diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b686dfef75..5f114c89d9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -636,10 +636,16 @@ if vmnet.found() and not cc.has_header_symbol('vmnet/vmnet.h',
 endif
 
 seccomp = not_found
+seccomp_has_sysrawrc = false
 if not get_option('seccomp').auto() or have_system or have_tools
   seccomp = dependency('libseccomp', version: '>=2.3.0',
                        required: get_option('seccomp'),
                        method: 'pkg-config', kwargs: static_kwargs)
+  if seccomp.found()
+    seccomp_has_sysrawrc = cc.has_header_symbol('seccomp.h',
+                                                'SCMP_FLTATR_API_SYSRAWRC',
+                                                dependencies: seccomp)
+  endif
 endif
 
 libcap_ng = not_found
@@ -1849,6 +1855,9 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_RDMA', rdma.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL', sdl.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL_IMAGE', sdl_image.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SECCOMP', seccomp.found())
+if seccomp.found()
+  config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SECCOMP_SYSRAWRC', seccomp_has_sysrawrc)
+endif
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SNAPPY', snappy.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_TPM', have_tpm)
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_USB_LIBUSB', libusb.found())
diff --git a/softmmu/qemu-seccomp.c b/softmmu/qemu-seccomp.c
index deaf8a4ef5..d66a2a1226 100644
--- a/softmmu/qemu-seccomp.c
+++ b/softmmu/qemu-seccomp.c
@@ -312,6 +312,19 @@ static int seccomp_start(uint32_t seccomp_opts, Error **errp)
         goto seccomp_return;
     }
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SECCOMP_SYSRAWRC)
+    /*
+     * This must be the first seccomp_attr_set() call to have full
+     * error propagation from subsequent seccomp APIs.
+     */
+    rc = seccomp_attr_set(ctx, SCMP_FLTATR_API_SYSRAWRC, 1);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -rc,
+                         "failed to set seccomp rawrc attribute");
+        goto seccomp_return;
+    }
+#endif
+
     rc = seccomp_attr_set(ctx, SCMP_FLTATR_CTL_TSYNC, 1);
     if (rc != 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, -rc,