diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 6ac807ef3d..86212dcb70 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -2380,6 +2380,15 @@ bool migrate_postcopy_blocktime(void)
     return s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_POSTCOPY_BLOCKTIME];
 }
 
+bool migrate_postcopy_uffd_usermode_only(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_POSTCOPY_UFFD_USERMODE_ONLY];
+}
+
 bool migrate_use_compression(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 7a5aa8c2fd..a516d7f59f 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ int migrate_decompress_threads(void);
 bool migrate_use_events(void);
 bool migrate_postcopy_blocktime(void);
 bool migrate_background_snapshot(void);
+bool migrate_postcopy_uffd_usermode_only(void);
 
 /* Sending on the return path - generic and then for each message type */
 void migrate_send_rp_shut(MigrationIncomingState *mis,
diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
index 2e9697bdd2..078c558626 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
@@ -206,9 +206,14 @@ static bool receive_ufd_features(uint64_t *features)
     struct uffdio_api api_struct = {0};
     int ufd;
     bool ret = true;
+    int flags;
+
+    flags = O_CLOEXEC;
+    if (migrate_postcopy_uffd_usermode_only())
+        flags |= UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY;
 
     /* if we are here __NR_userfaultfd should exists */
-    ufd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC);
+    ufd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, flags);
     if (ufd == -1) {
         error_report("%s: syscall __NR_userfaultfd failed: %s", __func__,
                      strerror(errno));
@@ -352,13 +357,18 @@ bool postcopy_ram_supported_by_host(MigrationIncomingState *mis)
     struct uffdio_range range_struct;
     uint64_t feature_mask;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
+    int flags;
 
     if (qemu_target_page_size() > pagesize) {
         error_report("Target page size bigger than host page size");
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ufd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC);
+    flags = O_CLOEXEC;
+    if (migrate_postcopy_uffd_usermode_only())
+        flags |= UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY;
+
+    ufd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, flags);
     if (ufd == -1) {
         error_report("%s: userfaultfd not available: %s", __func__,
                      strerror(errno));
@@ -1064,8 +1074,14 @@ retry:
 
 int postcopy_ram_incoming_setup(MigrationIncomingState *mis)
 {
+    int flags;
+
+    flags = O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK;
+    if (migrate_postcopy_uffd_usermode_only())
+        flags |= UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY;
+
     /* Open the fd for the kernel to give us userfaults */
-    mis->userfault_fd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
+    mis->userfault_fd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, flags);
     if (mis->userfault_fd == -1) {
         error_report("%s: Failed to open userfault fd: %s", __func__,
                      strerror(errno));
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 88f07baedd..3af1ec4cec 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@
 #                       procedure starts. The VM RAM is saved with running VM.
 #                       (since 6.0)
 #
+# @postcopy-uffd-usermode-only: If enabled, It allows unprivileged users to use
+#                               userfaultfd but with the restriction that page
+#                               faults from only user mode can be handled.
+#                               (since 6.2.0)
+#
 # Since: 1.2
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationCapability',
@@ -459,7 +464,8 @@
            'compress', 'events', 'postcopy-ram', 'x-colo', 'release-ram',
            'block', 'return-path', 'pause-before-switchover', 'multifd',
            'dirty-bitmaps', 'postcopy-blocktime', 'late-block-activate',
-           'x-ignore-shared', 'validate-uuid', 'background-snapshot'] }
+           'x-ignore-shared', 'validate-uuid', 'background-snapshot',
+           'postcopy-uffd-usermode-only'] }
 
 ##
 # @MigrationCapabilityStatus:
