diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h b/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
index 985aac9e6bf8..35ac35cef217 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
@@ -43,9 +43,18 @@
 #define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS	(issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS))
 #define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED (issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED))
 
+/* When set, a process cannot add new capabilities to its ambient set. */
+#define SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE		6
+#define SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE_LOCKED	7  /* make bit-6 immutable */
+
+#define SECBIT_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE (issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE))
+#define SECBIT_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE_LOCKED \
+			(issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE_LOCKED))
+
 #define SECURE_ALL_BITS		(issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT) | \
 				 issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP) | \
-				 issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS))
+				 issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS) | \
+				 issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE))
 #define SECURE_ALL_LOCKS	(SECURE_ALL_BITS << 1)
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H */
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 1f74dde1063e..1832cf701c3d 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -993,7 +993,8 @@ int cap_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 			if (arg2 == PR_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE &&
 			    (!cap_raised(current_cred()->cap_permitted, arg3) ||
 			     !cap_raised(current_cred()->cap_inheritable,
-					 arg3)))
+					 arg3) ||
+			     issecure(SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE)))
 				return -EPERM;
 
 			new = prepare_creds();