diff --git a/criu/Makefile.crtools b/criu/Makefile.crtools
index f5864491721..95362c896c9 100644
--- a/criu/Makefile.crtools
+++ b/criu/Makefile.crtools
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)	+= vdso-compat.o
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vdso-compat.o	+= $(CFLAGS-ASAN) $(CFLAGS-GCOV)
 obj-y			+= pidfd-store.o
 obj-y			+= hugetlb.o
+obj-y			+= pidfd.o
 
 PROTOBUF_GEN := scripts/protobuf-gen.sh
 
diff --git a/criu/cr-restore.c b/criu/cr-restore.c
index 27004972160..6c6a18a2aa0 100644
--- a/criu/cr-restore.c
+++ b/criu/cr-restore.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 #include "timens.h"
 #include "bpfmap.h"
 #include "apparmor.h"
+#include "pidfd.h"
 
 #include "parasite-syscall.h"
 #include "files-reg.h"
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ static struct collect_image_info *cinfos_files[] = {
 	&unix_sk_cinfo,	      &fifo_cinfo,     &pipe_cinfo,    &nsfile_cinfo,	    &packet_sk_cinfo,
 	&netlink_sk_cinfo,    &eventfd_cinfo,  &epoll_cinfo,   &epoll_tfd_cinfo,    &signalfd_cinfo,
 	&tunfile_cinfo,	      &timerfd_cinfo,  &inotify_cinfo, &inotify_mark_cinfo, &fanotify_cinfo,
-	&fanotify_mark_cinfo, &ext_file_cinfo, &memfd_cinfo,
+	&fanotify_mark_cinfo, &ext_file_cinfo, &memfd_cinfo,   &pidfd_cinfo
 };
 
 /* These images are required to restore namespaces */
diff --git a/criu/files.c b/criu/files.c
index 3b653e24be8..9d65a9b7a72 100644
--- a/criu/files.c
+++ b/criu/files.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "kerndat.h"
 #include "fdstore.h"
 #include "bpfmap.h"
+#include "pidfd.h"
 
 #include "protobuf.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -544,6 +545,8 @@ static int dump_one_file(struct pid *pid, int fd, int lfd, struct fd_opts *opts,
 			ops = &signalfd_dump_ops;
 		else if (is_timerfd_link(link))
 			ops = &timerfd_dump_ops;
+		else if (is_pidfd_link(link))
+			ops = &pidfd_dump_ops;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_LIBBPF
 		else if (is_bpfmap_link(link))
 			ops = &bpfmap_dump_ops;
@@ -1778,6 +1781,9 @@ static int collect_one_file(void *o, ProtobufCMessage *base, struct cr_img *i)
 	case FD_TYPES__MEMFD:
 		ret = collect_one_file_entry(fe, fe->memfd->id, &fe->memfd->base, &memfd_cinfo);
 		break;
+	case FD_TYPES__PIDFD:
+		ret = collect_one_file_entry(fe, fe->pidfd->id, &fe->pidfd->base, &pidfd_cinfo);
+		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_LIBBPF
 	case FD_TYPES__BPFMAP:
 		ret = collect_one_file_entry(fe, fe->bpf->id, &fe->bpf->base, &bpfmap_cinfo);
diff --git a/criu/image-desc.c b/criu/image-desc.c
index d65d9c0986e..d8af326acc3 100644
--- a/criu/image-desc.c
+++ b/criu/image-desc.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct cr_fd_desc_tmpl imgset_template[CR_FD_MAX] = {
 	FD_ENTRY_F(BPFMAP_FILE,	"bpfmap-file", O_NOBUF),
 	FD_ENTRY_F(BPFMAP_DATA,	"bpfmap-data", O_NOBUF),
 	FD_ENTRY(APPARMOR,	"apparmor"),
+	FD_ENTRY(PIDFD,         "pidfd-%u"),
 
