diff --git a/driver/event_table.c b/driver/event_table.c
index 479d7a1d43..3863c0e8cf 100644
--- a/driver/event_table.c
+++ b/driver/event_table.c
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ const struct ppm_event_info g_event_info[] = {
 	[PPME_SYSCALL_PRCTL_X] = {"prctl", EC_PROCESS | EC_SYSCALL, EF_MODIFIES_STATE, 4, {{"res", PT_ERRNO, PF_DEC}, {"option", PT_ENUMFLAGS32, PF_DEC, prctl_options}, {"arg2_str", PT_CHARBUF, PF_NA}, {"arg2_int", PT_INT64, PF_DEC} } },
 	[PPME_ASYNCEVENT_E] = {"asyncevent", EC_OTHER | EC_METAEVENT, EF_LARGE_PAYLOAD, 3, {{"plugin_id", PT_UINT32, PF_DEC}, {"name", PT_CHARBUF, PF_NA}, {"data", PT_BYTEBUF, PF_NA} } },
 	[PPME_ASYNCEVENT_X] = {"NA", EC_UNKNOWN, EF_UNUSED, 0},
-	[PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_E] = {"memfd_create", EC_MEMORY | EC_SYSCALL, EF_CREATES_FD, 0},
-	[PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_X] = {"memfd_create", EC_MEMORY | EC_SYSCALL, EF_CREATES_FD, 3, {{"fd",PT_FD,PF_DEC},{"name", PT_CHARBUF, PF_NA},{"flags", PT_FLAGS32, PF_HEX, memfd_create_flags} } },
+	[PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_E] = {"memfd_create", EC_MEMORY | EC_SYSCALL, EF_CREATES_FD | EF_MODIFIES_STATE, 0},
+	[PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_X] = {"memfd_create", EC_MEMORY | EC_SYSCALL, EF_CREATES_FD | EF_MODIFIES_STATE, 3, {{"fd",PT_FD,PF_DEC},{"name", PT_CHARBUF, PF_NA},{"flags", PT_FLAGS32, PF_HEX, memfd_create_flags} } },
 	[PPME_SYSCALL_PIDFD_GETFD_E] = {"pidfd_getfd", EC_PROCESS | EC_SYSCALL, EF_CREATES_FD , 0},
 	[PPME_SYSCALL_PIDFD_GETFD_X] = {"pidfd_getfd", EC_PROCESS | EC_SYSCALL, EF_CREATES_FD , 4, {{"fd", PT_FD, PF_DEC}, {"pid_fd", PT_FD, PF_DEC}, {"target_fd", PT_FD, PF_DEC}, {"flags", PT_FLAGS32, PF_HEX}}}
 };
diff --git a/userspace/libscap/scap.h b/userspace/libscap/scap.h
index 892fa2d7e8..1bd5c15d8f 100644
--- a/userspace/libscap/scap.h
+++ b/userspace/libscap/scap.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ typedef enum scap_fd_type
 	SCAP_FD_BPF = 17,
 	SCAP_FD_USERFAULTFD = 18,
 	SCAP_FD_IOURING = 19,
+  SCAP_FD_MEMFD = 20
 }scap_fd_type;
 
 /*!
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.cpp
index 75289c3c94..d65da8c8d1 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ template<> char sinsp_fdinfo_t::get_typechar()
 		return CHAR_FD_USERFAULTFD;
 	case SCAP_FD_IOURING:
 		return CHAR_FD_IO_URING;
+	case SCAP_FD_MEMFD:
+		return CHAR_FD_MEMFD;
 	default:
 //		ASSERT(false);
 		return '?';
@@ -148,6 +150,8 @@ template<> char* sinsp_fdinfo_t::get_typestring()
 		return (char*)"userfaultfd";
 	case SCAP_FD_IOURING:
 		return (char*)"io_uring";
+	case SCAP_FD_MEMFD:
+		return (char*)"memfd";	
 	default:
 		return (char*)"<NA>";
 	}
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.h b/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.h
index 8cac70346e..2d51a92cde 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/fdinfo.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class sinsp_protodecoder;
 #define CHAR_FD_BPF     		'b'
 #define CHAR_FD_USERFAULTFD		'u'
 #define CHAR_FD_IO_URING		'r'
+#define CHAR_FD_MEMFD			'm'
 
 /** @defgroup state State management 
  * A collection of classes to query process and FD state.
