diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/gencore.c b/arch/x86/kernel/gencore.c
index 2ddf8c68..ee9d5ca6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/gencore.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/gencore.c
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ int gencore(struct thread *thread, void *regs,
 		   mckernel's internal use. */		   
 		if (range->flag & VR_RESERVED)
 			continue;
+		if (range->flag & VR_DONTDUMP)
+			continue;
 		/* We need a chunk for each page for a demand paging area.
 		   This can be optimized for spacial complexity but we would
 		   lose simplicity instead. */
diff --git a/kernel/include/process.h b/kernel/include/process.h
index 067e51b7..349827ed 100644
--- a/kernel/include/process.h
+++ b/kernel/include/process.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #define	VR_MEMTYPE_UC      0x01000000	/* uncachable */
 #define	VR_MEMTYPE_MASK    0x0f000000
 #define VR_PAGEOUT	   0x10000000
+#define VR_DONTDUMP	   0x20000000
 
 #define	PROT_TO_VR_FLAG(prot)	(((unsigned long)(prot) << 16) & VR_PROT_MASK)
 #define	VRFLAG_PROT_TO_MAXPROT(vrflag)	(((vrflag) & VR_PROT_MASK) << 4)
diff --git a/kernel/syscall.c b/kernel/syscall.c
index c84ec0eb..6ef6fc52 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -4386,8 +4386,6 @@ SYSCALL_DECLARE(madvise)
 	case MADV_UNMERGEABLE:
 	case MADV_HUGEPAGE:
 	case MADV_NOHUGEPAGE:
-	case MADV_DONTDUMP:
-	case MADV_DODUMP:
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 
@@ -4399,6 +4397,8 @@ SYSCALL_DECLARE(madvise)
 	case MADV_DONTFORK:
 	case MADV_DOFORK:
 	case MADV_REMOVE:
+	case MADV_DONTDUMP:
+	case MADV_DODUMP:
 		break;
 
 	case MADV_HWPOISON:
@@ -4511,6 +4511,22 @@ SYSCALL_DECLARE(madvise)
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
+	if(advice == MADV_DONTDUMP){
+		error = change_attr_process_memory_range(thread->vm, start, end,
+		                                         set_memory_range_flag,
+		                                         VR_DONTDUMP);
+		if(error){
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	if(advice == MADV_DODUMP){
+		error = change_attr_process_memory_range(thread->vm, start, end,
+		                                         clear_memory_range_flag,
+		                                         VR_DONTDUMP);
+		if(error){
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 	if(advice == MADV_DONTFORK ||
 	   advice == MADV_DOFORK){
 		error = syscall_generic_forwarding(__NR_madvise, ctx);