diff --git a/src/libsodium/include/sodium/utils.h b/src/libsodium/include/sodium/utils.h
index ac801512..14a00894 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/include/sodium/utils.h
+++ b/src/libsodium/include/sodium/utils.h
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ int sodium_mprotect_readonly(void *ptr) __attribute__ ((nonnull));
 SODIUM_EXPORT
 int sodium_mprotect_readwrite(void *ptr) __attribute__ ((nonnull));
 
+SODIUM_EXPORT
+int sodium_mshield(void *ptr) __attribute__ ((nonnull));
+
+SODIUM_EXPORT
+int sodium_munshield(void *ptr) __attribute__ ((nonnull));
+
 SODIUM_EXPORT
 int sodium_pad(size_t *padded_buflen_p, unsigned char *buf,
                size_t unpadded_buflen, size_t blocksize, size_t max_buflen)
diff --git a/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c b/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
index 151dd09c..e1f04a90 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ void *alloca (size_t);
 #endif
 
 #include "core.h"
+#include "crypto_generichash.h"
+#include "crypto_stream.h"
 #include "randombytes.h"
+#include "private/common.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
 #ifndef ENOSYS
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ void *alloca (size_t);
 #define CANARY_SIZE 16U
 #define GARBAGE_VALUE 0xdb
 
+#define SHIELDING_PREKEY_SIZE 16384U
+
 #ifndef MAP_NOCORE
 # ifdef MAP_CONCEAL
 #  define MAP_NOCORE MAP_CONCEAL
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ void *alloca (size_t);
 
 static size_t        page_size;
 static unsigned char canary[CANARY_SIZE];
+static unsigned char shielding_prekey[SHIELDING_PREKEY_SIZE];
 
 /* LCOV_EXCL_START */
 #ifdef HAVE_WEAK_SYMBOLS
@@ -402,7 +408,11 @@ _sodium_alloc_init(void)
         sodium_misuse(); /* LCOV_EXCL_LINE */
     }
 #endif
-    randombytes_buf(canary, sizeof canary);
+    COMPILER_ASSERT(sizeof shielding_prekey >= randombytes_SEEDBYTES);
+    randombytes_buf(shielding_prekey, randombytes_SEEDBYTES);
+    randombytes_buf_deterministic(canary, sizeof canary, shielding_prekey);
+    shielding_prekey[0] ^= 0x01;
+    randombytes_buf_deterministic(shielding_prekey, sizeof shielding_prekey, shielding_prekey);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -715,6 +725,38 @@ sodium_mprotect_readwrite(void *ptr)
     return _sodium_mprotect(ptr, _mprotect_readwrite);
 }
 
+int
+sodium_mshield(void *ptr)
+{
+    unsigned char  shielding_key[crypto_stream_KEYBYTES];
+    unsigned char  nonce[crypto_stream_NONCEBYTES];
+    unsigned char *base_ptr;
+    unsigned char *unprotected_ptr;
+    size_t         unprotected_size;
+
+    unprotected_ptr = _unprotected_ptr_from_user_ptr(ptr);
+    base_ptr        = unprotected_ptr - page_size * 2U;
+    memcpy(&unprotected_size, base_ptr, sizeof unprotected_size);
+
+    crypto_generichash(shielding_key, sizeof shielding_key,
+                       shielding_prekey, sizeof shielding_prekey, NULL, 0);
+    COMPILER_ASSERT(sizeof nonce >= (sizeof unprotected_ptr) + (sizeof unprotected_size));
+    memset(nonce, 0, sizeof nonce);
+    memcpy(nonce, &unprotected_ptr, sizeof unprotected_ptr);
+    memcpy(nonce + sizeof unprotected_ptr, &unprotected_size, sizeof unprotected_size);
+    crypto_stream_xor(unprotected_ptr, unprotected_ptr, unprotected_size, nonce, shielding_prekey);
+    sodium_memzero(shielding_key, sizeof shielding_key);
+    sodium_memzero(nonce, sizeof nonce);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int
+sodium_munshield(void *ptr)
+{
+    return sodium_mshield(ptr);
+}
+
 int
 sodium_pad(size_t *padded_buflen_p, unsigned char *buf,
            size_t unpadded_buflen, size_t blocksize, size_t max_buflen)
diff --git a/test/default/sodium_utils2.c b/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
index a1801b1a..efa2718c 100644
--- a/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
+++ b/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
@@ -40,9 +40,24 @@ segv_handler(int sig)
 int
 main(void)
 {
-    void *       buf;
-    size_t       size;
-    unsigned int i;
+    void         *buf;
+    void         *buf2;
+    size_t        size;
+    unsigned int  i;
+
+    size = randombytes_uniform(100U);
+    if ((buf = sodium_malloc(size)) == NULL ||
+        (buf2 = sodium_malloc(size)) == NULL) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    randombytes_buf(buf, size);
+    memcpy(buf2, buf, size);
+    sodium_mshield(buf);
+    assert(size == 0U || memcmp(buf, buf2, size) != 0);
+    sodium_munshield(buf);
+    assert(size == 0U || memcmp(buf, buf2, size) == 0);
+    sodium_free(buf2);
+    sodium_free(buf);
 
     if (sodium_malloc(SIZE_MAX - 1U) != NULL) {
         return 1;