diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.h b/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.h
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 #define	LINUX_O_NOFOLLOW	000400000	/* Do not follow links */
 #define	LINUX_O_NOATIME		001000000
 #define	LINUX_O_CLOEXEC		002000000
+#define	LINUX_O_PATH		010000000
 
 #define	LINUX_F_DUPFD		0
 #define	LINUX_F_GETFD		1
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
 		bsd_flags |= O_NOFOLLOW;
 	if (l_flags & LINUX_O_DIRECTORY)
 		bsd_flags |= O_DIRECTORY;
+	if (l_flags & LINUX_O_PATH)
+		bsd_flags |= O_PATH;
 	/* XXX LINUX_O_NOATIME: unable to be easily implemented. */
 	return (bsd_flags);
 }