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/filterchecks.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/filterchecks.cpp
index 8f6dd03db6..70d5301168 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/filterchecks.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/filterchecks.cpp
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ bool sinsp_filter_check_fspath::extract_fspath(sinsp_evt* evt,
 const filtercheck_field_info sinsp_filter_check_fd_fields[] =
 {
 	{PT_INT64, EPF_NONE, PF_ID, "fd.num", "FD Number", "the unique number identifying the file descriptor."},
-	{PT_CHARBUF, EPF_NONE, PF_DEC, "fd.type", "FD Type", "type of FD. Can be 'file', 'directory', 'ipv4', 'ipv6', 'unix', 'pipe', 'event', 'signalfd', 'eventpoll', 'inotify' or 'signalfd'."},
-	{PT_CHARBUF, EPF_NONE, PF_DEC, "fd.typechar", "FD Type Char", "type of FD as a single character. Can be 'f' for file, 4 for IPv4 socket, 6 for IPv6 socket, 'u' for unix socket, p for pipe, 'e' for eventfd, 's' for signalfd, 'l' for eventpoll, 'i' for inotify, 'b' for bpf, 'u' for userfaultd, 'r' for io_uring, 'o' for unknown."},
+	{PT_CHARBUF, EPF_NONE, PF_DEC, "fd.type", "FD Type", "type of FD. Can be 'file', 'directory', 'ipv4', 'ipv6', 'unix', 'pipe', 'event', 'signalfd', 'eventpoll', 'inotify'  'signalfd' or 'memfd'."},
+	{PT_CHARBUF, EPF_NONE, PF_DEC, "fd.typechar", "FD Type Char", "type of FD as a single character. Can be 'f' for file, 4 for IPv4 socket, 6 for IPv6 socket, 'u' for unix socket, p for pipe, 'e' for eventfd, 's' for signalfd, 'l' for eventpoll, 'i' for inotify, 'b' for bpf, 'u' for userfaultd, 'r' for io_uring, 'm' for memfd ,'o' for unknown."},
 	{PT_CHARBUF, EPF_NONE, PF_NA, "fd.name", "FD Name", "FD full name. If the fd is a file, this field contains the full path. If the FD is a socket, this field contain the connection tuple."},
 	{PT_CHARBUF, EPF_NONE, PF_NA, "fd.directory", "FD Directory", "If the fd is a file, the directory that contains it."},
 	{PT_CHARBUF, EPF_NONE, PF_NA, "fd.filename", "FD Filename", "If the fd is a file, the filename without the path."},
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp
index 8c1fe361e3..2ef06c7a93 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ void sinsp_parser::process_event(sinsp_evt *evt)
 	case PPME_SYSCALL_SETNS_X:
 		parse_unshare_setns_exit(evt);
 		break;
+	case PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_X:
+		parse_memfd_create_exit(evt, SCAP_FD_MEMFD);
+		break;
 	case PPME_SYSCALL_CLONE_11_X:
 	case PPME_SYSCALL_CLONE_16_X:
 	case PPME_SYSCALL_CLONE_17_X:
@@ -6025,3 +6028,56 @@ void sinsp_parser::free_event_buffer(uint8_t *ptr)
 		free(ptr);
 	}
 }
+
+void sinsp_parser::parse_memfd_create_exit(sinsp_evt *evt, scap_fd_type type)
+{
+	sinsp_evt_param* parinfo;
+	int64_t fd;
+	char *name;
+	uint32_t flags;
+	sinsp_fdinfo_t fdi;
+
+
+	ASSERT(evt->m_tinfo)
+	if(evt->m_tinfo == nullptr)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* ret (fd) */
+	parinfo = evt->get_param(0);
+	ASSERT(parinfo->m_len == sizeof(int64_t));
+	ASSERT(evt->get_param_info(0)->type == PT_FD);
+	fd = *(int64_t *)parinfo->m_val;
+	
+	/* name */
+	/*
+	Suppose you create a memfd named libstest resulting in a fd.name libstest while on disk 
+	(e.g. ls -l /proc/$PID/fd/$FD_NUM) it may look like /memfd:libstest (deleted)
+	*/
+	parinfo = evt->get_param(1);
+	name = parinfo->m_val;
+	
+	/* flags */
+	parinfo = evt->get_param(2);
