diff --git a/metropolis/pkg/fsquota/fsxattrs/BUILD.bazel b/metropolis/pkg/fsquota/fsxattrs/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87f2617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metropolis/pkg/fsquota/fsxattrs/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["fsxattrs.go"],
+    importpath = "git.monogon.dev/source/nexantic.git/metropolis/pkg/fsquota/fsxattrs",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = ["@org_golang_x_sys//unix:go_default_library"],
+)
diff --git a/metropolis/pkg/fsquota/fsxattrs/fsxattrs.go b/metropolis/pkg/fsquota/fsxattrs/fsxattrs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d455eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metropolis/pkg/fsquota/fsxattrs/fsxattrs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package fsxattrs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+type FSXAttrFlag uint32
+
+// Defined in uapi/linux/fs.h
+const (
+	FlagRealtime        FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000001
+	FlagPreallocated    FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000002
+	FlagImmutable       FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000008
+	FlagAppend          FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000010
+	FlagSync            FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000020
+	FlagNoATime         FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000040
+	FlagNoDump          FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000080
+	FlagRealtimeInherit FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000100
+	FlagProjectInherit  FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000200
+	FlagNoSymlinks      FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000400
+	FlagExtentSize      FSXAttrFlag = 0x00000800
+	FlagNoDefragment    FSXAttrFlag = 0x00002000
+	FlagFilestream      FSXAttrFlag = 0x00004000
+	FlagDAX             FSXAttrFlag = 0x00008000
+	FlagCOWExtentSize   FSXAttrFlag = 0x00010000
+	FlagHasAttribute    FSXAttrFlag = 0x80000000
+)
+
+// FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR/FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR are defined in uapi/linux/fs.h
+const FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR = 0x801c581f
+const FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR = 0x401c5820
+
+type FSXAttrs struct {
+	Flags         FSXAttrFlag
+	ExtentSize    uint32
+	ExtentCount   uint32
+	ProjectID     uint32
+	CoWExtentSize uint32
+	_pad          [8]byte
+}
+
+func Get(file *os.File) (*FSXAttrs, error) {
+	var attrs FSXAttrs
+	_, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_IOCTL, file.Fd(), FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&attrs)))
+	if errno != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to execute getFSXAttrs: %v", errno)
+	}
+	return &attrs, nil
+}
+
+func Set(file *os.File, attrs *FSXAttrs) error {
+	_, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_IOCTL, file.Fd(), FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(attrs)))
+	if errno != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to execute setFSXAttrs: %v", errno)
+	}
+	return nil
+}