diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 12bcd07b9e32..a155e52db9fe 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -435,6 +435,15 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	if (override_cred) {
 		override_cred->fsuid = inode->i_uid;
 		override_cred->fsgid = inode->i_gid;
+		if (!hardlink) {
+			err = security_dentry_create_files_as(dentry,
+					stat->mode, &dentry->d_name, old_cred,
+					override_cred);
+			if (err) {
+				put_cred(override_cred);
+				goto out_revert_creds;
+			}
+		}
 		put_cred(override_creds(override_cred));
 		put_cred(override_cred);
 
@@ -445,6 +454,7 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 			err = ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, stat,
 							link, hardlink);
 	}
+out_revert_creds:
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 	if (!err) {
 		struct inode *realinode = d_inode(ovl_dentry_upper(dentry));
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 57971229551b..f2af2af131ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@
  *	@name name of the last path component used to create file
  *	@ctx pointer to place the pointer to the resulting context in.
  *	@ctxlen point to place the length of the resulting context.
+ * @dentry_create_files_as:
+ *	Compute a context for a dentry as the inode is not yet available
+ *	and set that context in passed in creds so that new files are
+ *	created using that context. Context is calculated using the
+ *	passed in creds and not the creds of the caller.
+ *	@dentry dentry to use in calculating the context.
+ *	@mode mode used to determine resource type.
+ *	@name name of the last path component used to create file
+ *	@old creds which should be used for context calculation
+ *	@new creds to modify
  *
  *
  * Security hooks for inode operations.
@@ -1375,6 +1385,10 @@ union security_list_options {
 	int (*dentry_init_security)(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 					const struct qstr *name, void **ctx,
 					u32 *ctxlen);
+	int (*dentry_create_files_as)(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+					struct qstr *name,
+					const struct cred *old,
+					struct cred *new);
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_PATH
@@ -1675,6 +1689,7 @@ struct security_hook_heads {
 	struct list_head sb_clone_mnt_opts;
 	struct list_head sb_parse_opts_str;
 	struct list_head dentry_init_security;
+	struct list_head dentry_create_files_as;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_PATH
 	struct list_head path_unlink;
 	struct list_head path_mkdir;
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 536fafdfa10a..a6c6d5d0fa5d 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ int security_sb_parse_opts_str(char *options, struct security_mnt_opts *opts);
 int security_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 					const struct qstr *name, void **ctx,
 					u32 *ctxlen);
+int security_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+					struct qstr *name,
+					const struct cred *old,
+					struct cred *new);
 
 int security_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode);
 void security_inode_free(struct inode *inode);
@@ -600,6 +604,14 @@ static inline int security_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+static inline int security_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry,
+						  int mode, struct qstr *name,
+						  const struct cred *old,
+						  struct cred *new)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 
 static inline int security_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
 						struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index a9e2bb9fb9d3..f825304f04a7 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -364,6 +364,15 @@ int security_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_dentry_init_security);
 
+int security_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+				    struct qstr *name,
+				    const struct cred *old, struct cred *new)
+{
+	return call_int_hook(dentry_create_files_as, 0, dentry, mode,
+				name, old, new);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_dentry_create_files_as);
+
 int security_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 				 const struct qstr *qstr,
 				 const initxattrs initxattrs, void *fs_data)
@@ -1635,6 +1644,8 @@ struct security_hook_heads security_hook_heads = {
 		LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.sb_parse_opts_str),
 	.dentry_init_security =
 		LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.dentry_init_security),
+	.dentry_create_files_as =
+		LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.dentry_create_files_as),
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_PATH
 	.path_unlink =	LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.path_unlink),
 	.path_mkdir =	LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.path_mkdir),