diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 78b2ff0..c9db73f 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int dupfd(struct file *file, unsigned int start)
+static int dupfd(struct file *file, unsigned int start, int cloexec)
 {
 	struct files_struct * files = current->files;
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@
 		/* locate_fd() may have expanded fdtable, load the ptr */
 		fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 		FD_SET(fd, fdt->open_fds);
-		FD_CLR(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+		if (cloexec)
+			FD_SET(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+		else
+			FD_CLR(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
 		spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 		fd_install(fd, file);
 	} else {
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@
 	struct file * file = fget(fildes);
 
 	if (file)
-		ret = dupfd(file, 0);
+		ret = dupfd(file, 0, 0);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -319,8 +322,9 @@
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case F_DUPFD:
+	case F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC:
 		get_file(filp);
-		err = dupfd(filp, arg);
+		err = dupfd(filp, arg, cmd == F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC);
 		break;
 	case F_GETFD:
 		err = get_close_on_exec(fd) ? FD_CLOEXEC : 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/fcntl.h b/include/linux/fcntl.h
index 40b9326..8603740 100644
--- a/include/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 
 #include <asm/fcntl.h>
 
-/* Cancel a blocking posix lock; internal use only until we expose an
- * asynchronous lock api to userspace: */
-#define F_CANCELLK	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE+5)
+#define F_SETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 0)
+#define F_GETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 1)
 
-#define F_SETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE+0)
-#define F_GETLEASE	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE+1)
+/*
+ * Cancel a blocking posix lock; internal use only until we expose an
+ * asynchronous lock api to userspace:
+ */
+#define F_CANCELLK	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 5)
+
+/* Create a file descriptor with FD_CLOEXEC set. */
+#define F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC	(F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 6)
 
 /*
  * Request nofications on a directory.