diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_tunnel.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_tunnel.h
index c1bf0b5a8da1..f5ea6b7b651f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_tunnel.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_tunnel.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum {
 	IFLA_IPTUN_ENCAP_LIMIT,
 	IFLA_IPTUN_FLOWINFO,
 	IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS,
+	IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO,
 	__IFLA_IPTUN_MAX,
 };
 #define IFLA_IPTUN_MAX	(__IFLA_IPTUN_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 8db4d9b7ab14..929ba0b5cc9b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,8 @@ static size_t ip6_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 		nla_total_size(4) +
 		/* IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS */
 		nla_total_size(4) +
+		/* IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO */
+		nla_total_size(1) +
 		0;
 }
 
@@ -1531,7 +1533,8 @@ static int ip6_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_TTL, parm->hop_limit) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_ENCAP_LIMIT, parm->encap_limit) ||
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_FLOWINFO, parm->flowinfo) ||
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS, parm->flags))
+	    nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS, parm->flags) ||
+	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO, parm->proto))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	return 0;