diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 6a9f765..44891c1 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ hw-obj-$(CONFIG_SOUND) += $(sound-obj-y)
 9pfs-nested-$(CONFIG_VIRTFS) = virtio-9p-debug.o
 9pfs-nested-$(CONFIG_VIRTFS) +=  virtio-9p-local.o virtio-9p-xattr.o
 9pfs-nested-$(CONFIG_VIRTFS) +=   virtio-9p-xattr-user.o virtio-9p-posix-acl.o
+9pfs-nested-$(CONFIG_VIRTFS) +=   virtio-9p-chroot-worker.o
 
 hw-obj-$(CONFIG_REALLY_VIRTFS) += $(addprefix 9pfs/, $(9pfs-nested-y))
 $(addprefix 9pfs/, $(9pfs-nested-y)): CFLAGS +=  -I$(SRC_PATH)/hw/
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-chroot-worker.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-chroot-worker.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7bc6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-chroot-worker.c
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio 9p chroot environment for contained access to the exported path
+ * Code path handles chroot worker side interfaces
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * M. Mohan Kumar <mohan@in.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
+ * the copying file in the top-level directory
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <sys/fsuid.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include "virtio.h"
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "qemu-thread.h"
+#include "qerror.h"
+#include "virtio-9p.h"
+#include "virtio-9p-chroot.h"
+
+/* Send file descriptor and error status to qemu process */
+static void chroot_sendfd(int sockfd, int fd, int fd_valid)
+{
+    struct msghdr msg = { };
+    struct iovec iov;
+    struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+    int retval;
+    union MsgControl msg_control;
+
+    iov.iov_base = &fd;
+    iov.iov_len = sizeof(fd);
+
+    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
+    msg.msg_iov = &iov;
+    msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+    /* No ancillary data on error */
+    if (fd_valid) {
+        msg.msg_control = &msg_control;
+        msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(msg_control);
+
+        cmsg = &msg_control.cmsg;
+        cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(fd));
+        cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
+        cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
+        memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &fd, sizeof(fd));
+    }
+    do {
+        retval = sendmsg(sockfd, &msg, 0);
+    } while (retval < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+    if (retval < 0) {
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+    if (fd_valid) {
+        close(fd);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Read V9fsFileObjectRequest sent by QEMU process */
+static int chroot_read_request(int sockfd, V9fsFileObjectRequest *request)
+{
+    int retval;
+    retval = qemu_read_full(sockfd, request, sizeof(*request));
+    if (retval != sizeof(*request)) {
+        if (errno == EBADF) {
+            _exit(1);
+        }
+        return -EIO;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helper routine to open a file
+ */
+static int chroot_do_open(V9fsFileObjectRequest *request)
+{
+    int fd;
+    fd = open(request->path.path, request->data.flags);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        fd = -errno;
+    }
+    return fd;
+}
+
+static void chroot_daemonize(int chroot_sock)
+{
+    sigset_t sigset;
+    struct rlimit nr_fd;
+    int fd;
+
+    /* Block all signals for this process */
+    sigfillset(&sigset);
+    sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigset, NULL);
+
+    /* Close other file descriptors */
+    getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &nr_fd);
+    for (fd = 0; fd < nr_fd.rlim_cur; fd++) {
+        if (fd != chroot_sock) {
+            close(fd);
+        }
+    }
+    chdir("/");
+    /* Create files with mode as per request */
+    umask(0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Fork a process and chroot into the share path. Communication
+ * between qemu process and chroot process happens via socket.
+ * All file descriptors (including stdout and stderr) are closed
+ * except one socket descriptor (which is used for communicating
+ * between qemu process and chroot process).
+ * Note: To avoid errors in forked process in multi threaded environment
+ * only async-signal safe functions used. For more information see
+ * man fork(3p), signal(7)
+ */
+int v9fs_chroot(FsContext *fs_ctx)
+{
+    int fd_pair[2], chroot_sock, error;
+    V9fsFileObjectRequest request;
+    pid_t pid;
+    uint32_t code;
+    int fd, valid_fd;
+
+    if (socketpair(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fd_pair) < 0) {
+        error_report("socketpair %s", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    pid = fork();
+    if (pid < 0) {
+        error_report("fork %s", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (pid != 0) {
+        fs_ctx->chroot_socket = fd_pair[0];
+        close(fd_pair[1]);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    close(fd_pair[0]);
+    chroot_sock = fd_pair[1];
+    if (chroot(fs_ctx->fs_root) < 0) {
+        code = errno;
+        error = qemu_write_full(chroot_sock, &code, sizeof(code));
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+
+    chroot_daemonize(chroot_sock);
+
+    /*
+     * Write 0 to chroot socket to indicate chroot process creation is
+     * successful
+     */
+    code = 0;
+    if (qemu_write_full(chroot_sock, &code, sizeof(code))
+                    != sizeof(code)) {
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+    /* get the request from the socket */
+    while (1) {
+        valid_fd = 0;
+        if (chroot_read_request(chroot_sock, &request) < 0) {
+            chroot_sendfd(chroot_sock, -1, valid_fd);
+            continue;
+        }
+        switch (request.data.type) {
+        case T_OPEN:
+            fd = chroot_do_open(&request);
+            if (fd >= 0) {
+                valid_fd = 1;
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
+            fd = -1;
+            break;
+        }
+        chroot_sendfd(chroot_sock, fd, valid_fd);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-chroot.h b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-chroot.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c05e05b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-chroot.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#ifndef _QEMU_VIRTIO_9P_CHROOT_H
+#define _QEMU_VIRTIO_9P_CHROOT_H
+
+/* types for V9fsFileObjectRequest */
+#define T_OPEN      1
+
+union MsgControl {
+    struct cmsghdr cmsg;
+    char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
+};
+
+struct V9fsFileObjectData
+{
+    int flags;
+    int mode;
+    uid_t uid;
+    gid_t gid;
+    dev_t dev;
+    int type;
+};
+
+struct V9fsFileObjectPath
+{
+    char path[PATH_MAX];
+    char old_path[PATH_MAX];
+};
+
+typedef struct V9fsFileObjectRequest
+{
+    struct V9fsFileObjectData data;
+    struct V9fsFileObjectPath path;
+} V9fsFileObjectRequest;
+
+int v9fs_chroot(FsContext *fs_ctx);
+
+#endif /* _QEMU_VIRTIO_9P_CHROOT_H */
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
index 08c0399..4dea542 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 #include "virtio.h"
 #include "pc.h"
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "qerror.h"
 #include "virtio-9p.h"
 #include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"
 #include "virtio-9p-debug.h"
 #include "virtio-9p-xattr.h"
+#include "virtio-9p-chroot.h"
 
