diff --git a/fs/crypto/hooks.c b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
index a5a40a76b8ed..82575cfbb04d 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/hooks.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
@@ -305,3 +305,47 @@ err_kfree:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fscrypt_get_symlink);
+
+/**
+ * fscrypt_symlink_getattr() - set the correct st_size for encrypted symlinks
+ * @path: the path for the encrypted symlink being queried
+ * @stat: the struct being filled with the symlink's attributes
+ *
+ * Override st_size of encrypted symlinks to be the length of the decrypted
+ * symlink target (or the no-key encoded symlink target, if the key is
+ * unavailable) rather than the length of the encrypted symlink target.  This is
+ * necessary for st_size to match the symlink target that userspace actually
+ * sees.  POSIX requires this, and some userspace programs depend on it.
+ *
+ * This requires reading the symlink target from disk if needed, setting up the
+ * inode's encryption key if possible, and then decrypting or encoding the
+ * symlink target.  This makes lstat() more heavyweight than is normally the
+ * case.  However, decrypted symlink targets will be cached in ->i_link, so
+ * usually the symlink won't have to be read and decrypted again later if/when
+ * it is actually followed, readlink() is called, or lstat() is called again.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure
+ */
+int fscrypt_symlink_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	const char *link;
+	DEFINE_DELAYED_CALL(done);
+
+	/*
+	 * To get the symlink target that userspace will see (whether it's the
+	 * decrypted target or the no-key encoded target), we can just get it in
+	 * the same way the VFS does during path resolution and readlink().
+	 */
+	link = READ_ONCE(inode->i_link);
+	if (!link) {
+		link = inode->i_op->get_link(dentry, inode, &done);
+		if (IS_ERR(link))
+			return PTR_ERR(link);
+	}
+	stat->size = strlen(link);
+	do_delayed_call(&done);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fscrypt_symlink_getattr);
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index 032e5bcf9701..0d1a53d6c52d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ extern int __fscrypt_encrypt_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *target,
 extern const char *fscrypt_get_symlink(struct inode *inode, const void *caddr,
 				       unsigned int max_size,
 				       struct delayed_call *done);
+int fscrypt_symlink_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat);
 static inline void fscrypt_set_ops(struct super_block *sb,
 				   const struct fscrypt_operations *s_cop)
 {
@@ -585,6 +586,12 @@ static inline const char *fscrypt_get_symlink(struct inode *inode,
 	return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
 }
 
+static inline int fscrypt_symlink_getattr(const struct path *path,
+					  struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static inline void fscrypt_set_ops(struct super_block *sb,
 				   const struct fscrypt_operations *s_cop)
 {