diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index a946077..ce92f7e 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int unshare_userns(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct cred **new_cred)
+{
+	struct cred *cred;
+
+	if (!(unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER))
+		return 0;
+
+	cred = prepare_creds();
+	if (!cred)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	*new_cred = cred;
+	return create_user_ns(cred);
+}
+
 void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct user_namespace *parent, *ns =