE', fuse.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FUSE_LSEEK', fuse_lseek.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_X11', x11.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_CFI', get_option('cfi'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SELINUX', selinux.found())
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(meson.project_version()))
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR', meson.project_version().split('.')[0])
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MINOR', meson.project_version().split('.')[1])
@@ -2759,7 +2765,8 @@ if have_tools
   qemu_io = executable('qemu-io', files('qemu-io.c'),
              dependencies: [block, qemuutil], install: true)
   qemu_nbd = executable('qemu-nbd', files('qemu-nbd.c'),
-               dependencies: [blockdev, qemuutil, gnutls], install: true)
+               dependencies: [blockdev, qemuutil, gnutls, selinux],
+               install: true)

   subdir('storage-daemon')
   subdir('contrib/rdmacm-mux')
@@ -3124,6 +3131,7 @@ summary_info += {'libpmem support':   libpmem.found()}
 summary_info += {'libdaxctl support': libdaxctl.found()}
 summary_info += {'libudev':           libudev.found()}
 summary_info += {'FUSE lseek':        fuse_lseek.found()}
+summary_info += {'selinux':           selinux.found()}
 summary(summary_info, bool_yn: true, section: 'Dependencies')

 if not supported_cpus.contains(cpu)
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 9d895ba24b1e..94f8ec07c064 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "qemu-version.h"

+#ifdef CONFIG_SELINUX
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __linux__
 #define HAVE_NBD_DEVICE 1
 #else
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@
 #define QEMU_NBD_OPT_FORK          263
 #define QEMU_NBD_OPT_TLSAUTHZ      264
 #define QEMU_NBD_OPT_PID_FILE      265
+#define QEMU_NBD_OPT_SELINUX_LABEL 266

 #define MBR_SIZE 512

@@ -116,6 +121,9 @@ static void usage(const char *name)
 "  --fork                    fork off the server process and exit the parent\n"
 "                            once the server is running\n"
 "  --pid-file=PATH           store the server's process ID in the given file\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_SELINUX
+"  --selinux-label=LABEL     set SELinux process label on listening socket\n"
+#endif
 #if HAVE_NBD_DEVICE
 "\n"
 "Kernel NBD client support:\n"
@@ -534,6 +542,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         { "trace", required_argument, NULL, 'T' },
         { "fork", no_argument, NULL, QEMU_NBD_OPT_FORK },
         { "pid-file", required_argument, NULL, QEMU_NBD_OPT_PID_FILE },
+        { "selinux-label", required_argument, NULL,
+          QEMU_NBD_OPT_SELINUX_LABEL },
         { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
     };
     int ch;
@@ -560,6 +570,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int old_stderr = -1;
     unsigned socket_activation;
     const char *pid_file_name = NULL;
+    const char *selinux_label = NULL;
     BlockExportOptions *export_opts;

 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
@@ -749,6 +760,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         case QEMU_NBD_OPT_PID_FILE:
             pid_file_name = optarg;
             break;
+        case QEMU_NBD_OPT_SELINUX_LABEL:
+            selinux_label = optarg;
+            break;
         }
     }

@@ -940,6 +954,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         } else {
             backlog = MIN(shared, SOMAXCONN);
         }
+        if (sockpath && selinux_label) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SELINUX
+            if (setsockcreatecon_raw(selinux_label) == -1) {
+                error_report("Cannot set SELinux socket create context "
+                             "to %s: %s",
+                             selinux_label, strerror(errno));
+                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+            }
+#else
+            error_report("SELinux support not enabled in this binary");
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+#endif
+        }
         saddr = nbd_build_socket_address(sockpath, bindto, port);
         if (qio_net_listener_open_sync(server, saddr, backlog,
                                        &local_err) < 0) {
@@ -947,6 +974,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             error_report_err(local_err);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
+        if (sockpath && selinux_label) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SELINUX
+            if (setsockcreatecon_raw(NULL) == -1) {
+                error_report("Cannot clear SELinux socket create context: %s",
+                             strerror(errno));
+                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+            }
+#else
+            error_report("SELinux support not enabled in this binary");
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+#endif
+        }
     } else {
         size_t i;
         /* See comment in check_socket_activation above. */
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index a9a9b8f4c6a8..a5938500a3a4 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -155,3 +155,6 @@ option('slirp', type: 'combo', value: 'auto',
 option('fdt', type: 'combo', value: 'auto',
        choices: ['disabled', 'enabled', 'auto', 'system', 'internal'],
        description: 'Whether and how to find the libfdt library')
+
+option('selinux', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
+       description: 'SELinux support in qemu-nbd')
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
index 46398c61eea9..7f135f8e8c00 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     libpng-devel \
     librbd-devel \
     libseccomp-devel \
+    libselinux-devel \
     libslirp-devel \
     libssh-devel \
     libtasn1-devel \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
index eec1add7f620..c6fd7e1113d4 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     libpng-devel \
     librbd-devel \
     libseccomp-devel \
+    libselinux-devel \
     libslirp-devel \
     libssh-devel \
     libtasn1-devel \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
index 5a8bee028951..3bbdb67f4fad 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     libpulse-devel \
     librbd-devel \
     libseccomp-devel \
+    libselinux-devel \
     libspice-server-devel \
     libssh-devel \
     libtasn1-devel \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker
index 0880bf3e2928..450fd06d0d57 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     libsdl2-dev \
     libsdl2-image-dev \
     libseccomp-dev \
+    libselinux-dev \
     libsnappy-dev \
     libspice-protocol-dev \
     libspice-server-dev \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
index 39de63d0129f..15a026be0913 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     libsdl2-dev \
     libsdl2-image-dev \
     libseccomp-dev \
+    libselinux-dev \
     libslirp-dev \
     libsnappy-dev \
     libspice-protocol-dev \
