diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f81271ee7..ad400f36b2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ HELPERS-y += vhost-user-gpu$(EXESUF)
 vhost-user-json-y += contrib/vhost-user-gpu/50-qemu-gpu.json
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUX)$(CONFIG_SECCOMP),yy)
 HELPERS-y += virtiofsd$(EXESUF)
 vhost-user-json-y += tools/virtiofsd/50-qemu-virtiofsd.json
 endif
@@ -674,7 +674,8 @@ rdmacm-mux$(EXESUF): LIBS += "-libumad"
 rdmacm-mux$(EXESUF): $(rdmacm-mux-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
 	$(call LINK, $^)
 
-ifdef CONFIG_LINUX # relies on Linux-specific syscalls
+# relies on Linux-specific syscalls
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUX)$(CONFIG_SECCOMP),yy)
 virtiofsd$(EXESUF): $(virtiofsd-obj-y) libvhost-user.a $(COMMON_LDADDS)
 	$(call LINK, $^)
 endif
diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/Makefile.objs b/tools/virtiofsd/Makefile.objs
index 45a807500d..076f667e46 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/Makefile.objs
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/Makefile.objs
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ virtiofsd-obj-y = buffer.o \
                   fuse_signals.o \
                   fuse_virtio.o \
                   helper.o \
-                  passthrough_ll.o
+                  passthrough_ll.o \
+                  seccomp.o
 
+seccomp.o-cflags := $(SECCOMP_CFLAGS)
+seccomp.o-libs := $(SECCOMP_LIBS)
diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index 0947d14e5b..bd8925bd83 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "passthrough_helpers.h"
+#include "seccomp.h"
 
 struct lo_map_elem {
     union {
@@ -2091,6 +2092,7 @@ static void setup_sandbox(struct lo_data *lo, struct fuse_session *se)
 {
     setup_namespaces(lo, se);
     setup_mounts(lo->source);
+    setup_seccomp();
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/seccomp.c b/tools/virtiofsd/seccomp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..691fb63dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/seccomp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * Seccomp sandboxing for virtiofsd
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "seccomp.h"
+#include "fuse_i.h"
+#include "fuse_log.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <seccomp.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/* Bodge for libseccomp 2.4.2 which broke ppoll */
+#if !defined(__SNR_ppoll) && defined(__SNR_brk)
+#ifdef __NR_ppoll
+#define __SNR_ppoll __NR_ppoll
+#else
+#define __SNR_ppoll __PNR_ppoll
+#endif
+#endif
+
+static const int syscall_whitelist[] = {
+    /* TODO ireg sem*() syscalls */
+    SCMP_SYS(brk),
+    SCMP_SYS(capget), /* For CAP_FSETID */
+    SCMP_SYS(capset),
+    SCMP_SYS(clock_gettime),
+    SCMP_SYS(clone),
+#ifdef __NR_clone3
+    SCMP_SYS(clone3),
+#endif
+    SCMP_SYS(close),
+    SCMP_SYS(copy_file_range),
+    SCMP_SYS(dup),
+    SCMP_SYS(eventfd2),
+    SCMP_SYS(exit),
+    SCMP_SYS(exit_group),
+    SCMP_SYS(fallocate),
+    SCMP_SYS(fchmodat),
+    SCMP_SYS(fchownat),
+    SCMP_SYS(fcntl),
+    SCMP_SYS(fdatasync),
+    SCMP_SYS(fgetxattr),
+    SCMP_SYS(flistxattr),
+    SCMP_SYS(flock),
+    SCMP_SYS(fremovexattr),
+    SCMP_SYS(fsetxattr),
+    SCMP_SYS(fstat),
+    SCMP_SYS(fstatfs),
+    SCMP_SYS(fsync),
+    SCMP_SYS(ftruncate),
+    SCMP_SYS(futex),
+    SCMP_SYS(getdents),
+    SCMP_SYS(getdents64),
+    SCMP_SYS(getegid),
+    SCMP_SYS(geteuid),
+    SCMP_SYS(getpid),
+    SCMP_SYS(gettid),
+    SCMP_SYS(gettimeofday),
+    SCMP_SYS(linkat),
+    SCMP_SYS(lseek),
+    SCMP_SYS(madvise),
+    SCMP_SYS(mkdirat),
+    SCMP_SYS(mknodat),
+    SCMP_SYS(mmap),
+    SCMP_SYS(mprotect),
+    SCMP_SYS(mremap),
+    SCMP_SYS(munmap),
+    SCMP_SYS(newfstatat),
+    SCMP_SYS(open),
+    SCMP_SYS(openat),
+    SCMP_SYS(ppoll),
+    SCMP_SYS(prctl), /* TODO restrict to just PR_SET_NAME? */
+    SCMP_SYS(preadv),
+    SCMP_SYS(pread64),
+    SCMP_SYS(pwritev),
+    SCMP_SYS(pwrite64),
+    SCMP_SYS(read),
+    SCMP_SYS(readlinkat),
+    SCMP_SYS(recvmsg),
+    SCMP_SYS(renameat),
+    SCMP_SYS(renameat2),
+    SCMP_SYS(rt_sigaction),
+    SCMP_SYS(rt_sigprocmask),
+    SCMP_SYS(rt_sigreturn),
+    SCMP_SYS(sendmsg),
+    SCMP_SYS(setresgid),
+    SCMP_SYS(setresuid),
+#ifdef __NR_setresgid32
+    SCMP_SYS(setresgid32),
+#endif
+#ifdef __NR_setresuid32
+    SCMP_SYS(setresuid32),
+#endif
+    SCMP_SYS(set_robust_list),
+    SCMP_SYS(symlinkat),
+    SCMP_SYS(time), /* Rarely needed, except on static builds */
+    SCMP_SYS(tgkill),
+    SCMP_SYS(unlinkat),
+    SCMP_SYS(utimensat),
+    SCMP_SYS(write),
+    SCMP_SYS(writev),
+};
+
+void setup_seccomp(void)
+{
+    scmp_filter_ctx ctx;
+    size_t i;
+
+#ifdef SCMP_ACT_KILL_PROCESS
+    ctx = seccomp_init(SCMP_ACT_KILL_PROCESS);
+    /* Handle a newer libseccomp but an older kernel */
+    if (!ctx && errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
+        ctx = seccomp_init(SCMP_ACT_TRAP);
+    }
+#else
+    ctx = seccomp_init(SCMP_ACT_TRAP);
+#endif
+    if (!ctx) {
+        fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "seccomp_init() failed\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(syscall_whitelist); i++) {
+        if (seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW,
+                             syscall_whitelist[i], 0) != 0) {
+            fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "seccomp_rule_add syscall %d",
+                     syscall_whitelist[i]);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* libvhost-user calls this for post-copy migration, we don't need it */
+    if (seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ERRNO(ENOSYS),
+                         SCMP_SYS(userfaultfd), 0) != 0) {
+        fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "seccomp_rule_add userfaultfd failed\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (seccomp_load(ctx) < 0) {
+        fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "seccomp_load() failed\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    seccomp_release(ctx);
+}
diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/seccomp.h b/tools/virtiofsd/seccomp.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86bce72652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/seccomp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Seccomp sandboxing for virtiofsd
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef VIRTIOFSD_SECCOMP_H
+#define VIRTIOFSD_SECCOMP_H
+
+void setup_seccomp(void);
+
+#endif /* VIRTIOFSD_SECCOMP_H */