diff --git a/src/backend/libc/net/sockopt.rs b/src/backend/libc/net/sockopt.rs
index 39e4ee93b..34d7fda3c 100644
--- a/src/backend/libc/net/sockopt.rs
+++ b/src/backend/libc/net/sockopt.rs
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ use crate::net::Protocol;
     target_env = "newlib"
 ))]
 use crate::net::RawProtocol;
-#[cfg(linux_kernel)]
-use crate::net::SocketAddrV6;
 use crate::net::{Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketType};
 #[cfg(any(linux_kernel, target_os = "fuchsia"))]
 use crate::net::{SocketAddrAny, SocketAddrStorage, SocketAddrV4};
+#[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+use crate::net::{SocketAddrV6, UCred};
 use crate::utils::as_mut_ptr;
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 #[cfg(any(
@@ -948,6 +948,12 @@ pub(crate) fn get_tcp_cork(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>) -> io::Result<bool> {
     getsockopt(fd, c::IPPROTO_TCP, c::TCP_CORK).map(to_bool)
 }
 
+#[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+#[inline]
+pub(crate) fn get_socket_peercred(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>) -> io::Result<UCred> {
+    getsockopt(fd, c::SOL_SOCKET as _, c::SO_PEERCRED)
+}
+
 #[inline]
 fn to_ip_mreq(multiaddr: &Ipv4Addr, interface: &Ipv4Addr) -> c::ip_mreq {
     c::ip_mreq {
diff --git a/src/backend/linux_raw/net/sockopt.rs b/src/backend/linux_raw/net/sockopt.rs
index a4bd321d1..a3238f21f 100644
--- a/src/backend/linux_raw/net/sockopt.rs
+++ b/src/backend/linux_raw/net/sockopt.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use crate::fd::BorrowedFd;
 use crate::ffi::CStr;
 use crate::io;
 use crate::net::sockopt::Timeout;
+use crate::net::UCred;
 use crate::net::{
     AddressFamily, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, Protocol, RawProtocol, SocketAddrAny, SocketAddrStorage,
     SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6, SocketType,
@@ -793,6 +794,12 @@ pub(crate) fn set_tcp_cork(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>, value: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
 pub(crate) fn get_tcp_cork(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>) -> io::Result<bool> {
     getsockopt(fd, c::IPPROTO_TCP, c::TCP_CORK).map(to_bool)
 }
+
+#[inline]
+pub(crate) fn get_socket_peercred(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>) -> io::Result<UCred> {
+    getsockopt(fd, c::SOL_SOCKET as _, linux_raw_sys::net::SO_PEERCRED)
+}
+
 #[inline]
 fn to_ip_mreq(multiaddr: &Ipv4Addr, interface: &Ipv4Addr) -> c::ip_mreq {
     c::ip_mreq {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9cc254b07..7bf178097 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ mod clockid;
     feature = "runtime",
     feature = "termios",
     feature = "thread",
-    all(bsd, feature = "event")
+    all(bsd, feature = "event"),
+    all(linux_kernel, feature = "net")
 ))]
 mod pid;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "process", feature = "thread"))]
@@ -378,6 +379,7 @@ mod timespec;
             feature = "time",
             target_arch = "x86",
         )
-    )
+    ),
+    all(linux_kernel, feature = "net")
 ))]
 mod ugid;
diff --git a/src/net/send_recv/msg.rs b/src/net/send_recv/msg.rs
index 0409bb0af..213c93ae4 100644
--- a/src/net/send_recv/msg.rs
+++ b/src/net/send_recv/msg.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 use crate::backend::{self, c};
 use crate::fd::{AsFd, BorrowedFd, OwnedFd};
 use crate::io::{self, IoSlice, IoSliceMut};
+#[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+use crate::net::UCred;
 
 use core::iter::FusedIterator;
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
@@ -22,6 +24,11 @@ macro_rules! cmsg_space {
             $len * ::core::mem::size_of::<$crate::fd::BorrowedFd<'static>>(),
         )
     };
+    (ScmCredentials($len:expr)) => {
+        $crate::net::__cmsg_space(
+            $len * ::core::mem::size_of::<$crate::net::UCred>(),
+        )
+    };
 
     // Combo Rules
     (($($($x:tt)*),+)) => {
@@ -43,6 +50,9 @@ pub fn __cmsg_space(len: usize) -> usize {
 pub enum SendAncillaryMessage<'slice, 'fd> {
     /// Send file descriptors.
     ScmRights(&'slice [BorrowedFd<'fd>]),
+    /// Send process credentials.
+    #[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+    ScmCredentials(UCred),
 }
 
 impl SendAncillaryMessage<'_, '_> {
@@ -52,6 +62,8 @@ impl SendAncillaryMessage<'_, '_> {
     pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
         let total_bytes = match self {
             Self::ScmRights(slice) => size_of_val(*slice),
+            #[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+            Self::ScmCredentials(ucred) => size_of_val(ucred),
         };
 
         unsafe {
@@ -69,6 +81,9 @@ impl SendAncillaryMessage<'_, '_> {
 pub enum RecvAncillaryMessage<'a> {
     /// Received file descriptors.
     ScmRights(AncillaryIter<'a, OwnedFd>),
+    /// Received process credentials.
+    #[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+    ScmCredentials(UCred),
 }
 
