diff --git a/00DIST b/00DIST
index d5a03498..9a296113 100644
--- a/00DIST
+++ b/00DIST
@@ -5605,6 +5605,9 @@ Supplement	Regenerated the 4.04 distribution to correct a non-
 
 		[linux] Do not embed kernel version in CFLAGS (#314)
 
+		[linux] Linux 6.9 changed the pidfs appearence in procfs. Try
+		to maintain original output in lsof (#317)
+
 
 Vic Abell <abe@purdue.edu>
 July 14, 2018
diff --git a/lib/dialects/linux/dproc.c b/lib/dialects/linux/dproc.c
index cb6bb64f..3a7a1204 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/linux/dproc.c
+++ b/lib/dialects/linux/dproc.c
@@ -1273,6 +1273,10 @@ static int process_id(struct lsof_context *ctx, /* context */
 #endif     /* defined(HASEPTOPTS) */
                 if (rest && rest[0] == '[' && rest[1] == 'p')
                     fdinfo_mask |= FDINFO_PID;
+                else if (Lf->ntype == N_REGLR && rest && *rest && strcmp(pbuf, "pidfd") == 0) {
+                    // https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof/issues/317
+                    fdinfo_mask |= FDINFO_PID;
+                }
 
                 if ((av = get_fdinfo(ctx, pathi, fdinfo_mask, &fi)) &
                     FDINFO_POS) {
@@ -1338,6 +1342,15 @@ static int process_id(struct lsof_context *ctx, /* context */
                     Lf->sf |= SELPTYINFO;
                 }
 #endif /* defined(HASEPTOPTS) && defined(HASPTYEPT) */
+                else if (Lf->ntype == N_REGLR && rest && *rest && Lf->nm &&
+                         strcmp(Lf->nm, "pidfd") == 0) {
+                    // https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof/issues/317
+                    // pidfd since Linux 6.9 becomes a regular file:
+                    // /proc/PID/fd/FD -> pidfd:[INODE]
+                    (void)snpf(rest, sizeof(pbuf) - (rest - pbuf),
+                                "[pidfd:%d]", fi.pid);
+                    enter_nm(ctx, rest);
+                }
 
                 if (Lf->sf)
                     link_lfile(ctx);
diff --git a/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-inet6-ffffffff-handling.bash b/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-inet6-ffffffff-handling.bash
index a3a62822..1e3f459b 100755
--- a/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-inet6-ffffffff-handling.bash
+++ b/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-inet6-ffffffff-handling.bash
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ expectation="n[${v6addr}]:$port"
 result=1
 if "${lsof}" -p "${pid}" -a -d fd -P -n -F n \
     | tee -a "${report}" \
-    | fgrep -q "$expectation"; then
+    | grep -Fq "$expectation"; then
     result=0
 fi
 
diff --git a/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-pidfd-pid.bash b/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-pidfd-pid.bash
index fe439e5e..ceeddb41 100755
--- a/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-pidfd-pid.bash
+++ b/lib/dialects/linux/tests/case-20-pidfd-pid.bash
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $TARGET | (
         exit 77
     fi
     line=$($lsof -p $pid -a -d $fd -F pfn| tr '\n' ' ')
-    if ! fgrep -q "p${pid} f${fd} n[pidfd:$pid]" <<<"$line"; then
+    if ! grep -Fq "p${pid} f${fd} n[pidfd:$pid]" <<<"$line"; then
 	$lsof -p $pid -a -d $fd -F pfn
 	echo
 	echo $line