 int debug_9p_pdu;
 static void v9fs_reclaim_fd(V9fsState *s);
@@ -3925,5 +3927,28 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_9p_init(DeviceState *dev, V9fsConf *conf)
                         s->tag_len;
     s->vdev.get_config = virtio_9p_get_config;
 
+    if (s->ctx.fs_sm == SM_PASSTHROUGH) {
+        uint32_t code;
+        qemu_mutex_init(&s->ctx.chroot_mutex);
+        s->ctx.chroot_ioerror = 0;
+        if (v9fs_chroot(&s->ctx) < 0) {
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Chroot process sends 0 to indicate chroot process creation is
+         * successful
+         */
+        if (qemu_read_full(s->ctx.chroot_socket, &code,
+                                sizeof(code)) != sizeof(code)) {
+            error_report("chroot process creation failed");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        if (code != 0) {
+            error_report("chroot system call failed: %s", strerror(code));
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
     return &s->vdev;
 }
diff --git a/hw/file-op-9p.h b/hw/file-op-9p.h
index 126e60e..b52b432 100644
--- a/hw/file-op-9p.h
+++ b/hw/file-op-9p.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
+#include "qemu-thread.h"
 #define SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS    0600
 #define SM_LOCAL_DIR_MODE_BITS    0700
 
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ typedef struct FsContext
     SecModel fs_sm;
     uid_t uid;
     struct xattr_operations **xops;
+    QemuMutex chroot_mutex;
+    int chroot_socket;
+    int chroot_ioerror;
 } FsContext;
 
 void cred_init(FsCred *);
