diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f74d29a72..85d266885 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([ifaddrs.h],
 AC_HEADER_MAJOR
 
 # Check for some syscalls functions
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setns pivot_root sethostname unshare rand_r confstr faccessat gettid memfd_create move_mount open_tree execveat clone3])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setns pivot_root sethostname unshare rand_r confstr faccessat gettid memfd_create move_mount open_tree execveat clone3 fsopen])
 AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct clone_args], [], [], [[#include <linux/sched.h>]])
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct clone_args.set_tid],[],[],[[#include <linux/sched.h>]])
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct clone_args.cgroup],[],[],[[#include <linux/sched.h>]])
diff --git a/src/lxc/syscall_numbers.h b/src/lxc/syscall_numbers.h
index bfd0e57ab..678683092 100644
--- a/src/lxc/syscall_numbers.h
+++ b/src/lxc/syscall_numbers.h
@@ -563,4 +563,24 @@
 	#endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __NR_fsopen
+	#if defined __alpha__
+		#define __NR_fsopen 540
+	#elif defined _MIPS_SIM
+		#if _MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI32	/* o32 */
+			#define __NR_fsopen 4430
+		#endif
+		#if _MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32	/* n32 */
+			#define __NR_fsopen 6430
+		#endif
+		#if _MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI64	/* n64 */
+			#define __NR_fsopen 5430
+		#endif
+	#elif defined __ia64__
+		#define __NR_fsopen (430 + 1024)
+	#else
+		#define __NR_fsopen 430
+	#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LXC_SYSCALL_NUMBERS_H */
diff --git a/src/lxc/syscall_wrappers.h b/src/lxc/syscall_wrappers.h
index 041daf357..8e7937d4d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/syscall_wrappers.h
+++ b/src/lxc/syscall_wrappers.h
@@ -161,4 +161,14 @@ static inline int open_tree_lxc(int dfd, const char *filename, unsigned int flag
 extern int open_tree(int dfd, const char *filename, unsigned int flags);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE_FSOPEN
+static inline int fsopen_lxc(const char *fs_name, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_fsopen, fs_name, flags);
+}
+#define fsopen fsopen_lxc
+#else
+extern int fsopen(const char *fs_name, unsigned int flags);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LXC_SYSCALL_WRAPPER_H */