diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index 8f20d6016e205d..3887da470f7eb6 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/nsfs.h>
 
 static struct vfsmount *nsfs_mnt;
 
+static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
+			unsigned long arg);
 static const struct file_operations ns_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = ns_ioctl,
 };
 
 static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
@@ -44,22 +49,14 @@ static void nsfs_evict(struct inode *inode)
 	ns->ops->put(ns);
 }
 
-void *ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct task_struct *task,
-			const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops)
+static void *__ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct ns_common *ns)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = mntget(nsfs_mnt);
 	struct qstr qname = { .name = "", };
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct ns_common *ns;
 	unsigned long d;
 
-again:
-	ns = ns_ops->get(task);
-	if (!ns) {
-		mntput(mnt);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	}
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	d = atomic_long_read(&ns->stashed);
 	if (!d)
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ void *ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct task_struct *task,
 	if (!lockref_get_not_dead(&dentry->d_lockref))
 		goto slow;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	ns_ops->put(ns);
+	ns->ops->put(ns);
 got_it:
 	path->mnt = mnt;
 	path->dentry = dentry;
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ void *ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct task_struct *task,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	inode = new_inode_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb);
 	if (!inode) {
-		ns_ops->put(ns);
+		ns->ops->put(ns);
 		mntput(mnt);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
@@ -95,17 +92,90 @@ void *ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct task_struct *task,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)ns_ops;
+	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)ns->ops;
 	d = atomic_long_cmpxchg(&ns->stashed, 0, (unsigned long)dentry);
 	if (d) {
 		d_delete(dentry);	/* make sure ->d_prune() does nothing */
 		dput(dentry);
+		mntput(mnt);
 		cpu_relax();
-		goto again;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 	}
 	goto got_it;
 }
 
+void *ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct task_struct *task,
+			const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops)
+{
+	struct ns_common *ns;
+	void *ret;
+
+again:
+	ns = ns_ops->get(task);
+	if (!ns)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+	ret = __ns_get_path(path, ns);
+	if (IS_ERR(ret) && PTR_ERR(ret) == -EAGAIN)
+		goto again;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int open_related_ns(struct ns_common *ns,
+		   struct ns_common *(*get_ns)(struct ns_common *ns))
+{
+	struct path path = {};
+	struct file *f;
+	void *err;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return fd;
+
+	while (1) {
+		struct ns_common *relative;
+
+		relative = get_ns(ns);
+		if (IS_ERR(relative)) {
+			put_unused_fd(fd);
+			return PTR_ERR(relative);
+		}
+
+		err = __ns_get_path(&path, relative);
+		if (IS_ERR(err) && PTR_ERR(err) == -EAGAIN)
+			continue;
+		break;
+	}
+	if (IS_ERR(err)) {
+		put_unused_fd(fd);
+		return PTR_ERR(err);
+	}
+
+	f = dentry_open(&path, O_RDONLY, current_cred());
+	path_put(&path);
+	if (IS_ERR(f)) {
+		put_unused_fd(fd);
+		fd = PTR_ERR(f);
+	} else
+		fd_install(fd, f);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
+			unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct ns_common *ns = get_proc_ns(file_inode(filp));
+
+	switch (ioctl) {
+	case NS_GET_USERNS:
+		return open_related_ns(ns, ns_get_owner);
+	default:
+		return -ENOTTY;
+	}
+}
+
 int ns_get_name(char *buf, size_t size, struct task_struct *task,
 			const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops)
 {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nsfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/nsfs.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5cacd5c1b5d782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nsfs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_NSFS_H
+#define __LINUX_NSFS_H
+
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+
+#define NSIO	0xb7
+
+/* Returns a file descriptor that refers to an owning user namespace */
+#define NS_GET_USERNS	_IO(NSIO, 0x1)
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_NSFS_H */