diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index cf0eb31745cab6272bacc42c43b8538605432ce1..04366f08f4241e68d6280128c12d450214f3e467 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -828,4 +828,5 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
 	.quad compat_sys_timerfd_gettime
 	.quad compat_sys_signalfd4
 	.quad sys_eventfd2
+	.quad sys_epoll_create2
 ia32_syscall_end:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
index cf112cb11c37044927a008a10963c880c7780863..4d7007ca263dcab24ae6b2f2281f5e86aa29afd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
@@ -328,3 +328,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
 	.long sys_timerfd_gettime
 	.long sys_signalfd4
 	.long sys_eventfd2
+	.long sys_epoll_create2
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 9392dd968125bd6894d0336e1aa8b56732a38c38..3fd4014f3c5a5a7f5215e5bb61f51206e6c1202b 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1046,11 +1046,14 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
  * RB tree. With the current implementation, the "size" parameter is ignored
  * (besides sanity checks).
  */
-asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create(int size)
+asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create2(int size, int flags)
 {
 	int error, fd = -1;
 	struct eventpoll *ep;
 
+	if (flags & ~EPOLL_CLOEXEC)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: sys_epoll_create(%d)\n",
 		     current, size));
 
@@ -1068,7 +1071,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create(int size)
 	 * Creates all the items needed to setup an eventpoll file. That is,
 	 * a file structure and a free file descriptor.
 	 */
-	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventpoll]", &eventpoll_fops, ep, 0);
+	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventpoll]", &eventpoll_fops, ep,
+			      flags & O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		ep_free(ep);
 
@@ -1079,6 +1083,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create(int size)
 	return fd;
 }
 
+asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create(int size)
+{
+	return sys_epoll_create2(size, 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * The following function implements the controller interface for
  * the eventpoll file that enables the insertion/removal/change of
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h b/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h
index edbd8723c9392ac6c301e45d80da5628cdb9d1e8..a37d6b0c4e1ec8b6eead7f5a463946dba6ff165a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/unistd_32.h
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
 #define __NR_timerfd_gettime	326
 #define __NR_signalfd4		327
 #define __NR_eventfd2		328
+#define __NR_epoll_create2	329
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h b/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h
index fb059a6feeb1d327f177fc1b47c5f32dacde4364..a1a4a5b6e5ee850537f93fe7ee2bb754637d118c 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/unistd_64.h
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_paccept, sys_paccept)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_signalfd4, sys_signalfd4)
 #define __NR_eventfd2				290
 __SYSCALL(__NR_eventfd2, sys_eventfd2)
+#define __NR_epoll_create2			291
+__SYSCALL(__NR_epoll_create2, sys_epoll_create2)
 
 
 #ifndef __NO_STUBS
diff --git a/include/linux/eventpoll.h b/include/linux/eventpoll.h
index cf79853967ffb25b839e7c77c3bf8ef9956d95e8..1cfaa40059c8445d8021614984fe08fcdbfb328e 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventpoll.h
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_EVENTPOLL_H
 #define _LINUX_EVENTPOLL_H
 
+/* For O_CLOEXEC */
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+/* Flags for epoll_create2.  */
+#define EPOLL_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
 
 /* Valid opcodes to issue to sys_epoll_ctl() */
 #define EPOLL_CTL_ADD 1
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 9ab09926a7f278205bd58bb5c7294202be5fd378..85953240f28cb5109d20d311fd4d84ccbf1f8648 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_poll(struct pollfd __user *ufds, unsigned int nfds,
 asmlinkage long sys_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
 			fd_set __user *exp, struct timeval __user *tvp);
 asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create(int size);
+asmlinkage long sys_epoll_create2(int size, int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd,
 				struct epoll_event __user *event);
 asmlinkage long sys_epoll_wait(int epfd, struct epoll_event __user *events,