diff --git a/conversions.go b/conversions.go
index adecf7b..78ded6d 100644
--- a/conversions.go
+++ b/conversions.go
@@ -134,6 +134,27 @@ func convertInMessage(
 			Mode: convertFileMode(in.Mode) | os.ModeDir,
 		}
 
+	case fusekernel.OpMknod:
+		in := (*fusekernel.MknodIn)(inMsg.Consume(fusekernel.MknodInSize(protocol)))
+		if in == nil {
+			err = errors.New("Corrupt OpMknod")
+			return
+		}
+
+		name := inMsg.ConsumeBytes(inMsg.Len())
+		i := bytes.IndexByte(name, '\x00')
+		if i < 0 {
+			err = errors.New("Corrupt OpMknod")
+			return
+		}
+		name = name[:i]
+
+		o = &fuseops.MkNodeOp{
+			Parent: fuseops.InodeID(inMsg.Header().Nodeid),
+			Name:   string(name),
+			Mode:   convertFileMode(in.Mode),
+		}
+
 	case fusekernel.OpCreate:
 		in := (*fusekernel.CreateIn)(inMsg.Consume(fusekernel.CreateInSize(protocol)))
 		if in == nil {
@@ -491,6 +512,11 @@ func (c *Connection) kernelResponseForOp(
 		out := (*fusekernel.EntryOut)(m.Grow(size))
 		convertChildInodeEntry(&o.Entry, out)
 
+	case *fuseops.MkNodeOp:
+		size := fusekernel.EntryOutSize(c.protocol)
+		out := (*fusekernel.EntryOut)(m.Grow(size))
+		convertChildInodeEntry(&o.Entry, out)
+
 	case *fuseops.CreateFileOp:
 		eSize := fusekernel.EntryOutSize(c.protocol)
 
diff --git a/fuseops/ops.go b/fuseops/ops.go
index 040fc87..b26d989 100644
--- a/fuseops/ops.go
+++ b/fuseops/ops.go
@@ -235,6 +235,33 @@ type MkDirOp struct {
 	Entry ChildInodeEntry
 }
 
+// Create a file inode as a child of an existing directory inode. The kernel
+// sends this in response to a mknod(2) call. It may also send it in special
+// cases such as an NFS export (cf. https://goo.gl/HiLfnK). It is more typical
+// to see CreateFileOp, which is received for an open(2) that creates a file.
+//
+// The Linux kernel appears to verify the name doesn't already exist (mknod
+// calls sys_mknodat calls user_path_create calls filename_create, which
+// verifies: http://goo.gl/FZpLu5). But osxfuse may not guarantee this, as with
+// mkdir(2). And if names may be created outside of the kernel's control, it
+// doesn't matter what the kernel does anyway.
+//
+// Therefore the file system should return EEXIST if the name already exists.
+type MkNodeOp struct {
+	// The ID of parent directory inode within which to create the child.
+	Parent InodeID
+
+	// The name of the child to create, and the mode with which to create it.
+	Name string
+	Mode os.FileMode
+
+	// Set by the file system: information about the inode that was created.
+	//
+	// The lookup count for the inode is implicitly incremented. See notes on
+	// ForgetInodeOp for more information.
+	Entry ChildInodeEntry
+}
+
 // Create a file inode and open it.
 //
 // The kernel sends this when the user asks to open a file with the O_CREAT
diff --git a/fuseutil/file_system.go b/fuseutil/file_system.go
index 3f7d2b4..2921c1d 100644
--- a/fuseutil/file_system.go
+++ b/fuseutil/file_system.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type FileSystem interface {
 	SetInodeAttributes(context.Context, *fuseops.SetInodeAttributesOp) error
 	ForgetInode(context.Context, *fuseops.ForgetInodeOp) error
 	MkDir(context.Context, *fuseops.MkDirOp) error
+	MkNode(context.Context, *fuseops.MkNodeOp) error
 	CreateFile(context.Context, *fuseops.CreateFileOp) error
 	CreateSymlink(context.Context, *fuseops.CreateSymlinkOp) error
 	Rename(context.Context, *fuseops.RenameOp) error
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ func (s *fileSystemServer) handleOp(
 	case *fuseops.MkDirOp:
 		err = s.fs.MkDir(ctx, typed)
 
+	case *fuseops.MkNodeOp:
+		err = s.fs.MkNode(ctx, typed)
+
 	case *fuseops.CreateFileOp:
 		err = s.fs.CreateFile(ctx, typed)
 
diff --git a/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go b/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
index 4bd923c..fc082d2 100644
--- a/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
+++ b/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) MkDir(
 	return
 }
 
+func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) MkNode(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	op *fuseops.MkNodeOp) (err error) {
+	err = fuse.ENOSYS
+	return
+}
+
 func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) CreateFile(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	op *fuseops.CreateFileOp) (err error) {
diff --git a/samples/memfs/memfs.go b/samples/memfs/memfs.go
index c9e5dda..9963952 100644
--- a/samples/memfs/memfs.go
+++ b/samples/memfs/memfs.go
@@ -305,28 +305,37 @@ func (fs *memFS) MkDir(
 	return
 }
 
-func (fs *memFS) CreateFile(
+func (fs *memFS) MkNode(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	op *fuseops.CreateFileOp) (err error) {
+	op *fuseops.MkNodeOp) (err error) {
 	fs.mu.Lock()
 	defer fs.mu.Unlock()
 
