diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_fs.h b/libxfs/xfs_fs.h
index 97384ab95..ea654df05 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_fs.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_fs.h
@@ -816,6 +816,78 @@ struct xfs_exchange_range {
 					 XFS_EXCHANGE_RANGE_DRY_RUN | \
 					 XFS_EXCHANGE_RANGE_FILE1_WRITTEN)
 
+/* Iterating parent pointers of files. */
+
+/* target was the root directory */
+#define XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_ROOT	(1U << 0)
+
+/* Cursor is done iterating pptrs */
+#define XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_DONE	(1U << 1)
+
+#define XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAGS_ALL	(XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_ROOT | \
+					 XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_DONE)
+
+#define XFS_GETPARENTS_IFLAGS_ALL	(0)
+
+struct xfs_getparents_rec {
+	struct xfs_handle	gpr_parent; /* Handle to parent */
+	__u32			gpr_reclen; /* Length of entire record */
+	__u32			gpr_reserved; /* zero */
+	char			gpr_name[]; /* Null-terminated filename */
+};
+
+/* Iterate through this file's directory parent pointers */
+struct xfs_getparents {
+	/*
+	 * Structure to track progress in iterating the parent pointers.
+	 * Must be initialized to zeroes before the first ioctl call, and
+	 * not touched by callers after that.
+	 */
+	struct xfs_attrlist_cursor	gp_cursor;
+
+	/* Input flags: XFS_GETPARENTS_IFLAG* */
+	__u16				gp_iflags;
+
+	/* Output flags: XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG* */
+	__u16				gp_oflags;
+
+	/* Size of the gp_buffer in bytes */
+	__u32				gp_bufsize;
+
+	/* Must be set to zero */
+	__u64				gp_reserved;
+
+	/* Pointer to a buffer in which to place xfs_getparents_rec */
+	__u64				gp_buffer;
+};
+
+static inline struct xfs_getparents_rec *
+xfs_getparents_first_rec(struct xfs_getparents *gp)
+{
+	return (struct xfs_getparents_rec *)(uintptr_t)gp->gp_buffer;
+}
+
+static inline struct xfs_getparents_rec *
+xfs_getparents_next_rec(struct xfs_getparents *gp,
+			struct xfs_getparents_rec *gpr)
+{
+	void *next = ((void *)gpr + gpr->gpr_reclen);
+	void *end = (void *)(uintptr_t)(gp->gp_buffer + gp->gp_bufsize);
+
+	if (next >= end)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return next;
+}
+
+/* Iterate through this file handle's directory parent pointers. */
+struct xfs_getparents_by_handle {
+	/* Handle to file whose parents we want. */
+	struct xfs_handle		gph_handle;
+
+	struct xfs_getparents		gph_request;
+};
+
 /*
  * ioctl commands that are used by Linux filesystems
  */
@@ -851,6 +923,8 @@ struct xfs_exchange_range {
 /*	XFS_IOC_GETFSMAP ------ hoisted 59         */
 #define XFS_IOC_SCRUB_METADATA	_IOWR('X', 60, struct xfs_scrub_metadata)
 #define XFS_IOC_AG_GEOMETRY	_IOWR('X', 61, struct xfs_ag_geometry)
+#define XFS_IOC_GETPARENTS	_IOWR('X', 62, struct xfs_getparents)
+#define XFS_IOC_GETPARENTS_BY_HANDLE _IOWR('X', 63, struct xfs_getparents_by_handle)
 
 /*
  * ioctl commands that replace IRIX syssgi()'s
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_ondisk.h b/libxfs/xfs_ondisk.h
index 25952ef58..e8cdd77d0 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_ondisk.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_ondisk.h
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ xfs_check_ondisk_structs(void)
 	XFS_CHECK_OFFSET(struct xfs_efi_log_format_32, efi_extents,	16);
 	XFS_CHECK_OFFSET(struct xfs_efi_log_format_64, efi_extents,	16);
 
+	/* parent pointer ioctls */
+	XFS_CHECK_STRUCT_SIZE(struct xfs_getparents_rec,	32);
+	XFS_CHECK_STRUCT_SIZE(struct xfs_getparents,		40);
+	XFS_CHECK_STRUCT_SIZE(struct xfs_getparents_by_handle,	64);
+
 	/*
 	 * The v5 superblock format extended several v4 header structures with
 	 * additional data. While new fields are only accessible on v5
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_parent.c b/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
index a53b7d13d..bb0465197 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
@@ -254,3 +254,37 @@ xfs_parent_replacename(
 	xfs_attr_defer_add(&ppargs->args, XFS_ATTR_DEFER_REPLACE);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Extract parent pointer information from any parent pointer xattr into
+ * @parent_ino/gen.  The last two parameters can be NULL pointers.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if this is not a parent pointer xattr at all; or -EFSCORRUPTED for
+ * garbage.
+ */
+int
+xfs_parent_from_attr(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	unsigned int		attr_flags,
+	const unsigned char	*name,
+	unsigned int		namelen,
+	const void		*value,
+	unsigned int		valuelen,
+	xfs_ino_t		*parent_ino,
+	uint32_t		*parent_gen)
+{
+	const struct xfs_parent_rec	*rec = value;
+
+	ASSERT(attr_flags & XFS_ATTR_PARENT);
+
+	if (!xfs_parent_namecheck(attr_flags, name, namelen))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	if (!xfs_parent_valuecheck(mp, value, valuelen))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+
+	if (parent_ino)
+		*parent_ino = be64_to_cpu(rec->p_ino);
+	if (parent_gen)
+		*parent_gen = be32_to_cpu(rec->p_gen);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_parent.h b/libxfs/xfs_parent.h
index 768633b31..d7ab09e73 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_parent.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_parent.h
@@ -91,4 +91,9 @@ int xfs_parent_replacename(struct xfs_trans *tp,
 		struct xfs_inode *new_dp, const struct xfs_name *new_name,
 		struct xfs_inode *child);
 
+int xfs_parent_from_attr(struct xfs_mount *mp, unsigned int attr_flags,
+		const unsigned char *name, unsigned int namelen,
+		const void *value, unsigned int valuelen,
+		xfs_ino_t *parent_ino, uint32_t *parent_gen);
+
 #endif /* __XFS_PARENT_H__ */
