diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
index 52ebcc89f306..cf1019e15f5b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ struct ptrace_peeksiginfo_args {
 	__s32 nr;	/* how may siginfos to take */
 };
 
+#define PTRACE_GETSIGMASK	0x420a
+#define PTRACE_SETSIGMASK	0x420b
+
 /* Read signals from a shared (process wide) queue */
 #define PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO_SHARED	(1 << 0)
 
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 335a7ae697f5..ba5e6cea181a 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -844,6 +844,47 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 			ret = ptrace_setsiginfo(child, &siginfo);
 		break;
 
+	case PTRACE_GETSIGMASK:
+		if (addr != sizeof(sigset_t)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (copy_to_user(datavp, &child->blocked, sizeof(sigset_t)))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+		else
+			ret = 0;
+
+		break;
+
+	case PTRACE_SETSIGMASK: {
+		sigset_t new_set;
+
+		if (addr != sizeof(sigset_t)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (copy_from_user(&new_set, datavp, sizeof(sigset_t))) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		sigdelsetmask(&new_set, sigmask(SIGKILL)|sigmask(SIGSTOP));
+
+		/*
+		 * Every thread does recalc_sigpending() after resume, so
+		 * retarget_shared_pending() and recalc_sigpending() are not
+		 * called here.
+		 */
+		spin_lock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock);
+		child->blocked = new_set;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock);
+
+		ret = 0;
+		break;
+	}
+
 	case PTRACE_INTERRUPT:
 		/*
 		 * Stop tracee without any side-effect on signal or job
@@ -948,8 +989,7 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	case PTRACE_GETREGSET:
-	case PTRACE_SETREGSET:
-	{
+	case PTRACE_SETREGSET: {
 		struct iovec kiov;
 		struct iovec __user *uiov = datavp;