diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_screen.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_screen.h
index 9176bf2b586..bb0b53764ed 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_screen.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_screen.h
@@ -561,6 +561,27 @@ struct pipe_screen {
    void (*free_memory)(struct pipe_screen *screen,
                        struct pipe_memory_allocation *);
 
+   /**
+    * Allocate fd-based memory to be bound to resources.
+    */
+   struct pipe_memory_allocation *(*allocate_memory_fd)(struct pipe_screen *screen,
+                                                        uint64_t size,
+                                                        int *fd);
+
+   /**
+    * Import memory from an fd-handle.
+    */
+   bool (*import_memory_fd)(struct pipe_screen *screen,
+                            int fd,
+                            struct pipe_memory_allocation **pmem,
+                            uint64_t *size);
+
+   /**
+    * Free previously allocated fd-based memory.
+    */
+   void (*free_memory_fd)(struct pipe_screen *screen,
+                          struct pipe_memory_allocation *pmem);
+
    /**
     * Bind memory to a resource.
     */
diff --git a/src/util/meson.build b/src/util/meson.build
index b8c2267071b..f377b34daa1 100644
--- a/src/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/meson.build
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ files_mesa_util = files(
   'os_time.c',
   'os_time.h',
   'os_file.c',
+  'os_memory_fd.c',
   'os_misc.c',
   'os_misc.h',
   'os_socket.c',
diff --git a/src/util/os_memory_fd.c b/src/util/os_memory_fd.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37b698e788e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/os_memory_fd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2021 Snap Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ * 
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * Memory fd wrappers.
+ */
+
+#include "detect_os.h"
+
+#if DETECT_OS_UNIX
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+#include "mesa-sha1.h"
+#include "u_math.h"
+#include "os_memory.h"
+
+/* (Re)define UUID_SIZE to avoid including vulkan.h (or p_defines.h) here. */
+#define UUID_SIZE 16
+
+struct memory_header {
+   size_t size;
+   size_t offset;
+   uint8_t uuid[UUID_SIZE];
+};
+
+static void
+get_driver_id_sha1_hash(uint8_t sha1[SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH], const char *driver_id) {
+   struct mesa_sha1 sha1_ctx;
+   _mesa_sha1_init(&sha1_ctx);
+
+   _mesa_sha1_update(&sha1_ctx, driver_id, strlen(driver_id));
+
+   _mesa_sha1_final(&sha1_ctx, sha1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Imports memory from a file descriptor
+ */
+bool
+os_import_memory_fd(int fd, void **ptr, uint64_t *size, char const *driver_id)
+{
+   void *mapped_ptr;
+   struct memory_header header;
+
+   lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+   int bytes_read = read(fd, &header, sizeof(header));
+   if(bytes_read != sizeof(header))
+      return false;
+
+   // Check the uuid we put after the sizes in order to verify that the fd
+   // is a memfd that we created and not some random fd.
+   uint8_t sha1[SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+   get_driver_id_sha1_hash(sha1, driver_id);
+
+   assert(SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH >= UUID_SIZE);
+   if (memcmp(header.uuid, sha1, UUID_SIZE)) {
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   mapped_ptr = mmap(NULL, header.size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+   if (mapped_ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
+      return false;
+   }
+   *ptr = (void*)((uintptr_t)mapped_ptr + header.offset);
+   // the offset does not count as part of the size
+   *size = header.size - header.offset;
+   return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return memory on given byte alignment
+ */
+void *
+os_malloc_aligned_fd(size_t size, size_t alignment, int *fd, char const *fd_name, char const *driver_id)
+{
+   void *ptr, *buf;
+   int mem_fd;
+   size_t alloc_size, offset;
+
+   *fd = -1;
+   mem_fd = syscall(__NR_memfd_create, fd_name, MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING);
+
+   if(mem_fd < 0)
+      return NULL;
+
+   /*
+    * Calculate
+    *
+    *   alloc_size = size + alignment + sizeof(struct memory_header) + sizeof(size_t)
+    *
+    * while checking for overflow.
+    */
+   const size_t header_size = sizeof(struct memory_header) + sizeof(size_t);
+   if (add_overflow_size_t(size, alignment, &alloc_size) ||
+       add_overflow_size_t(alloc_size, header_size, &alloc_size))
+      goto fail;
+
+   if (ftruncate(mem_fd, alloc_size) != 0)
+      goto fail;
+
+   // Seal fd, so no one can grow or shrink the memory.
+   if (fcntl(mem_fd, F_ADD_SEALS, F_SEAL_SHRINK | F_SEAL_GROW | F_SEAL_SEAL) != 0)
+      goto fail;
+
+   ptr = mmap(NULL, alloc_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, mem_fd, 0);
+   if (ptr == MAP_FAILED)
+      goto fail;
+
+   // Save the size and offset at the start, so we have all we need to unmap the memory
+   // and we are able to find the start of the actual data-section. Also save the
+   // offset directly before the data-section, so we can find the start of the mapped memory.
+   // |   size   |  offset  | ... padding ... |  offset  | ... data ... |
+   // ^                                                  ^              ^
+   // 0                                               offset          size
+   buf = (char *)(((uintptr_t)ptr + header_size + alignment - 1) & ~((uintptr_t)(alignment - 1)));
+   offset = (size_t)((uintptr_t)buf - (uintptr_t)ptr);
+   struct memory_header* header = (struct memory_header*)ptr;
+   header->size = alloc_size;
+   header->offset = offset;
+   ((size_t*)buf)[-1] = offset;
+
+   // Add the hash of the driver_id as a uuid to the header in order to identify the memory
+   // when importing.
+   uint8_t sha1[SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+   get_driver_id_sha1_hash(sha1, driver_id);
+
+   assert(SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH >= UUID_SIZE);
+   memcpy(header->uuid, sha1, UUID_SIZE);
+
+   *fd = mem_fd;
+   return buf;
+
+fail:
+   close(mem_fd);
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Free memory returned by os_malloc_aligned_fd().
+ */
+void
+os_free_fd(void *ptr)
+{
+   if (ptr) {
+      size_t offset = ((size_t*)ptr)[-1];
+      struct memory_header* header = (struct memory_header*)((uintptr_t)ptr - offset);
+      // check if the offset at the beginning of the memory
+      // is the same as the one we saved directly before the data.
+      assert(offset == header->offset);
+      munmap(header, header->size);
+   }
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/util/os_memory_fd.h b/src/util/os_memory_fd.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fd1d2687f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/os_memory_fd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2021 Snap Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ * 
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+
+/*
+ * Memory fd wrappers.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef _OS_MEMORY_H_
+#error "Must not be included directly. Include os_memory.h instead"
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Imports memory from a file descriptor
+ */
+bool
+os_import_memory_fd(int fd, void **ptr, uint64_t *size, char const *driver_id);
+
+/**
+ * Return memory on given byte alignment
+ */
+void *
+os_malloc_aligned_fd(size_t size, size_t alignment, int *fd, char const *fd_name, char const *driver_id);
+
+/**
+ * Free memory returned by os_malloc_aligned_fd().
+ */
+void
+os_free_fd(void *ptr);
diff --git a/src/util/os_memory_stdc.h b/src/util/os_memory_stdc.h
index bda5715998f..62412b5ea22 100644
--- a/src/util/os_memory_stdc.h
+++ b/src/util/os_memory_stdc.h
@@ -57,4 +57,10 @@
 
 #include "os_memory_aligned.h"
 
+#if DETECT_OS_UNIX
+
+#include "os_memory_fd.h"
+
+#endif
+
 #endif