diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
index 7398145a..f4f57c23 100644
--- a/src/event.rs
+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use alloc::sync::Arc;
-use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use hashbrown::{hash_map::DefaultHashBuilder, HashMap};
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use syscall::data::GlobalSchemes;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ int_like!(EventQueueId, AtomicEventQueueId, usize, AtomicUsize);
 pub struct EventQueue {
     id: EventQueueId,
     queue: WaitQueue<Event>,
+    pub eventfd: Option<(AtomicU64, bool)>, // (counter, semaphore_mode)
 }
 
 impl EventQueue {
@@ -30,6 +31,15 @@ impl EventQueue {
         EventQueue {
             id,
             queue: WaitQueue::new(),
+            eventfd: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_eventfd(id: EventQueueId, initval: u64, semaphore: bool) -> EventQueue {
+        EventQueue {
+            id,
+            queue: WaitQueue::new(),
+            eventfd: Some((AtomicU64::new(initval), semaphore)),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/scheme/event.rs b/src/scheme/event.rs
index 36efe5b2..62e46c99 100644
--- a/src/scheme/event.rs
+++ b/src/scheme/event.rs
@@ -25,12 +25,26 @@ impl KernelScheme for EventScheme {
     fn kopenat(
         &self,
         id: usize,
-        _user_buf: StrOrBytes,
+        user_buf: StrOrBytes,
         _flags: usize,
         _fcntl_flags: u32,
         _ctx: CallerCtx,
         token: &mut CleanLockToken,
     ) -> Result<OpenResult> {
+        let path = match &user_buf {
+            StrOrBytes::Str(s) | StrOrBytes::Bytes(s) => {
+                core::str::from_utf8(s).unwrap_or("")
+            }
+        };
+        if path.starts_with("eventfd/") {
+            let rest = &path[8..]; // after "eventfd/"
+            let mut parts = rest.split('/');
+            let initval: u64 = parts.next().and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+            let sem: bool = parts.next().and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(false);
+            let id = next_queue_id();
+            queues_mut(token.token()).insert(id, Arc::new(EventQueue::new_eventfd(id, initval, sem)));
+            return Ok(OpenResult::SchemeLocal(id.get(), InternalFlags::empty()));
+        }
         if id != SCHEME_ROOT_ID {
             return Err(Error::new(EACCES));
         }
@@ -67,6 +81,31 @@ impl KernelScheme for EventScheme {
             handle.clone()
         };
 
+        if let Some((ref counter, semaphore)) = queue.eventfd {
+            let is_nonblock = flags & O_NONBLOCK as u32 != 0;
+            if semaphore {
+                let val = counter.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+                if val == 0 {
+                    if is_nonblock { return Err(Error::new(EAGAIN)); }
+                    // Blocking wait not implemented for eventfd in kernel
+                    return Err(Error::new(EAGAIN));
+                }
+                if counter.compare_exchange(val, val - 1, Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Relaxed).is_ok() {
+                    let one: u64 = 1;
+                    buf.copy_from_slice(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(&one as *const u64 as *const u8, 8) })?;
+                    return Ok(8);
+                }
+                return Err(Error::new(EAGAIN));
+            } else {
+                let val = counter.swap(0, Ordering::AcqRel);
+                if val == 0 && is_nonblock {
+                    return Err(Error::new(EAGAIN));
+                }
+                buf.copy_from_slice(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(&val as *const u64 as *const u8, 8) })?;
+                return Ok(8);
+            }
+        }
+
         queue.read(buf, flags & O_NONBLOCK as u32 == 0, token)
     }
 
@@ -85,6 +124,19 @@ impl KernelScheme for EventScheme {
             let handle = handles.get(&id).ok_or(Error::new(EBADF))?;
             handle.clone()
         };
+
+        if let Some((ref counter, _semaphore)) = queue.eventfd {
+            if buf.len() >= 8 {
+                let mut bytes = [0u8; 8];
+                buf.copy_to_slice(&mut bytes)?;
+                let val = u64::from_ne_bytes(bytes);
+                if val == u64::MAX { return Err(Error::new(EINVAL)); }
+                counter.fetch_add(val, Ordering::AcqRel);
+                return Ok(8);
+            }
+            return Err(Error::new(EINVAL));
+        }
+
         let mut events_written = 0;
 
         for chunk in buf.in_exact_chunks(size_of::<Event>()) {