diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi
index e55b02d8bd..85aa32b4f0 100644
--- a/manual/llio.texi
+++ b/manual/llio.texi
@@ -1339,6 +1339,10 @@ will fail and set @code{errno} to @code{EAGAIN} if the operation would block.
 
 @item RWF_APPEND
 Per-IO synchronization as if the file was opened with @code{O_APPEND} flag.
+
+@item RWF_NOAPPEND
+This flag allows an offset to be honored, even if the file was opened with
+@code{O_APPEND} flag.
 @end vtable
 
 When the source file is compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} the
diff --git a/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c b/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c
index 40b527bdcb..ed3dc04eeb 100644
--- a/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c
+++ b/misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@
 #ifndef RWF_APPEND
 # define RWF_APPEND 0
 #endif
+#ifndef RWF_NOAPPEND
+# define RWF_NOAPPEND 0
+#endif
 #define RWF_SUPPORTED	(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC | RWF_NOWAIT \
-			 | RWF_APPEND)
+			 | RWF_APPEND | RWF_NOAPPEND)
 
 /* Generic uio_lim.h does not define IOV_MAX.  */
 #ifndef IOV_MAX
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/uio-ext.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/uio-ext.h
index 5b0dba08c5..e49b66facd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/uio-ext.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/uio-ext.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ extern ssize_t process_vm_writev (pid_t __pid, const struct iovec *__lvec,
 #define RWF_SYNC	0x00000004 /* per-IO O_SYNC.  */
 #define RWF_NOWAIT	0x00000008 /* per-IO nonblocking mode.  */
 #define RWF_APPEND	0x00000010 /* per-IO O_APPEND.  */
+#define RWF_NOAPPEND	0x00000020 /* per-IO negation of O_APPEND */
 
 __END_DECLS