diff --git a/sandbox-seccomp-filter.c b/sandbox-seccomp-filter.c
index 5065ae7ef..d942b5e16 100644
--- a/sandbox-seccomp-filter.c
+++ b/sandbox-seccomp-filter.c
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ static const struct sock_filter preauth_insns[] = {
 #ifdef __NR_ipc
 	SC_DENY(__NR_ipc, EACCES),
 #endif
+#ifdef __NR_statx
+	SC_DENY(__NR_statx, EACCES),
+#endif
 
 	/* Syscalls to permit */
 #ifdef __NR_brk