diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index 68fa542fac..d49128a58d 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -2153,14 +2153,29 @@ static int lo_do_open(struct lo_data *lo, struct lo_inode *inode,
 
 static int do_create_nosecctx(fuse_req_t req, struct lo_inode *parent_inode,
                                const char *name, mode_t mode,
-                               struct fuse_file_info *fi, int *open_fd)
+                               struct fuse_file_info *fi, int *open_fd,
+                              bool tmpfile)
 {
     int err, fd;
     struct lo_cred old = {};
     struct lo_data *lo = lo_data(req);
     int flags;
 
-    flags = fi->flags | O_CREAT | O_EXCL;
+    if (tmpfile) {
+        flags = fi->flags | O_TMPFILE;
+        /*
+         * Don't use O_EXCL as we want to link file later. Also reset O_CREAT
+         * otherwise openat() returns -EINVAL.
+         */
+        flags &= ~(O_CREAT | O_EXCL);
+
+        /* O_TMPFILE needs either O_RDWR or O_WRONLY */
+        if ((flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY) {
+            flags |= O_RDWR;
+        }
+    } else {
+        flags = fi->flags | O_CREAT | O_EXCL;
+    }
 
     err = lo_change_cred(req, &old, lo->change_umask);
     if (err) {
@@ -2191,7 +2206,7 @@ static int do_create_secctx_fscreate(fuse_req_t req,
         return err;
     }
 
-    err = do_create_nosecctx(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi, &fd);
+    err = do_create_nosecctx(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi, &fd, false);
 
     close_reset_proc_fscreate(fscreate_fd);
     if (!err) {
@@ -2200,6 +2215,44 @@ static int do_create_secctx_fscreate(fuse_req_t req,
     return err;
 }
 
+static int do_create_secctx_tmpfile(fuse_req_t req,
+                                    struct lo_inode *parent_inode,
+                                    const char *name, mode_t mode,
+                                    struct fuse_file_info *fi,
+                                    const char *secctx_name, int *open_fd)
+{
+    int err, fd = -1;
+    struct lo_data *lo = lo_data(req);
+    char procname[64];
+
+    err = do_create_nosecctx(req, parent_inode, ".", mode, fi, &fd, true);
+    if (err) {
+        return err;
+    }
+
+    err = fsetxattr(fd, secctx_name, req->secctx.ctx, req->secctx.ctxlen, 0);
+    if (err) {
+        err = errno;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /* Security context set on file. Link it in place */
+    sprintf(procname, "%d", fd);
+    FCHDIR_NOFAIL(lo->proc_self_fd);
+    err = linkat(AT_FDCWD, procname, parent_inode->fd, name,
+                 AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW);
+    err = err == -1 ? errno : 0;
+    FCHDIR_NOFAIL(lo->root.fd);
+
+out:
+    if (!err) {
+        *open_fd = fd;
+    } else if (fd != -1) {
+        close(fd);
+    }
+    return err;
+}
+
 static int do_create_secctx_noatomic(fuse_req_t req,
                                      struct lo_inode *parent_inode,
                                      const char *name, mode_t mode,
@@ -2208,7 +2261,7 @@ static int do_create_secctx_noatomic(fuse_req_t req,
 {
     int err = 0, fd = -1;
 
-    err = do_create_nosecctx(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi, &fd);
+    err = do_create_nosecctx(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi, &fd, false);
     if (err) {
         goto out;
     }
@@ -2250,20 +2303,31 @@ static int do_lo_create(fuse_req_t req, struct lo_inode *parent_inode,
     if (secctx_enabled) {
         /*
          * If security.selinux has not been remapped and selinux is enabled,
-         * use fscreate to set context before file creation.
-         * Otherwise fallback to non-atomic method of file creation
-         * and xattr settting.
+         * use fscreate to set context before file creation. If not, use
+         * tmpfile method for regular files. Otherwise fallback to
+         * non-atomic method of file creation and xattr settting.
          */
         if (!mapped_name && lo->use_fscreate) {
             err = do_create_secctx_fscreate(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi,
                                             open_fd);
             goto out;
+        } else if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
+            err = do_create_secctx_tmpfile(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi,
+                                           ctxname, open_fd);
+            /*
+             * If filesystem does not support O_TMPFILE, fallback to non-atomic
+             * method.
+             */
+            if (!err || err != EOPNOTSUPP) {
+                goto out;
+            }
         }
 
         err = do_create_secctx_noatomic(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi,
                                         ctxname, open_fd);
     } else {
-        err = do_create_nosecctx(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi, open_fd);
+        err = do_create_nosecctx(req, parent_inode, name, mode, fi, open_fd,
+                                 false);
     }
 
 out:
