diff --git a/libs/libc/dirent/lib_fdopendir.c b/libs/libc/dirent/lib_fdopendir.c
index 80107ddefd..be0f213c6d 100644
--- a/libs/libc/dirent/lib_fdopendir.c
+++ b/libs/libc/dirent/lib_fdopendir.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FDSAN
+#  include <android/fdsan.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "libc.h"
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -83,5 +87,12 @@ FAR DIR *fdopendir(int fd)
     }
 
   dir->fd = fd;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FDSAN
+  android_fdsan_exchange_owner_tag(fd, 0,
+    android_fdsan_create_owner_tag(ANDROID_FDSAN_OWNER_TYPE_DIR,
+                                   (uintptr_t)dir));
+#endif
+
   return dir;
 }