diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst
index 6a1477493441..819e09bb02ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ events, except page fault notifications, may be generated:
 
 - UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS indicates that the kernel supports
   UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR registration for hugetlbfs virtual memory
-  areas.
+  areas. UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM is the analogous feature indicating
+  support for shmem virtual memory areas.
 
 The userland application should set the feature flags it intends to use
 when invoking the UFFDIO_API ioctl, to request that those features be
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 35db9f655a90..300f6190fb54 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1939,7 +1939,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_api(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 	/* report all available features and ioctls to userland */
 	uffdio_api.features = UFFD_API_FEATURES;
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
-	uffdio_api.features &= ~UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS;
+	uffdio_api.features &=
+		~(UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS | UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM);
 #endif
 	uffdio_api.ioctls = UFFD_API_IOCTLS;
 	ret = -EFAULT;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index 3158e52e95ea..0191d247894c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_MISSING_SHMEM |		\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS |		\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID |		\
-			   UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS)
+			   UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS |	\
+			   UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM)
 #define UFFD_API_IOCTLS				\
 	((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER |		\
 	 (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER |	\
@@ -180,6 +181,9 @@ struct uffdio_api {
 	 * UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS indicates that minor faults
 	 * can be intercepted (via REGISTER_MODE_MINOR) for
 	 * hugetlbfs-backed pages.
+	 *
+	 * UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM indicates the same support as
+	 * UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS, but for shmem-backed pages instead.
 	 */
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP		(1<<0)
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK			(1<<1)
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ struct uffdio_api {
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS			(1<<7)
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID			(1<<8)
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS		(1<<9)
+#define UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM		(1<<10)
 	__u64 features;
 
 	__u64 ioctls;