diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.c
index 816c68a90f1..e88791659f1 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.c
@@ -611,13 +611,18 @@ int
 linux_timerfd_create(struct thread *td, struct linux_timerfd_create_args *args)
 {
 	clockid_t clockid;
-	int error;
+	int error, flags;
 
 	error = linux_to_native_clockid(&clockid, args->clockid);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
+	flags = 0;
+	if ((args->flags & LINUX_TFD_CLOEXEC) != 0)
+		flags |= O_CLOEXEC;
+	if ((args->flags & LINUX_TFD_NONBLOCK) != 0)
+		flags |= TFD_NONBLOCK;
 
-	return (kern_timerfd_create(td, clockid, args->flags));
+	return (kern_timerfd_create(td, clockid, flags));
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.h b/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.h
index fa63371b517..8c6758fefcc 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_event.h
@@ -54,4 +54,7 @@
 
 #define	LINUX_EFD_SEMAPHORE	(1 << 0)
 
+#define	LINUX_TFD_CLOEXEC	LINUX_O_CLOEXEC
+#define	LINUX_TFD_NONBLOCK	LINUX_O_NONBLOCK
+
 #endif	/* !_LINUX_EVENT_H_ */