diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index 021d71bc69b..c308128b925 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -826,4 +826,5 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
 	.quad sys32_fallocate
 	.quad compat_sys_timerfd_settime	/* 325 */
 	.quad compat_sys_timerfd_gettime
+	.quad compat_sys_signalfd4
 ia32_syscall_end:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
index adff5562f5f..c12a36c9fd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
@@ -326,3 +326,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
 	.long sys_fallocate
 	.long sys_timerfd_settime	/* 325 */
 	.long sys_timerfd_gettime
+	.long sys_signalfd4
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index b4660428176..106eba28ec5 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -2131,9 +2131,9 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_epoll_pwait(int epfd,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SIGNALFD
 
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_signalfd(int ufd,
-				    const compat_sigset_t __user *sigmask,
-				    compat_size_t sigsetsize)
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_signalfd4(int ufd,
+				     const compat_sigset_t __user *sigmask,
+				     compat_size_t sigsetsize, int flags)
 {
 	compat_sigset_t ss32;
 	sigset_t tmp;
@@ -2148,9 +2148,15 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_signalfd(int ufd,
 	if (copy_to_user(ksigmask, &tmp, sizeof(sigset_t)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	return sys_signalfd(ufd, ksigmask, sizeof(sigset_t));
+	return sys_signalfd4(ufd, ksigmask, sizeof(sigset_t), flags);
 }
 
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_signalfd(int ufd,
+				    const compat_sigset_t __user *sigmask,
+				    compat_size_t sigsetsize)
+{
+	return compat_sys_signalfd4(ufd, sigmask, sigsetsize, 0);
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SIGNALFD */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TIMERFD
diff --git a/fs/signalfd.c b/fs/signalfd.c
index ddb328b74bd..c8609fa51a1 100644
--- a/fs/signalfd.c
+++ b/fs/signalfd.c
@@ -205,11 +205,15 @@ static const struct file_operations signalfd_fops = {
 	.read		= signalfd_read,
 };
 
-asmlinkage long sys_signalfd(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask, size_t sizemask)
+asmlinkage long sys_signalfd4(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask,
+			      size_t sizemask, int flags)
 {
 	sigset_t sigmask;
 	struct signalfd_ctx *ctx;
 
+	if (flags & ~SFD_CLOEXEC)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (sizemask != sizeof(sigset_t) ||
 	    copy_from_user(&sigmask, user_mask, sizeof(sigmask)))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_signalfd(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask, size_t sizemas
 		 * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
 		 */
 		ufd = anon_inode_getfd("[signalfd]", &signalfd_fops, ctx,
-				       0);
+				       flags & O_CLOEXEC);
 		if (ufd < 0)
 			kfree(ctx);
 	} else {
@@ -250,3 +254,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_signalfd(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask, size_t sizemas
 
 	return ufd;
 }
+
+asmlinkage long sys_signalfd(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask,
+			     size_t sizemask)
+{
+	return sys_signalfd4(ufd, user_mask, sizemask, 0);
+}
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h b/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h
index 8317d94771d..c310371f561 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@
 #define __NR_fallocate		324
 #define __NR_timerfd_settime	325
 #define __NR_timerfd_gettime	326
+#define __NR_signalfd4		327
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h b/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h
index e323994a370..e0a9b45b234 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_timerfd_settime, sys_timerfd_settime)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_timerfd_gettime, sys_timerfd_gettime)
 #define __NR_paccept				288
 __SYSCALL(__NR_paccept, sys_paccept)
+#define __NR_signalfd4				289
+__SYSCALL(__NR_signalfd4, sys_signalfd4)
 
 
 #ifndef __NO_STUBS
diff --git a/include/linux/signalfd.h b/include/linux/signalfd.h
index ea037f28df9..8b3f7b7420a 100644
--- a/include/linux/signalfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/signalfd.h
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_SIGNALFD_H
 #define _LINUX_SIGNALFD_H
 
+/* For O_CLOEXEC */
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+
+/* Flags for signalfd4.  */
+#define SFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
 
 struct signalfd_siginfo {
 	__u32 ssi_signo;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 2a2a40af6b2..1c270779784 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_set_robust_list(struct robust_list_head __user *head,
 				    size_t len);
 asmlinkage long sys_getcpu(unsigned __user *cpu, unsigned __user *node, struct getcpu_cache __user *cache);
 asmlinkage long sys_signalfd(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask, size_t sizemask);
+asmlinkage long sys_signalfd4(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask, size_t sizemask, int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_timerfd_create(int clockid, int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_timerfd_settime(int ufd, int flags,
 				    const struct itimerspec __user *utmr,
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 2f0b8a2e600..8627c89ae9e 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ cond_syscall(sys_ioprio_get);
 
 /* New file descriptors */
 cond_syscall(sys_signalfd);
+cond_syscall(sys_signalfd4);
 cond_syscall(compat_sys_signalfd);
 cond_syscall(sys_timerfd_create);
 cond_syscall(sys_timerfd_settime);