diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c7d67142f..923da109bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS=$(if $(V),,--no-print-directory --quiet)
 
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_USER_NATIVE),y)
+	include $(SRC_PATH)/common-user/native/Makefile.include
+endif
+
 all: recurse-all
 
 ROMS_RULES=$(foreach t, all clean distclean, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(ROMS)))
diff --git a/common-user/native/Makefile.include b/common-user/native/Makefile.include
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40d20bcd4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common-user/native/Makefile.include
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.PHONY: build-native
+build-native: $(NATIVE_TARGETS:%=build-native-library-%)
+$(NATIVE_TARGETS:%=build-native-library-%): build-native-library-%:
+	$(call quiet-command, \
+	    $(MAKE) -C common-user/native/$* $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS), \
+	"BUILD","$* native library")
+# endif
+
+all: build-native
diff --git a/common-user/native/Makefile.target b/common-user/native/Makefile.target
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1038367b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common-user/native/Makefile.target
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# -*- Mode: makefile -*-
+#
+# Library for native calls 
+#
+
+all:
+-include ../config-host.mak
+-include config-target.mak
+
+CFLAGS+=-I$(SRC_PATH)/include -O1 -fPIC -shared -fno-stack-protector
+LDFLAGS+=
+
+SRC = $(SRC_PATH)/common-user/native/libnative.c
+TARGET = libnative.so
+
+all: $(TARGET)
+
+$(TARGET): $(SRC)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(TARGET)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2a556d14c9..cc94d10c98 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ use_containers="yes"
 gdb_bin=$(command -v "gdb-multiarch" || command -v "gdb")
 gdb_arches=""
 werror=""
+user_native_call="disabled"
 
 # Don't accept a target_list environment variable.
 unset target_list
@@ -787,6 +788,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-vfio-user-server) vfio_user_server="disabled"
   ;;
+  --enable-user-native-call) user_native_call="enabled"
+  ;;
+  --disable-user-native-call) user_native_call="disabled"
+  ;;
   # everything else has the same name in configure and meson
   --*) meson_option_parse "$opt" "$optarg"
   ;;
@@ -1898,6 +1903,50 @@ if test "$tcg" = "enabled"; then
 fi
 )
 
+# common-user/native configuration
+native_flag_i386="-DTARGET_I386"
+native_flag_x86_64="-DTARGET_X86_64"
+native_flag_mips="-DTARGET_MIPS"
+native_flag_mips64="-DTARGET_MIPS64"
+native_flag_arm="-DTARGET_ARM"
+native_flag_aarch64="-DTARGET_AARCH64"
+
+(config_host_mak=common-user/native/config-host.mak
+mkdir -p common-user/native
+echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $config_host_mak
+echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "HOST_CC=$host_cc" >> $config_host_mak
+
+native_targets=
+for target in $target_list; do
+  arch=${target%%-*}
+
+  case $target in
+    *-linux-user|*-bsd-user)
+    if probe_target_compiler $target || test -n "$container_image"; then
+        mkdir -p "common-user/native/$target"
+        config_target_mak=common-user/native/$target/config-target.mak
+        ln -sf "$source_path/common-user/native/Makefile.target" "common-user/native/$target/Makefile"
+        echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > "$config_target_mak"
+        echo "TARGET_NAME=$arch" >> "$config_target_mak"
+        echo "TARGET=$target" >> "$config_target_mak"
+        eval "target_native_flag=\${native_flag_$target_arch}"
+        target_cflags="$target_cflags $target_native_flag"
+        write_target_makefile "build-native-library-$target" >> "$config_target_mak"
+        native_targets="$native_targets $target"
+    fi
+  ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# if native enabled
+if test "$user_native_call" = "enabled"; then
+    echo "CONFIG_USER_NATIVE=y" >> config-host.mak
+    echo "NATIVE_TARGETS=$native_targets" >> config-host.mak
+    
+fi
+)
+
 if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
   cross="config-meson.cross.new"
   meson_quote() {
@@ -1980,6 +2029,7 @@ if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
   test "$smbd" != '' && meson_option_add "-Dsmbd=$smbd"
   test "$tcg" != enabled && meson_option_add "-Dtcg=$tcg"
   test "$vfio_user_server" != auto && meson_option_add "-Dvfio_user_server=$vfio_user_server"
+  test "$user_native_call" != auto && meson_option_add "-Duser_native_call=$user_native_call"
   run_meson() {
     NINJA=$ninja $meson setup --prefix "$prefix" "$@" $cross_arg "$PWD" "$source_path"
   }
diff --git a/docs/devel/build-system.rst b/docs/devel/build-system.rst
index 551c5a5ac0..05cfa8a21a 100644
--- a/docs/devel/build-system.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/build-system.rst
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ Built by configure:
   Configuration variables used to build the firmware and TCG tests,
   including paths to cross compilation toolchains.
 
+``common-user/native/config-host.mak``, ``common-user/native/*/config-target.mak``
+  Configuration variables used to build the native call libraries
+  including paths to cross compilation toolchains.
+
 ``pyvenv``
 
   A Python virtual environment that is used for all Python code running
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0a5cdefd4d..04e99a4f25 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2012,6 +2012,11 @@ have_virtfs_proxy_helper = get_option('virtfs_proxy_helper') \
     .require(libcap_ng.found(), error_message: 'the virtfs proxy helper requires libcap-ng') \
     .allowed()
 
+have_user_native_call = get_option('user_native_call') \
+    .require(have_user, error_message: 'user_native_call requires user') \
+    .require(targetos == 'linux', error_message: 'user_native_call requires Linux') \
+    .allowed()
+
 if get_option('block_drv_ro_whitelist') == ''
   config_host_data.set('CONFIG_BDRV_RO_WHITELIST', '')
 else
@@ -2853,6 +2858,9 @@ foreach target : target_dirs
       error('Target @0@ is only available on a Linux host'.format(target))
     endif
     config_target += { 'CONFIG_LINUX_USER': 'y' }
+    if have_user_native_call
+      config_target += { 'CONFIG_USER_NATIVE_CALL': 'y' }
+    endif
   elif target.endswith('bsd-user')
     if 'CONFIG_BSD' not in config_host
       if default_targets
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 90237389e2..57035e02f5 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -352,3 +352,5 @@ option('slirp_smbd', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
 
 option('hexagon_idef_parser', type : 'boolean', value : true,
        description: 'use idef-parser to automatically generate TCG code for the Hexagon frontend')
+option('user_native_call', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled',
+       description: 'native bypass for library calls in user mode only')
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index 5714fd93d9..9eda1898d6 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  tpm             TPM support'
   printf "%s\n" '  u2f             U2F emulation support'
   printf "%s\n" '  usb-redir       libusbredir support'
+  printf "%s\n" '  user-native-call'
+  printf "%s\n" '                  native bypass for library calls in user mode only'
   printf "%s\n" '  vde             vde network backend support'
   printf "%s\n" '  vdi             vdi image format support'
   printf "%s\n" '  vduse-blk-export'
@@ -472,6 +474,8 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-u2f) printf "%s" -Du2f=disabled ;;
     --enable-usb-redir) printf "%s" -Dusb_redir=enabled ;;
     --disable-usb-redir) printf "%s" -Dusb_redir=disabled ;;
+    --enable-user-native-call) printf "%s" -Duser_native_call=enabled ;;
+    --disable-user-native-call) printf "%s" -Duser_native_call=disabled ;;
     --enable-vde) printf "%s" -Dvde=enabled ;;
     --disable-vde) printf "%s" -Dvde=disabled ;;
     --enable-vdi) printf "%s" -Dvdi=enabled ;;
