diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b194817631de..a838591aad28 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ enum xdp_netdev_command {
 	 * when it is no longer used.
 	 */
 	XDP_SETUP_PROG,
+	XDP_SETUP_PROG_HW,
 	/* Check if a bpf program is set on the device.  The callee should
 	 * return true if a program is currently attached and running.
 	 */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index dd88375a6580..ce777ec88e1e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -891,9 +891,12 @@ enum {
 #define XDP_FLAGS_UPDATE_IF_NOEXIST	(1U << 0)
 #define XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE		(1U << 1)
 #define XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE		(1U << 2)
+#define XDP_FLAGS_HW_MODE		(1U << 3)
+#define XDP_FLAGS_MODES			(XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE | \
+					 XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE | \
+					 XDP_FLAGS_HW_MODE)
 #define XDP_FLAGS_MASK			(XDP_FLAGS_UPDATE_IF_NOEXIST | \
-					 XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE | \
-					 XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE)
+					 XDP_FLAGS_MODES)
 
 /* These are stored into IFLA_XDP_ATTACHED on dump. */
 enum {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 09f9e99f4a3e..cd885e9e3363 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6957,7 +6957,10 @@ static int dev_xdp_install(struct net_device *dev, xdp_op_t xdp_op,
 	struct netdev_xdp xdp;
 
 	memset(&xdp, 0, sizeof(xdp));
-	xdp.command = XDP_SETUP_PROG;
+	if (flags & XDP_FLAGS_HW_MODE)
+		xdp.command = XDP_SETUP_PROG_HW;
+	else
+		xdp.command = XDP_SETUP_PROG;
 	xdp.extack = extack;
 	xdp.flags = flags;
 	xdp.prog = prog;
@@ -6985,7 +6988,7 @@ int dev_change_xdp_fd(struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 	xdp_op = xdp_chk = ops->ndo_xdp;
-	if (!xdp_op && (flags & XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE))
+	if (!xdp_op && (flags & (XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE | XDP_FLAGS_HW_MODE)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (!xdp_op || (flags & XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE))
 		xdp_op = generic_xdp_install;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 8da89c1136e5..a5bedd03a63e 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  *	Vitaly E. Lavrov		RTA_OK arithmetics was wrong.
  */
 
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -2253,8 +2254,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 				err = -EINVAL;
 				goto errout;
 			}
-			if ((xdp_flags & XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE) &&
-			    (xdp_flags & XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE)) {
+			if (hweight32(xdp_flags & XDP_FLAGS_MODES) > 1) {
 				err = -EINVAL;
 				goto errout;
 			}