 /// Buffer for sending ancillary messages with [`sendmsg`], [`sendmsg_v4`],
@@ -139,6 +154,13 @@ impl<'buf, 'slice, 'fd> SendAncillaryBuffer<'buf, 'slice, 'fd> {
                     unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(fds.as_ptr().cast::<u8>(), size_of_val(fds)) };
                 self.push_ancillary(fds_bytes, c::SOL_SOCKET as _, c::SCM_RIGHTS as _)
             }
+            #[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+            SendAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials(ucred) => {
+                let ucred_bytes = unsafe {
+                    slice::from_raw_parts(&ucred as *const _ as *const u8, size_of_val(&ucred))
+                };
+                self.push_ancillary(ucred_bytes, c::SOL_SOCKET as _, c::SCM_CREDENTIALS as _)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -316,6 +338,15 @@ impl<'buf> AncillaryDrain<'buf> {
 
                     Some(RecvAncillaryMessage::ScmRights(fds))
                 }
+                #[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+                (c::SOL_SOCKET, c::SCM_CREDENTIALS) => {
+                    if payload_len >= size_of::<UCred>() {
+                        let ucred = payload.as_ptr().cast::<UCred>().read_unaligned();
+                        Some(RecvAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials(ucred))
+                    } else {
+                        None
+                    }
+                }
                 _ => None,
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/net/sockopt.rs b/src/net/sockopt.rs
index 30e37862e..f43a75e1c 100644
--- a/src/net/sockopt.rs
+++ b/src/net/sockopt.rs
@@ -1346,6 +1346,18 @@ pub fn get_tcp_cork<Fd: AsFd>(fd: Fd) -> io::Result<bool> {
     backend::net::sockopt::get_tcp_cork(fd.as_fd())
 }
 
+/// Get credentials of Unix domain socket peer process
+///
+/// # References
+///  - [Linux `unix`]
+///
+/// [Linux `unix`]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/unix.7.html
+#[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+#[doc(alias = "SO_PEERCRED")]
+pub fn get_socket_peercred<Fd: AsFd>(fd: Fd) -> io::Result<super::UCred> {
+    backend::net::sockopt::get_socket_peercred(fd.as_fd())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_sizes() {
     use c::c_int;
diff --git a/src/net/types.rs b/src/net/types.rs
index 53116f9c8..e31cdbcd4 100644
--- a/src/net/types.rs
+++ b/src/net/types.rs
@@ -1336,6 +1336,25 @@ bitflags! {
     }
 }
 
+/// UNIX credentials of socket peer, for use with [`get_socket_peercred`]
+/// [`SendAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials`] and
+/// [`RecvAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials`].
+///
+/// [`get_socket_peercred`]: crate::net::sockopt::get_socket_peercred
+/// [`SendAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials`]: crate::net::SendAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials
+/// [`RecvAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials`]: crate::net::RecvAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials
+#[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct UCred {
+    /// Process ID of peer
+    pub pid: crate::pid::Pid,
+    /// User ID of peer
+    pub uid: crate::ugid::Uid,
+    /// Group ID of peer
+    pub gid: crate::ugid::Gid,
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_sizes() {
     use c::c_int;
@@ -1361,4 +1380,7 @@ fn test_sizes() {
         let t: Option<Protocol> = Some(Protocol::from_raw(RawProtocol::new(4567).unwrap()));
         assert_eq!(4567_u32, transmute::<Option<Protocol>, u32>(t));
     }
+
+    #[cfg(linux_kernel)]
+    assert_eq_size!(UCred, libc::ucred);
 }
diff --git a/tests/net/unix.rs b/tests/net/unix.rs
index c80c1f2bb..c0f1bfc49 100644
--- a/tests/net/unix.rs
+++ b/tests/net/unix.rs
@@ -449,3 +449,59 @@ fn test_unix_msg_with_scm_rights() {
     client.join().unwrap();
     server.join().unwrap();
 }
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "process", linux_kernel))]
+#[test]
+fn test_unix_peercred() {
+    use rustix::io::{IoSlice, IoSliceMut};
+    use rustix::net::{
+        recvmsg, sendmsg, sockopt, RecvAncillaryBuffer, RecvAncillaryMessage, RecvFlags,
+        SendAncillaryBuffer, SendAncillaryMessage, SendFlags, SocketFlags,
+    };
+    use rustix::process::{getgid, getpid, getuid};
+
+    let (send_sock, recv_sock) = rustix::net::socketpair(
+        AddressFamily::UNIX,
+        SocketType::STREAM,
+        SocketFlags::CLOEXEC,
+        None,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    sockopt::set_socket_passcred(&recv_sock, true).unwrap();
+
+    let ucred = sockopt::get_socket_peercred(&send_sock).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(ucred.pid, getpid());
+    assert_eq!(ucred.uid, getuid());
+    assert_eq!(ucred.gid, getgid());
+
+    let msg = SendAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials(ucred);
+    let mut space = vec![0; msg.size()];
+    let mut cmsg_buffer = SendAncillaryBuffer::new(&mut space);
+    assert!(cmsg_buffer.push(msg));
+
+    sendmsg(
+        &send_sock,
+        &[IoSlice::new(b"cred")],
+        &mut cmsg_buffer,
+        SendFlags::empty(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let mut cmsg_space = vec![0; rustix::cmsg_space!(ScmCredentials(1))];
+    let mut cmsg_buffer = RecvAncillaryBuffer::new(&mut cmsg_space);
+
+    let mut buffer = vec![0; BUFFER_SIZE];
+    recvmsg(
+        &recv_sock,
+        &mut [IoSliceMut::new(&mut buffer)],
+        &mut cmsg_buffer,
+        RecvFlags::empty(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    match cmsg_buffer.drain().next().unwrap() {
+        RecvAncillaryMessage::ScmCredentials(ucred2) => assert_eq!(ucred2, ucred),
+        _ => panic!("Unexpected ancilliary message"),
+    };
+}