diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/mman.h
index 72db984f8781391e1b1775f6c50a5699651e41db..cbeb3616a28edf22de663c7fc84c4fc11e13cf05 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 #define MADV_HUGEPAGE	14		/* Worth backing with hugepages */
 #define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE	15		/* Not worth backing with hugepages */
 
+#define MADV_DONTDUMP   16		/* Explicity exclude from the core dump,
+					   overrides the coredump filter bits */
+#define MADV_DODUMP	17		/* Clear the MADV_NODUMP flag */
+
 /* compatibility flags */
 #define MAP_FILE	0
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mman.h
index 785b4ea4ec3f5b3e39bbbc88dd7d3191e76abee2..46d3da0d4b92fb7af7c90c4912398b54e8907e69 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
 #define MADV_HUGEPAGE	14		/* Worth backing with hugepages */
 #define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE	15		/* Not worth backing with hugepages */
 
+#define MADV_DONTDUMP   16		/* Explicity exclude from the core dump,
+					   overrides the coredump filter bits */
+#define MADV_DODUMP	17		/* Clear the MADV_NODUMP flag */
+
 /* compatibility flags */
 #define MAP_FILE	0
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h
index f5b7bf5fba6837fb053a05f5394684b9421fe537..12219ebce8695d24bd651dad6a42cedee9e390ec 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 #define MADV_HUGEPAGE	67		/* Worth backing with hugepages */
 #define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE	68		/* Not worth backing with hugepages */
 
+#define MADV_DONTDUMP   69		/* Explicity exclude from the core dump,
+					   overrides the coredump filter bits */
+#define MADV_DODUMP	70		/* Clear the MADV_NODUMP flag */
+
 /* compatibility flags */
 #define MAP_FILE	0
 #define MAP_VARIABLE	0
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/mman.h
index 30789010733d6dc045b352b63ea3363879c0503e..25bc6c1309c331a7c9328a7097018873832ac13d 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
 #define MADV_HUGEPAGE	14		/* Worth backing with hugepages */
 #define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE	15		/* Not worth backing with hugepages */
 
+#define MADV_DONTDUMP   16		/* Explicity exclude from the core dump,
+					   overrides the coredump filter bits */
+#define MADV_DODUMP	17		/* Clear the MADV_NODUMP flag */
+
 /* compatibility flags */
 #define MAP_FILE	0
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index b64be5b5ac218f03714f9c3813698975333a480a..504b6eee50a9ca47fc4aa3a4e9f691eb3095ad8c 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1127,6 +1127,9 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (always_dump_vma(vma))
 		goto whole;
 
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NODUMP)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Hugetlb memory check */
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_HUGETLB) {
 		if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && FILTER(HUGETLB_SHARED))
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/mman-common.h b/include/asm-generic/mman-common.h
index 787abbb6d8676b942c4dd1b6b36f554ded8a4eb5..d030d2c2647ae513854d9795f2e84e1793811602 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/mman-common.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/mman-common.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 #define MADV_HUGEPAGE	14		/* Worth backing with hugepages */
 #define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE	15		/* Not worth backing with hugepages */
 
+#define MADV_DONTDUMP   16		/* Explicity exclude from the core dump,
+					   overrides the coredump filter bits */
+#define MADV_DODUMP	17		/* Clear the MADV_NODUMP flag */
+
 /* compatibility flags */
 #define MAP_FILE	0
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 2de2ddba51d4c318738031f41254aeb4ac755af0..a6fabdfd34c56700205a16b31aa9982cbbad68af 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 #define VM_HUGEPAGE	0x01000000	/* MADV_HUGEPAGE marked this vma */
 #endif
 #define VM_INSERTPAGE	0x02000000	/* The vma has had "vm_insert_page()" done on it */
+#define VM_NODUMP	0x04000000	/* Do not include in the core dump */
 
 #define VM_CAN_NONLINEAR 0x08000000	/* Has ->fault & does nonlinear pages */
 #define VM_MIXEDMAP	0x10000000	/* Can contain "struct page" and pure PFN pages */
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index f5ab745672b77fb2870d4c180b339b97dc0aec01..1ccbba5b667414e717db987b85da9e0f1691268f 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
 		}
 		new_flags &= ~VM_DONTCOPY;
 		break;
+	case MADV_DONTDUMP:
+		new_flags |= VM_NODUMP;
+		break;
+	case MADV_DODUMP:
+		new_flags &= ~VM_NODUMP;
+		break;
 	case MADV_MERGEABLE:
 	case MADV_UNMERGEABLE:
 		error = ksm_madvise(vma, start, end, behavior, &new_flags);
@@ -293,6 +299,8 @@ madvise_behavior_valid(int behavior)
 	case MADV_HUGEPAGE:
 	case MADV_NOHUGEPAGE:
 #endif
+	case MADV_DONTDUMP:
+	case MADV_DODUMP:
 		return 1;
 
 	default: