diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/rtsan_interceptors_posix.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/rtsan_interceptors_posix.cpp
index 7dddaf553dad6d..4262039e8e1fa6 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/rtsan_interceptors_posix.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/rtsan_interceptors_posix.cpp
@@ -815,6 +815,43 @@ INTERCEPTOR(int, mkfifo, const char *pathname, mode_t mode) {
   return REAL(mkfifo)(pathname, mode);
 }
 
+#if SANITIZER_APPLE
+#define INT_TYPE_SYSCALL int
+#else
+#define INT_TYPE_SYSCALL long
+#endif
+
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+INTERCEPTOR(INT_TYPE_SYSCALL, syscall, INT_TYPE_SYSCALL number, ...) {
+  __rtsan_notify_intercepted_call("syscall");
+
+  va_list args;
+  va_start(args, number);
+
+  // the goal is to pick something large enough to hold all syscall args
+  // see fcntl for more discussion and why we always pull all 6 args
+  using arg_type = unsigned long;
+  arg_type arg1 = va_arg(args, arg_type);
+  arg_type arg2 = va_arg(args, arg_type);
+  arg_type arg3 = va_arg(args, arg_type);
+  arg_type arg4 = va_arg(args, arg_type);
+  arg_type arg5 = va_arg(args, arg_type);
+  arg_type arg6 = va_arg(args, arg_type);
+
+  // these are various examples of things that COULD be passed
+  static_assert(sizeof(arg_type) >= sizeof(off_t));
+  static_assert(sizeof(arg_type) >= sizeof(struct flock *));
+  static_assert(sizeof(arg_type) >= sizeof(const char *));
+  static_assert(sizeof(arg_type) >= sizeof(int));
+  static_assert(sizeof(arg_type) >= sizeof(unsigned long));
+
+  va_end(args);
+
+  return REAL(syscall)(number, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6);
+}
+#pragma clang diagnostic pop
+
 // Preinit
 void __rtsan::InitializeInterceptors() {
   INTERCEPT_FUNCTION(calloc);
@@ -918,6 +955,8 @@ void __rtsan::InitializeInterceptors() {
 
   INTERCEPT_FUNCTION(pipe);
   INTERCEPT_FUNCTION(mkfifo);
+
+  INTERCEPT_FUNCTION(syscall);
 }
 
 #endif // SANITIZER_POSIX
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/tests/rtsan_test_interceptors_posix.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/tests/rtsan_test_interceptors_posix.cpp
index f715b0b11b2885..88df8ec46d0a33 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/tests/rtsan_test_interceptors_posix.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/rtsan/tests/rtsan_test_interceptors_posix.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 
@@ -1090,4 +1091,20 @@ TEST(TestRtsanInterceptors, PipeDiesWhenRealtime) {
   ExpectNonRealtimeSurvival(Func);
 }
 
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+TEST(TestRtsanInterceptors, SyscallDiesWhenRealtime) {
+  auto Func = []() { syscall(SYS_getpid); };
+  ExpectRealtimeDeath(Func, "syscall");
+  ExpectNonRealtimeSurvival(Func);
+}
+
+TEST(TestRtsanInterceptors, GetPidReturnsSame) {
+  int pid = syscall(SYS_getpid);
+  EXPECT_THAT(pid, Ne(-1));
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(getpid(), Eq(pid));
+}
+#pragma clang diagnostic pop
+
 #endif // SANITIZER_POSIX
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/rtsan/syscall.cpp b/compiler-rt/test/rtsan/syscall.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a23a934184a691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/rtsan/syscall.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsanitize=realtime %s -o %t
+// RUN: %env_rtsan_opts="halt_on_error=false" %run %t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-RTSAN,CHECK
+
+// RUN: %clangxx %s -o %t
+// RUN: %run %t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+// UNSUPPORTED: ios
+
+// Intent: Ensure the `syscall` call behaves in the same way with/without the
+//         sanitizer disabled
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+const char *GetTemporaryFilePath() { return "/tmp/rtsan_syscall_test.txt"; }
+
+void custom_assert(bool condition, const char *message) {
+  if (!condition) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "ASSERTION FAILED: %s\n", message);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+class ScopedFileCleanup {
+public:
+  [[nodiscard]] ScopedFileCleanup() = default;
+  ~ScopedFileCleanup() {
+    if (access(GetTemporaryFilePath(), F_OK) != -1)
+      unlink(GetTemporaryFilePath());
+  }
+};
+
+// Apple has deprecated `syscall`, ignore that error
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+int main() [[clang::nonblocking]] {
+  ScopedFileCleanup cleanup;
+
+  {
+    int fd = syscall(SYS_openat, AT_FDCWD, GetTemporaryFilePath(),
+                     O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644);
+
+    custom_assert(fd != -1, "Failed to open file - write");
+
+    int written = syscall(SYS_write, fd, "Hello, world!", 13);
+    custom_assert(written == 13, "Failed to write to file");
+
+    custom_assert(syscall(SYS_close, fd) == 0, "Failed to close file - write");
+  }
+
+  {
+    int fd = syscall(SYS_openat, AT_FDCWD, GetTemporaryFilePath(), O_RDONLY);
+    custom_assert(fd != -1, "Failed to open file - read");
+
+    char buffer[13];
+    int read = syscall(SYS_read, fd, buffer, 13);
+    custom_assert(read == 13, "Failed to read from file");
+
+    custom_assert(memcmp(buffer, "Hello, world!", 13) == 0,
+                  "Read data does not match written data");
+
+    custom_assert(syscall(SYS_close, fd) == 0, "Failed to close file - read");
+  }
+
+  unlink(GetTemporaryFilePath());
+  printf("DONE\n");
+}
+#pragma clang diagnostic pop
+
+// CHECK-NOT: ASSERTION FAILED
+// CHECK-RTSAN-COUNT-6: Intercepted call to real-time unsafe function `syscall`
+
+// CHECK: DONE