diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 649b2eb4e..4afa7ae0d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.68 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "seccomp 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker?tag=v0.21.1)",
  "serde_json 1.0.48 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ssh2 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempdir 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ef331b0a..3e3cac79b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ futures = { version = "0.3.4", features = ["thread-pool"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc = "0.2.68"
 log = { version = "0.4.8", features = ["std"] }
+seccomp = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker", tag = "v0.21.1" }
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
 vhost_user_backend = { path = "vhost_user_backend"}
 vhost_user_block = { path = "vhost_user_block"}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8cfa22811..4c8c04ac7 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extern crate clap;
 use clap::{App, Arg, ArgGroup, ArgMatches};
 use libc::EFD_NONBLOCK;
 use log::LevelFilter;
+use seccomp::SeccompLevel;
 use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::{env, process};
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ fn start_vmm(cmd_arguments: ArgMatches) {
         api_evt.try_clone().unwrap(),
         http_sender,
         api_request_receiver,
+        &SeccompLevel::None,
     ) {
         Ok(t) => t,
         Err(e) => {
diff --git a/vmm/src/lib.rs b/vmm/src/lib.rs
index c462979f0..58f2e2fa6 100644
--- a/vmm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ extern crate vmm_sys_util;
 
 use crate::api::{ApiError, ApiRequest, ApiResponse, ApiResponsePayload, VmInfo, VmmPingResponse};
 use crate::config::{DeviceConfig, VmConfig};
+use crate::seccomp_filters::get_seccomp_filter;
 use crate::vm::{Error as VmError, Vm, VmState};
 use libc::EFD_NONBLOCK;
+use seccomp::{SeccompFilter, SeccompLevel};
 use std::io;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ pub mod cpu;
 pub mod device_manager;
 pub mod interrupt;
 pub mod memory_manager;
+pub mod seccomp_filters;
 pub mod vm;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "acpi")]
@@ -84,6 +87,12 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     // Error following "exe" link
     ExePathReadLink(io::Error),
+
+    /// Cannot create seccomp filter
+    CreateSeccompFilter(seccomp::SeccompError),
+
+    /// Cannot apply seccomp filter
+    ApplySeccompFilter(seccomp::Error),
 }
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
 
@@ -161,9 +170,14 @@ pub fn start_vmm_thread(
     api_event: EventFd,
     api_sender: Sender<ApiRequest>,
     api_receiver: Receiver<ApiRequest>,
+    seccomp_level: &SeccompLevel,
 ) -> Result<thread::JoinHandle<Result<()>>> {
     let http_api_event = api_event.try_clone().map_err(Error::EventFdClone)?;
 
+    // Retrieve seccomp filter
+    let vmm_seccomp_filter =
+        get_seccomp_filter(seccomp_level).map_err(Error::CreateSeccompFilter)?;
+
     // Find the path that the "/proc/<pid>/exe" symlink points to. Must be done before spawning
     // a thread as Rust does not put the child threads in the same thread group which prevents the
     // link from being followed as per PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS (see proc(5) and ptrace(2)). The
@@ -173,6 +187,9 @@ pub fn start_vmm_thread(
     let thread = thread::Builder::new()
         .name("vmm".to_string())
         .spawn(move || {
+            // Apply seccomp filter for VMM thread.
+            SeccompFilter::apply(vmm_seccomp_filter).map_err(Error::ApplySeccompFilter)?;
+
             let mut vmm = Vmm::new(vmm_version.to_string(), api_event, vmm_path)?;
 
             vmm.control_loop(Arc::new(api_receiver))