diff --git a/compel/include/uapi/infect.h b/compel/include/uapi/infect.h
index cd62559097..696124db1d 100644
--- a/compel/include/uapi/infect.h
+++ b/compel/include/uapi/infect.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct infect_ctx {
 	open_proc_fn open_proc;
 
 	int log_fd; /* fd for parasite code to send messages to */
+	unsigned long user_set_remote_map;
 };
 
 extern struct infect_ctx *compel_infect_ctx(struct parasite_ctl *);
diff --git a/compel/src/lib/infect.c b/compel/src/lib/infect.c
index 79d00c9a10..dc0ffe268c 100644
--- a/compel/src/lib/infect.c
+++ b/compel/src/lib/infect.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int parasite_memfd_exchange(struct parasite_ctl *ctl, unsigned long size,
 	uint8_t orig_code[MEMFD_FNAME_SZ] = MEMFD_FNAME;
 	pid_t pid = ctl->rpid;
 	long sret = -ENOSYS;
-	int ret, fd, lfd;
+	int ret, fd, lfd, remote_mmap_flags;
 
 	if (ctl->ictx.flags & INFECT_NO_MEMFD)
 		return 1;
@@ -860,7 +860,11 @@ static int parasite_memfd_exchange(struct parasite_ctl *ctl, unsigned long size,
 		goto err_cure;
 	}
 
-	ctl->remote_map = remote_mmap(ctl, NULL, size, remote_prot, MAP_FILE | MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	remote_mmap_flags = MAP_FILE | MAP_SHARED;
+	if (ctl->ictx.user_set_remote_map != 0L){
+		remote_mmap_flags |= MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
+	}
+	ctl->remote_map = remote_mmap(ctl, (void *)ctl->ictx.user_set_remote_map, size, remote_prot, remote_mmap_flags, fd, 0);
 	if (!ctl->remote_map) {
 		pr_err("Can't rmap memfd for parasite blob\n");
 		goto err_curef;