diff --git a/qemu-seccomp.c b/qemu-seccomp.c
index caa926ebf2..46554bda4b 100644
--- a/qemu-seccomp.c
+++ b/qemu-seccomp.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static const struct QemuSeccompSyscall seccomp_whitelist[] = {
     { SCMP_SYS(getsockname), 242 },
     { SCMP_SYS(getpeername), 242 },
     { SCMP_SYS(accept4), 242 },
+    { SCMP_SYS(timerfd_settime), 242 },
     { SCMP_SYS(newfstatat), 241 },
     { SCMP_SYS(shutdown), 241 },
     { SCMP_SYS(getsockopt), 241 },
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ static const struct QemuSeccompSyscall seccomp_whitelist[] = {
     { SCMP_SYS(fchmod), 240 },
     { SCMP_SYS(shmget), 240 },
     { SCMP_SYS(shmat), 240 },
-    { SCMP_SYS(shmdt), 240 }
+    { SCMP_SYS(shmdt), 240 },
+    { SCMP_SYS(timerfd_create), 240 }
 };
 
 int seccomp_start(void)