+	op.Entry, err = fs.createFile(op.Parent, op.Name, op.Mode)
+	return
+}
+
+// LOCKS_REQUIRED(fs.mu)
+func (fs *memFS) createFile(
+	parentID fuseops.InodeID,
+	name string,
+	mode os.FileMode) (entry fuseops.ChildInodeEntry, err error) {
 	// Grab the parent, which we will update shortly.
-	parent := fs.getInodeOrDie(op.Parent)
+	parent := fs.getInodeOrDie(parentID)
 
 	// Ensure that the name doesn't already exist, so we don't wind up with a
 	// duplicate.
-	_, _, exists := parent.LookUpChild(op.Name)
+	_, _, exists := parent.LookUpChild(name)
 	if exists {
 		err = fuse.EEXIST
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Set up attributes from the child.
+	// Set up attributes for the child.
 	now := time.Now()
 	childAttrs := fuseops.InodeAttributes{
 		Nlink:  1,
-		Mode:   op.Mode,
+		Mode:   mode,
 		Atime:  now,
 		Mtime:  now,
 		Ctime:  now,
@@ -339,19 +348,27 @@ func (fs *memFS) CreateFile(
 	childID, child := fs.allocateInode(childAttrs)
 
 	// Add an entry in the parent.
-	parent.AddChild(childID, op.Name, fuseutil.DT_File)
+	parent.AddChild(childID, name, fuseutil.DT_File)
 
 	// Fill in the response entry.
-	op.Entry.Child = childID
-	op.Entry.Attributes = child.attrs
+	entry.Child = childID
+	entry.Attributes = child.attrs
 
 	// We don't spontaneously mutate, so the kernel can cache as long as it wants
 	// (since it also handles invalidation).
-	op.Entry.AttributesExpiration = time.Now().Add(365 * 24 * time.Hour)
-	op.Entry.EntryExpiration = op.Entry.EntryExpiration
+	entry.AttributesExpiration = time.Now().Add(365 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	entry.EntryExpiration = entry.AttributesExpiration
 
-	// We have nothing interesting to put in the Handle field.
+	return
+}
 
+func (fs *memFS) CreateFile(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	op *fuseops.CreateFileOp) (err error) {
+	fs.mu.Lock()
+	defer fs.mu.Unlock()
+
+	op.Entry, err = fs.createFile(op.Parent, op.Name, op.Mode)
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/memfs/memfs_test.go b/samples/memfs/memfs_test.go
index 7d47c4f..e2a65e4 100644
--- a/samples/memfs/memfs_test.go
+++ b/samples/memfs/memfs_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
@@ -87,21 +88,25 @@ func applyUmask(m os.FileMode) os.FileMode {
 // Boilerplate
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-type MemFSTest struct {
+type memFSTest struct {
 	samples.SampleTest
 }
 
-func init() { RegisterTestSuite(&MemFSTest{}) }
-
-func (t *MemFSTest) SetUp(ti *TestInfo) {
+func (t *memFSTest) SetUp(ti *TestInfo) {
 	t.Server = memfs.NewMemFS(currentUid(), currentGid())
 	t.SampleTest.SetUp(ti)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Test functions
+// Basics
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+type MemFSTest struct {
+	memFSTest
+}
+
+func init() { RegisterTestSuite(&MemFSTest{}) }
+
 func (t *MemFSTest) ContentsOfEmptyFileSystem() {
 	entries, err := fusetesting.ReadDirPicky(t.Dir)
 
@@ -1614,3 +1619,91 @@ func (t *MemFSTest) RenameNonExistentFile() {
 	err = os.Rename(path.Join(t.Dir, "foo"), path.Join(t.Dir, "bar"))
 	ExpectThat(err, Error(HasSubstr("no such file")))
 }
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Mknod
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+type MknodTest struct {
+	memFSTest
+}
+
+func init() { RegisterTestSuite(&MknodTest{}) }
+
+func (t *MknodTest) File() {
+	// mknod(2) only works for root on OS X.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	p := path.Join(t.Dir, "foo")
+
+	// Create
+	err = syscall.Mknod(p, syscall.S_IFREG|0641, 0)
+	AssertEq(nil, err)
+
+	// Stat
+	fi, err := os.Stat(p)
+	AssertEq(nil, err)
+
+	ExpectEq(path.Base(p), fi.Name())
+	ExpectEq(0, fi.Size())
+	ExpectEq(os.FileMode(0641), fi.Mode())
+
+	// Read
+	contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(p)
+	AssertEq(nil, err)
+	ExpectEq("", string(contents))
+}
+
+func (t *MknodTest) Directory() {
+	// mknod(2) only works for root on OS X.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	p := path.Join(t.Dir, "foo")
+
+	// Quoth `man 2 mknod`: "Under Linux, this call cannot be used to create
+	// directories."
+	err = syscall.Mknod(p, syscall.S_IFDIR|0700, 0)
+	ExpectEq(syscall.EPERM, err)
+}
+
+func (t *MknodTest) AlreadyExists() {
+	// mknod(2) only works for root on OS X.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	p := path.Join(t.Dir, "foo")
+
+	// Create (first)
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(p, []byte("taco"), 0600)
+	AssertEq(nil, err)
+
+	// Create (second)
+	err = syscall.Mknod(p, syscall.S_IFREG|0600, 0)
+	ExpectEq(syscall.EEXIST, err)
+
+	// Read
+	contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(p)
+	AssertEq(nil, err)
+	ExpectEq("taco", string(contents))
+}
+
+func (t *MknodTest) NonExistentParent() {
+	// mknod(2) only works for root on OS X.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	p := path.Join(t.Dir, "foo/bar")
+
+	err = syscall.Mknod(p, syscall.S_IFREG|0600, 0)
+	ExpectEq(syscall.ENOENT, err)
+}