+	ASSERT(parinfo->m_len == sizeof(uint32_t));
+	flags = *(uint32_t *)parinfo->m_val;
+
+	if(fd >= 0)
+	{
+		fdi.m_type = type;
+		fdi.add_filename(name);
+		fdi.m_openflags = flags;
+	}
+
+	if(fdi.m_name == USER_EVT_DEVICE_NAME)
+	{
+		fdi.m_flags |= sinsp_fdinfo_t::FLAGS_IS_TRACER_FILE;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		fdi.m_flags |= sinsp_fdinfo_t::FLAGS_IS_NOT_TRACER_FD;
+	}
+
+	evt->m_fdinfo = evt->m_tinfo->add_fd(fd, &fdi);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.h b/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.h
index 2454c090d0..57ba2b9fbf 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class sinsp_parser
 	void parse_close_enter(sinsp_evt* evt);
 	void parse_close_exit(sinsp_evt* evt);
 	void parse_thread_exit(sinsp_evt* evt);
+	void parse_memfd_create_exit(sinsp_evt* evt, scap_fd_type type);
 	inline bool detect_and_process_tracer_write(sinsp_evt *evt, int64_t retval, ppm_event_flags eflags);
 	void parse_fspath_related_exit(sinsp_evt* evt);
 	inline void parse_rw_exit(sinsp_evt* evt);
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/test/events_file.ut.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/test/events_file.ut.cpp
index 73dc9081de..3fee062038 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/test/events_file.ut.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/test/events_file.ut.cpp
@@ -625,3 +625,22 @@ TEST_F(sinsp_with_test_input, fchown)
 	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "fd.name"), "/tmp/test");
 	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "fd.num"), "3");
 }
+
+TEST_F(sinsp_with_test_input, memfd_create)
+{
+	add_default_init_thread();
+	open_inspector();
+	sinsp_evt* evt = NULL;
+	const char *name = "test_name";
+	int64_t fd = 4;
+
+	add_event_advance_ts(increasing_ts(), 1, PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_E, 0);
+	evt = add_event_advance_ts(increasing_ts(), 1, PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_X, 3, fd, name, 0);
+	
+	ASSERT_EQ(evt->get_type(), PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_X);
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "fd.num"), std::to_string(fd));
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "fd.name"), name);
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "fd.typechar"), "m"); 
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "fd.type"), "memfd");
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/test/public_sinsp_API/ppm_sc_codes.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/test/public_sinsp_API/ppm_sc_codes.cpp
index c8ebf4240e..b205b1d2ae 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/test/public_sinsp_API/ppm_sc_codes.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/test/public_sinsp_API/ppm_sc_codes.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ const libsinsp::events::set<ppm_event_code> expected_sinsp_state_event_set = {
 	PPME_SYSCALL_PRCTL_E,
 	PPME_SYSCALL_PRCTL_X,
 	PPME_ASYNCEVENT_E,
+	PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_E,
+	PPME_SYSCALL_MEMFD_CREATE_X
 };
 
 const libsinsp::events::set<ppm_sc_code> expected_sinsp_state_sc_set = {
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ const libsinsp::events::set<ppm_sc_code> expected_sinsp_state_sc_set = {
 	PPM_SC_EPOLL_CREATE1,
 	PPM_SC_SCHED_PROCESS_EXIT,
 	PPM_SC_PRCTL,
+	PPM_SC_MEMFD_CREATE
 };
 
 const libsinsp::events::set<ppm_event_code> expected_unknown_event_set = {