diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
index 0664787f2b74..0d85959be0d5 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
@@ -306,6 +306,53 @@ static int vboxsf_dir_mkdir(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return vboxsf_dir_create(parent, dentry, mode, true, true, NULL);
 }
 
+static int vboxsf_dir_atomic_open(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
+				  struct file *file, unsigned int flags, umode_t mode)
+{
+	struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi = VBOXSF_SBI(parent->i_sb);
+	struct vboxsf_handle *sf_handle;
+	struct dentry *res = NULL;
+	u64 handle;
+	int err;
+
+	if (d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
+		res = vboxsf_dir_lookup(parent, dentry, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(res))
+			return PTR_ERR(res);
+
+		if (res)
+			dentry = res;
+	}
+
+	/* Only creates */
+	if (!(flags & O_CREAT) || d_really_is_positive(dentry))
+		return finish_no_open(file, res);
+
+	err = vboxsf_dir_create(parent, dentry, mode, false, flags & O_EXCL, &handle);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	sf_handle = vboxsf_create_sf_handle(d_inode(dentry), handle, SHFL_CF_ACCESS_READWRITE);
+	if (IS_ERR(sf_handle)) {
+		vboxsf_close(sbi->root, handle);
+		err = PTR_ERR(sf_handle);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = finish_open(file, dentry, generic_file_open);
+	if (err) {
+		/* This also closes the handle passed to vboxsf_create_sf_handle() */
+		vboxsf_release_sf_handle(d_inode(dentry), sf_handle);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	file->private_data = sf_handle;
+	file->f_mode |= FMODE_CREATED;
+out:
+	dput(res);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int vboxsf_dir_unlink(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi = VBOXSF_SBI(parent->i_sb);
@@ -424,6 +471,7 @@ const struct inode_operations vboxsf_dir_iops = {
 	.lookup  = vboxsf_dir_lookup,
 	.create  = vboxsf_dir_mkfile,
 	.mkdir   = vboxsf_dir_mkdir,
+	.atomic_open = vboxsf_dir_atomic_open,
 	.rmdir   = vboxsf_dir_unlink,
 	.unlink  = vboxsf_dir_unlink,
 	.rename  = vboxsf_dir_rename,