diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f7855d380..e546a4e83a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
 ### Added
+
+- Added futex interface.
+  ([#1907](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1907))
 - Add `PF_ROUTE` to `SockType` on macOS, iOS, all of the BSDs, Fuchsia, Haiku, Illumos.
   ([#1867](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1867))
 - Added `nix::ucontext` module on `aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu`.
diff --git a/src/sys/futex.rs b/src/sys/futex.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cec047a586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sys/futex.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+use crate::{Errno, Result};
+use libc::{syscall, SYS_futex};
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+fn timespec(duration: Duration) -> libc::timespec {
+    let tv_sec = duration.as_secs().try_into().unwrap();
+    let tv_nsec = duration.subsec_nanos().try_into().unwrap();
+    libc::timespec { tv_sec, tv_nsec }
+}
+
+fn unwrap_or_null<T>(option: Option<&T>) -> *const T {
+    match option {
+        Some(t) => t,
+        None => std::ptr::null(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Fast user-space locking.
+///
+/// By default we presume the futex is not process-private, that is, it is used across processes. If
+/// you know it is process-private you can set `PRIVATE` to `true`  which allows some additional
+/// optimizations.
+/// ```
+/// # use nix::{sys::futex::Futex,errno::Errno};
+/// # use std::time::{Instant, Duration};
+/// const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(500);
+/// const DELTA: Duration = Duration::from_millis(50);
+/// let futex: Futex = Futex::new(0);
+///
+/// // If the value of the futex is 0, wait for wake. Since the value is 0 and no wake occurs,
+/// // we expect the timeout will pass.
+/// {
+///     let instant = Instant::now();
+///     assert_eq!(futex.wait(0, Some(TIMEOUT)),Err(Errno::ETIMEDOUT));
+///     assert!(instant.elapsed() > TIMEOUT);
+/// }
+/// // If the value of the futex is 1, wait for wake. Since the value is 0, not 1, this will
+/// // return immediately.
+/// {
+///     let instant = Instant::now();
+///     assert_eq!(futex.wait(1, Some(TIMEOUT)),Err(Errno::EAGAIN));
+///     assert!(instant.elapsed() < DELTA);
+/// }
+///
+/// {
+///     let futex = std::sync::Arc::new(futex);
+///     let futex_clone = futex.clone();    
+///     let instant = Instant::now();
+///     std::thread::spawn(move || {
+///         std::thread::sleep(TIMEOUT); // Sleep for `timeout`
+///         assert_eq!(futex_clone.wake(1),Ok(1)); // Wake 1 waiting thread
+///     });
+///     assert_eq!(futex.wait(0, Some(2 * TIMEOUT)),Ok(())); // Wait on wake
+///     assert!(instant.elapsed() > TIMEOUT && instant.elapsed() < TIMEOUT + DELTA); // Assert waited ~`timeout`
+/// }
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct Futex<const PRIVATE: bool = false>(u32);
+impl<const PRIVATE: bool> Futex<PRIVATE> {
+    const MASK: i32 = if PRIVATE { libc::FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG } else { 0 };
+    /// Create new futex with word value of `val`.
+    pub fn new(val: u32) -> Self {
+        Self(val)
+    }
+    /// If the value of the futex:
+    /// - `== val`, the thread sleeps waiting for a [`Futex::wake`] call, in this case this thread
+    ///   is considered a waiter on this futex.
+    /// - `!= val`, then `Err` with [`Errno::EAGAIN`] is immediately returned.
+    ///
+    /// If the timeout is:
+    /// - `Some(_)` it specifies a timeout for the wait.
+    /// - `None` it will block indefinitely.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAIT`].
+    pub fn wait(&self, val: u32, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAIT,
+                val,
+                timespec_ptr,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+    /// Wakes at most `val` waiters.
+    ///
+    /// - `val == 1` wakes a single waiter.
+    /// - `val == u32::MAX` wakes all waiters.
+    ///
+    /// No guarantee is provided about which waiters are awoken. A waiter with a higher scheduling
+    /// priority is not guaranteed to be awoken in preference to a waiter with a lower priority.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAKE`].
+    pub fn wake(&self, val: u32) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, &self.0, Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAKE, val)
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+    /// Creates a file descriptor associated with the futex.
+    ///
+    /// When [`Futex::wake`] is performed on the futex this file indicates being readable with
+    /// `select`, `poll` and `epoll`.
+    ///
+    /// The file descriptor can be used to obtain asynchronous notifications: if val is nonzero,
+    /// then, when another process or thread executes a FUTEX_WAKE, the caller will receive the
+    /// signal number that was passed in val.
+    ///
+    /// **Because it was inherently racy, this is unsupported from Linux 2.6.26 onward.**
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_FD`].
+    pub fn fd(&self, val: u32) -> Result<OwnedFd> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, &self.0, Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAKE, val)
+        };
+
+        // On a 32 bit arch `x` will be an `i32` and will trigger this lint.
+        #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
+        Errno::result(res)
+            .map(|x| unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(i32::try_from(x).unwrap()) })
+    }
+    /// [`Futex::cmp_requeue`] without the check being made using `val3`.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_REQUEUE`].
+    pub fn requeue(&self, val: u32, val2: u32, uaddr2: &Self) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+    /// Wakes `val` waiters, moving remaining (up to `val2`) waiters to `uaddr2`.
+    ///
+    /// If the value of this futex `== val3` returns `Err` with [`Errno::EAGAIN`].
+    ///
+    /// Typical values to specify for `val` are `0` or `1` (Specifying `u32::MAX` makes the
+    /// [`Futex::cmp_requeue`] equivalent to [`Futex::wake`]).
+    ///
+    /// Typical values to specify for `val2` are `1` or `u32::MAX` (Specifying `0` makes
+    /// [`Futex::cmp_requeue`] equivalent to [`Futex::wait`]).
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE`].
+    pub fn cmp_requeue(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        val2: u32,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAKE_OP`].
+    pub fn wake_op(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        val2: u32,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAKE_OP,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET`].
+    pub fn wait_bitset(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET,
+                val,
+                timespec_ptr,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET`].
+    pub fn wake_bitset(&self, val: u32, val3: u32) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, &self.0, libc::FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET, val, val3)
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI`].
+    pub fn lock_pi(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI,
+                timespec_ptr,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI2`].
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    pub fn lock_pi2(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI2,
+                timespec_ptr,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI`].
+    pub fn trylock_pi(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, &self.0, Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI)
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+    /// `libc::FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI`
+    pub fn unlock_pi(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, &self.0, Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI)
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI`].
+    pub fn cmp_requeue_pi(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        val2: u32,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI`].
+    pub fn wait_requeue_pi(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                &self.0,
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI,
+                val,
+                timespec_ptr,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/sys/mod.rs b/src/sys/mod.rs
index 2065059de8..0f9eb8d7cc 100644
--- a/src/sys/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/mod.rs
@@ -226,3 +226,7 @@ feature! {
     #![feature = "time"]
     pub mod timer;
 }
+
+/// Fast user-space locking.
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+pub mod futex;