diff --git a/sys_linux_arm64.go b/sys_linux_arm64.go
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+++ b/sys_linux_arm64.go
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+package keyctl
+//taken from https://github.com/jsipprell/keyctl/pull/17
+const (
+	syscall_keyctl   uintptr = 219
+	syscall_add_key  uintptr = 217
+	syscall_setfsgid uintptr = 152
+)
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