diff --git a/src/context/context.rs b/src/context/context.rs
index 943ba0c9e9..0a2701a253 100644
--- a/src/context/context.rs
+++ b/src/context/context.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ pub struct Context {
     /// Bytes written that were cancelled (Linux cancelled_write_bytes).
     pub io_cancelled_write_bytes: u64,
 
+    /// Current namespace file descriptor (Redox `setns`). `None` means "use
+    /// the global namespace" — the default for processes that never called
+    /// `setns`. Set by `SYS_SETNS`; read by `openat`/`dup`/etc. to route
+    /// scheme lookups through the chosen namespace fd.
+    pub ns_fd: Option<usize>,
+
     // TODO: id can reappear after wraparound?
     pub owner_proc_id: Option<NonZeroUsize>,
 
@@ -248,6 +254,7 @@ impl Context {
             io_read_bytes: 0,
             io_write_bytes: 0,
             io_cancelled_write_bytes: 0,
+            ns_fd: None,
 
             #[cfg(feature = "syscall_debug")]
             syscall_debug_info: crate::syscall::debug::SyscallDebugInfo::default(),
diff --git a/src/syscall/mod.rs b/src/syscall/mod.rs
index b2f93d8e4f..bfd638354b 100644
--- a/src/syscall/mod.rs
+++ b/src/syscall/mod.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ pub fn syscall(
 
             SYS_MPROTECT => mprotect(b, c, MapFlags::from_bits_truncate(d), token).map(|()| 0),
             SYS_MREMAP => mremap(b, c, d, e, f, token),
+            SYS_MKNS => sys_mkns(UserSlice::ro(b, c)?, token).map(FileHandle::into),
+            SYS_SETNS => sys_setns(fd, token).map(|()| 0),
 
             _ => {
                 println!("KERNEL: unimplemented syscall a={:#x} b={:#x} c={:#x} d={:#x}", a, b, c, d);
diff --git a/src/syscall/process.rs b/src/syscall/process.rs
index e83da427b4..6d8943f245 100644
--- a/src/syscall/process.rs
+++ b/src/syscall/process.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,49 @@ pub fn mprotect(
     AddrSpace::current()?.mprotect(span, flags, token)
 }
 
+/// Create a new namespace containing the named schemes (space-separated in `names`).
+///
+/// Returns a file handle that refers to the new namespace; the caller is expected to
+/// pass it to `sys_setns` to switch into it, or to `redox-rt::sys::setns` for a
+/// pure-userspace swap of the per-thread dynamic proc info `ns_fd`.
+///
+/// Implementation: dups the calling context's namespace fd with the caller-supplied
+/// buffer (which contains `NsDup::ForkNs` followed by scheme names). The dup is
+/// handled by the bootstrap's userspace namespace manager daemon (`initnsmgr`),
+/// which creates the new namespace and returns a new fd.
+pub fn sys_mkns(
+    names: UserSliceRo,
+    token: &mut CleanLockToken,
+) -> Result<FileHandle> {
+    let ns_fd_opt = {
+        let ctx_lock = context::current();
+        let ctx = ctx_lock.read(token.token());
+        ctx.ns_fd
+    };
+    let ns_fd = ns_fd_opt.ok_or(Error::new(EBADF))?;
+    crate::syscall::fs::dup(FileHandle::from(ns_fd), names, token)
+}
+
+/// Switch the calling context to the namespace referenced by `fd`.
+///
+/// The fd must have been produced by `sys_mkns` (or by the bootstrap's namespace
+/// manager). After this syscall returns, all scheme lookups in the calling
+/// context resolve against the new namespace.
+pub fn sys_setns(
+    fd: FileHandle,
+    token: &mut CleanLockToken,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let ns_fd = fd.get();
+    if ns_fd == 0 || ns_fd == usize::MAX {
+        return Err(Error::new(EBADF));
+    }
+
+    let ctx_lock = context::current();
+    let mut ctx = ctx_lock.write(token.token());
+    ctx.ns_fd = Some(ns_fd);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 const KERNEL_METADATA_BASE: usize = crate::USER_END_OFFSET - syscall::KERNEL_METADATA_SIZE;
 const KERNEL_METADATA_PAGE_COUNT: usize = syscall::KERNEL_METADATA_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE + {
     if syscall::KERNEL_METADATA_SIZE.is_multiple_of(PAGE_SIZE) {