 	[CR_FD_STATS] = {
 		.fmt	= "stats-%s",
diff --git a/criu/image.c b/criu/image.c
index 9fb390ab7e4..5ed72d31332 100644
--- a/criu/image.c
+++ b/criu/image.c
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ int check_img_inventory(bool restore)
 	int ret = -1;
 	struct cr_img *img;
 	InventoryEntry *he;
+	int loaded;
 
 	img = open_image(CR_FD_INVENTORY, O_RSTR);
 	if (!img)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (pb_read_one(img, &he, PB_INVENTORY) < 0)
+	loaded = pb_read_one(img, &he, PB_INVENTORY);
+	if (loaded < 0)
 		goto out_close;
 
 	if (!he->has_fdinfo_per_id || !he->fdinfo_per_id) {
diff --git a/criu/include/fdinfo.h b/criu/include/fdinfo.h
index 10fb31f682c..79be96e91c4 100644
--- a/criu/include/fdinfo.h
+++ b/criu/include/fdinfo.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "images/signalfd.pb-c.h"
 #include "images/fsnotify.pb-c.h"
 #include "images/timerfd.pb-c.h"
+#include "images/pidfd.pb-c.h"
 
 struct fdinfo_common {
 	off64_t pos;
diff --git a/criu/include/image-desc.h b/criu/include/image-desc.h
index 9f369be6458..79e1ac1113a 100644
--- a/criu/include/image-desc.h
+++ b/criu/include/image-desc.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ enum {
 	CR_FD_PIPES,
 	CR_FD_TTY_FILES,
 	CR_FD_MEMFD_FILE,
+	CR_FD_PIDFD,
 
 	CR_FD_AUTOFS,
 
diff --git a/criu/include/magic.h b/criu/include/magic.h
index 22d7218e45f..4d42bcf7555 100644
--- a/criu/include/magic.h
+++ b/criu/include/magic.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 #define BPFMAP_FILE_MAGIC    0x57506142 /* Alapayevsk */
 #define BPFMAP_DATA_MAGIC    0x64324033 /* Arkhangelsk */
 #define APPARMOR_MAGIC	     0x59423047 /* Nikolskoye */
+#define PIDFD_MAGIC	     0x59423447
 
 #define IFADDR_MAGIC	RAW_IMAGE_MAGIC
 #define ROUTE_MAGIC	RAW_IMAGE_MAGIC
diff --git a/criu/include/pidfd.h b/criu/include/pidfd.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e759a2c33f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/criu/include/pidfd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef __CR_PIDFD_H__
+#define __CR_PIDFD_H__
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "images/pidfd.pb-c.h"
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+struct fd_parms;
+
+extern const struct fdtype_ops pidfd_dump_ops;
+extern struct collect_image_info pidfd_cinfo;
+extern int is_pidfd_link(char *link);
+
+static inline int pidfd_open(pid_t pid, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(SYS_pidfd_open, pid, flags);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/criu/include/protobuf-desc.h b/criu/include/protobuf-desc.h
index 3824de101f3..9a275597449 100644
--- a/criu/include/protobuf-desc.h
+++ b/criu/include/protobuf-desc.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ enum {
 	PB_SK_QUEUES,
 	PB_IPCNS_MSG,
 	PB_IPCNS_MSG_ENT,
+	PB_PIDFD,
 
