diff --git a/usr.bin/runat/Makefile.xattr b/usr.bin/runat/Makefile
--- a/usr.bin/runat/Makefile.xattr
+++ b/usr.bin/runat/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+PROG=	runat
+
+.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/usr.bin/runat/runat.1.xattr b/usr.bin/runat/runat.1
--- a/usr.bin/runat/runat.1.xattr
+++ b/usr.bin/runat/runat.1
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 2025 Rick Macklem.
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.Dd April 15, 2025
+.Dt RUNAT 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm runat
+.Nd run a shell command on a named attribute directory
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl create
+.Op Fl -
+.Op Ar file
+.Op Ar shell command
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility runs the shell command on the named attribute directory for the
+.Ar file
+argument.
+It does a
+.Xr fchdir 2
+system call to change the current working directory into the
+named attribute directory for the
+.Fa file
+argument and then performs the shell command via
+.Xr sh 1 .
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl create
+Create the named attribute directory if it does not already exist.
+.It Fl -
+Used if the
+.Fa file
+argument happens to be called
+.Dq -create .
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+For a file called
+.Dq myfile :
+.Bd -literal
+$ runat myfile ls -l			# lists the attributes for myfile
+$ runat myfile cp /etc/hosts attrhosts	# creates attrhosts
+$ runat myfile cat attrhosts		# displays contents of attrhosts
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sh 1 ,
+.Xr open 2 ,
+.Xr named_attribute 7
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+utility first appeared in
+.Fx 15.0 .
diff --git a/usr.bin/runat/runat.c.xattr b/usr.bin/runat/runat.c
--- a/usr.bin/runat/runat.c.xattr
+++ b/usr.bin/runat/runat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*-
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Rick Macklem
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <err.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <paths.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+	(void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: runat [-create/--] <file> "
+	    "<shell command>\n");
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int fmode, i, file_fd, nameddir_fd, outsiz;
+	char *buf;
+	long named_enabled;
+	size_t pos, siz;
+
+	fmode = O_NAMEDATTR | O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC;
+	if (argc <= 2)
+		usage();
+	argv++;
+	argc--;
+	if (strcmp(argv[0], "-create") == 0) {
+		fmode |= O_CREAT;
+		argv++;
+		argc--;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[0], "--") == 0) {
+		argv++;
+		argc--;
+	}
+	if (argc < 2)
+		usage();
+
+	named_enabled = pathconf(argv[0], _PC_NAMEDATTR_ENABLED);
+	if (named_enabled <= 0)
+		errx(1, "Named attributes not enabled for %s", argv[0]);
+
+	/* Generate the command string for "sh". */
+	siz = 0;
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+		siz += strlen(argv[i]) + 1;
+	buf = malloc(siz);
+	if (buf == NULL)
+		errx(1, "Cannot malloc");
+	pos = 0;
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		outsiz = snprintf(&buf[pos], siz, "%s ", argv[i]);
+		if ((size_t)outsiz > siz)
+			errx(1, "Arguments too large");
+		pos += outsiz;
+		siz -= outsiz;
+	}
+	buf[pos - 1] = '\0';
+
+	file_fd = open(argv[0], O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC, 0);
+	if (file_fd < 0)
+		err(1, "Cannot open %s", argv[0]);
+	nameddir_fd = openat(file_fd, ".", fmode, 0);
+	if (nameddir_fd < 0)
+		err(1, "Cannot open named attribute directory "
+		    "for %s", argv[0]);
+
+	if (fchdir(nameddir_fd) < 0)
+		err(1, "Cannot fchdir to named attribute dir");
+
+	execl(_PATH_BSHELL, "sh", "-c", buf, NULL);
+	err(1, "Could not exec /bin/sh");
+}