diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57430c5e2..a32c3ab49 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ tests/regression/apparmor/introspect
 tests/regression/apparmor/io_uring
 tests/regression/apparmor/link
 tests/regression/apparmor/link_subset
+tests/regression/apparmor/linkat_tmpfile
 tests/regression/apparmor/mkdir
 tests/regression/apparmor/mmap
 tests/regression/apparmor/mount
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/Makefile b/tests/regression/apparmor/Makefile
index 643e42855..1f4bc00b6 100644
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/Makefile
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/Makefile
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ SRC=access.c \
     getcon_verify.c \
     link.c \
     link_subset.c \
+    linkat_tmpfile.c \
     mmap.c \
     mkdir.c \
     mount.c \
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ TESTS=aa_exec \
       i18n \
       link \
       link_subset \
+      linkat_tmpfile \
       mkdir \
       mmap \
       mount \
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/linkat_tmpfile.c b/tests/regression/apparmor/linkat_tmpfile.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5617f93fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/linkat_tmpfile.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    if (argc != 2 && argc != 3) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "FAIL: Usage: linkat tmpdir final_location\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    int tmpfile_fd = open(argv[1], O_TMPFILE | O_WRONLY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+    if (tmpfile_fd == -1) {
+        perror("FAIL: could not open tmpfile");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (argc == 3) {
+        int linkat_result = linkat(tmpfile_fd, "", AT_FDCWD, argv[2], AT_EMPTY_PATH);
+        if (linkat_result == -1) {
+            perror("FAIL: could not link tmpfile into final location");
+            close(tmpfile_fd);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    close(tmpfile_fd);
+    fprintf(stderr, "PASS\n");
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/linkat_tmpfile.sh b/tests/regression/apparmor/linkat_tmpfile.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16f4bcedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/linkat_tmpfile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+#	Copyright (C) 2025 Canonical, Ltd.
+#
+#	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+#	published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
+#	License.
+
+#=NAME linkat
+#=DESCRIPTION
+# Verifies that file creation with O_TMPFILE and linkat(2) is mediated correctly
+#=END
+
+pwd=`dirname $0`
+pwd=`cd $pwd ; /bin/pwd`
+
+bin=$pwd
+
+. "$bin/prologue.inc"
+
+tmpdir_nested=$tmpdir/nested
+tmpdir_nested_file=$tmpdir_nested/file
+tmpfile=$tmpdir/file
+
+mkdir $tmpdir_nested
+
+genprofile cap:dac_read_search
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE noperms" fail $tmpdir_nested
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE noperms, link" fail $tmpdir_nested $tmpfile
+
+# Denial log entry for tmpfile is /path/#[6digits]
+# Don't assume because O_TMPFILE fds should lack a name entirely
+genprofile cap:dac_read_search "${tmpdir_nested}/:w" "${tmpdir_nested}/*:w"
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpdir only" pass $tmpdir_nested
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpdir only, link" fail $tmpdir_nested $tmpfile
+
+genprofile cap:dac_read_search "${tmpfile}:w"
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpfile only" fail $tmpdir_nested
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpfile only, link" fail $tmpdir_nested $tmpfile
+
+genprofile cap:dac_read_search "${tmpdir_nested}/:w" "${tmpdir_nested}/*:w" "${tmpfile}:w"
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpdir and tmpfile (w)" pass $tmpdir_nested
+# Even if semantically a (w)rite it gets logged as the (l)ink that it actually is
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpdir and tmpfile (w), link" xpass $tmpdir_nested $tmpfile
+
+genprofile cap:dac_read_search "${tmpdir_nested}/:w" "${tmpdir_nested}/*:w" "${tmpfile}:l"
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpdir and tmpfile (l)" pass $tmpdir_nested
+# Even if semantically a (w)rite we want to test backwards compatibility with (l)ink as it is currently seen
+runchecktest "linkat O_TMPFILE tmpdir and tmpfile (l), link" pass $tmpdir_nested $tmpfile
+
+rm $tmpfile
+rmdir $tmpdir_nested
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