 	PB_MAX,
 };
diff --git a/criu/pidfd.c b/criu/pidfd.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..108053108bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/criu/pidfd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include "pidfd.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+#include "fdinfo.h"
+#include "files.h"
+#include "imgset.h"
+#include "protobuf.h"
+#include "fdinfo.pb-c.h"
+
+int is_pidfd_link(char *link)
+{
+	return is_anon_link_type(link, "[pidfd]");
+}
+
+static int dump_one_pidfd(int lfd, u32 id, const struct fd_parms *p)
+{
+	PidfdEntry tfe = PIDFD_ENTRY__INIT;
+	FileEntry fe = FILE_ENTRY__INIT;
+
+	if (parse_fdinfo(lfd, FD_TYPES__PIDFD, &tfe))
+		return -1;
+
+	tfe.id = id;
+	tfe.flags = p->flags;
+	tfe.inode = p->stat.st_ino;
+	tfe.mnt_id = p->mnt_id;
+	tfe.fown = (FownEntry *)&p->fown;
+
+	fe.type = FD_TYPES__PIDFD;
+	fe.id = tfe.id;
+	fe.pidfd = &tfe;
+
+	return pb_write_one(img_from_set(glob_imgset, CR_FD_FILES), &fe, PB_FILE);
+}
+
+const struct fdtype_ops pidfd_dump_ops = {
+	.type = FD_TYPES__PIDFD,
+	.dump = dump_one_pidfd,
+};
+
+struct pidfd_info {
+	PidfdEntry *pidfde;
+	struct file_desc d;
+};
+
+static int open_pidfd_fd(struct file_desc *d, int *new_fd)
+{
+	int fd = -1;
+	struct pidfd_info *info = container_of(d, struct pidfd_info, d);
+	PidfdEntry *pidfde = info->pidfde;
+
+	pr_info("Creating new pidfd %" PRId64 "\n", pidfde->pid);
+	fd = pidfd_open(pidfde->pid, 0);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		pr_perror("Cannot create pidfd %" PRId64 "\n", pidfde->pid);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*new_fd = fd;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct file_desc_ops pidfd_desc_ops = {
+	.type = FD_TYPES__PIDFD,
+	.open = open_pidfd_fd,
+};
+
+static int collect_one_pidfd(void *o, ProtobufCMessage *msg, struct cr_img *i)
+{
+	struct pidfd_info *info = o;
+
+	info->pidfde = pb_msg(msg, PidfdEntry);
+	return file_desc_add(&info->d, info->pidfde->id, &pidfd_desc_ops);
+}
+
+struct collect_image_info pidfd_cinfo = {
+	.fd_type = CR_FD_PIDFD,
+	.pb_type = PB_PIDFD,
+	.priv_size = sizeof(struct pidfd_info),
+	.collect = collect_one_pidfd,
+};
diff --git a/criu/proc_parse.c b/criu/proc_parse.c
index 16392e38647..e127b09cba2 100644
--- a/criu/proc_parse.c
+++ b/criu/proc_parse.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "protobuf.h"
 #include "images/fdinfo.pb-c.h"
 #include "images/mnt.pb-c.h"
+#include "images/pidfd.pb-c.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -2160,6 +2161,24 @@ static int parse_fdinfo_pid_s(int pid, int fd, int type, void *arg)
 			entry_met = true;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (fdinfo_field(str, "Pid") || fdinfo_field(str, "NSpid")) {
+			unsigned long long val;
+			PidfdEntry *pfd = arg;
+
+			if (type != FD_TYPES__PIDFD)
+				continue;
+			ret = sscanf(str, "%*s %lli", &val);
+			if (ret != 1)
+				goto parse_err;
+
+			if (fdinfo_field(str, "Pid"))
+				pfd->pid = val;
+			else if (fdinfo_field(str, "NSpid"))
+				pfd->nspid = val;
+
+			entry_met = true;
+			continue;
+		}
 	}
 
 	exit_code = 0;
diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile
index ca85b1a213b..855d894da6d 100644
--- a/images/Makefile
+++ b/images/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ proto-obj-y	+= bpfmap-file.o
 proto-obj-y	+= bpfmap-data.o
 proto-obj-y	+= apparmor.o
 proto-obj-y	+= rseq.o
+proto-obj-y	+= pidfd.o
 
 CFLAGS		+= -iquote $(obj)/
 
diff --git a/images/fdinfo.proto b/images/fdinfo.proto
index 88f1c11860f..042f89e5a33 100644
--- a/images/fdinfo.proto
+++ b/images/fdinfo.proto
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import "pipe.proto";
 import "tty.proto";
 import "memfd.proto";
 import "bpfmap-file.proto";
+import "pidfd.proto";
 
 enum fd_types {
 	UND		= 0;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ enum fd_types {
 	TIMERFD		= 17;
 	MEMFD		= 18;
 	BPFMAP		= 19;
+	PIDFD           = 20;
 
 	/* Any number above the real used. Not stored to image */
 	CTL_TTY		= 65534;
@@ -78,4 +80,5 @@ message file_entry {
 	optional tty_file_entry		tty	= 19;
 	optional memfd_file_entry	memfd	= 20;
 	optional bpfmap_file_entry	bpf	= 21;
+	optional pidfd_entry	        pidfd	= 22;
 }
diff --git a/images/pidfd.proto b/images/pidfd.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6898d7b074c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/pidfd.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+syntax = "proto2";
+
+import "fown.proto";
+
+message pidfd_entry {
+	required uint32		id		= 1;
+	required uint64		pos		= 2;
+	required uint32		flags		= 3;
+	required uint32         mnt_id          = 4;
+	required uint64         inode           = 5;
+	required int64          pid             = 6;
+	required int64          nspid           = 7;
+	required fown_entry	fown		= 8;
+}