diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0eb0e87dbe9f51..54a5894bb4ea39 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -430,6 +430,18 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *     @xdp_md: pointer to xdp_md
  *     @delta: An positive/negative integer to be added to xdp_md.data
  *     Return: 0 on success or negative on error
+ *
+ * int bpf_probe_read_str(void *dst, int size, const void *unsafe_ptr)
+ *     Copy a NUL terminated string from unsafe address. In case the string
+ *     length is smaller than size, the target is not padded with further NUL
+ *     bytes. In case the string length is larger than size, just count-1
+ *     bytes are copied and the last byte is set to NUL.
+ *     @dst: destination address
+ *     @size: maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL
+ *     @unsafe_ptr: unsafe address
+ *     Return:
+ *       > 0 length of the string including the trailing NUL on success
+ *       < 0 error
  */
 #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN)		\
 	FN(unspec),			\
@@ -476,7 +488,8 @@ union bpf_attr {
 	FN(set_hash_invalid),		\
 	FN(get_numa_node_id),		\
 	FN(skb_change_head),		\
-	FN(xdp_adjust_head),
+	FN(xdp_adjust_head),		\
+	FN(probe_read_str),
 
 /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
  * function eBPF program intends to call
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index c22a961d1a4269..424daa4586d1b7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -395,6 +395,36 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_current_task_under_cgroup_proto = {
 	.arg2_type      = ARG_ANYTHING,
 };
 
+BPF_CALL_3(bpf_probe_read_str, void *, dst, u32, size,
+	   const void *, unsafe_ptr)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * The strncpy_from_unsafe() call will likely not fill the entire
+	 * buffer, but that's okay in this circumstance as we're probing
+	 * arbitrary memory anyway similar to bpf_probe_read() and might
+	 * as well probe the stack. Thus, memory is explicitly cleared
+	 * only in error case, so that improper users ignoring return
+	 * code altogether don't copy garbage; otherwise length of string
+	 * is returned that can be used for bpf_perf_event_output() et al.
+	 */
+	ret = strncpy_from_unsafe(dst, unsafe_ptr, size);
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		memset(dst, 0, size);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_probe_read_str_proto = {
+	.func		= bpf_probe_read_str,
+	.gpl_only	= true,
+	.ret_type	= RET_INTEGER,
+	.arg1_type	= ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MEM,
+	.arg2_type	= ARG_CONST_SIZE,
+	.arg3_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
+};
+
 static const struct bpf_func_proto *tracing_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id)
 {
 	switch (func_id) {
@@ -432,6 +462,8 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto *tracing_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id)
 		return &bpf_current_task_under_cgroup_proto;
 	case BPF_FUNC_get_prandom_u32:
 		return &bpf_get_prandom_u32_proto;
+	case BPF_FUNC_probe_read_str:
+		return &bpf_probe_read_str_proto;
 	default:
 		return NULL;
 	}