diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 7ed13cc0dcb2..4b65fbcc490f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ struct tun_file {
 	struct fasync_struct *fasync;
 	/* only used for fasnyc */
 	unsigned int flags;
-	u16 queue_index;
+	union {
+		u16 queue_index;
+		unsigned int ifindex;
+	};
 	struct list_head next;
 	struct tun_struct *detached;
 };
@@ -1601,6 +1604,7 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 
 		dev_net_set(dev, net);
 		dev->rtnl_link_ops = &tun_link_ops;
+		dev->ifindex = tfile->ifindex;
 
 		tun = netdev_priv(dev);
 		tun->dev = dev;
@@ -1817,6 +1821,7 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	kgid_t group;
 	int sndbuf;
 	int vnet_hdr_sz;
+	unsigned int ifindex;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (cmd == TUNSETIFF || cmd == TUNSETQUEUE || _IOC_TYPE(cmd) == 0x89) {
@@ -1851,6 +1856,19 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
+	if (cmd == TUNSETIFINDEX) {
+		ret = -EPERM;
+		if (tun)
+			goto unlock;
+
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		if (copy_from_user(&ifindex, argp, sizeof(ifindex)))
+			goto unlock;
+
+		ret = 0;
+		tfile->ifindex = ifindex;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
 
 	ret = -EBADFD;
 	if (!tun)
@@ -2099,6 +2117,7 @@ static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tfile->tun, NULL);
 	tfile->net = get_net(current->nsproxy->net_ns);
 	tfile->flags = 0;
+	tfile->ifindex = 0;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tfile->socket.wq, &tfile->wq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tfile->wq.wait);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
index 1870ee29bb37..c58d023c4822 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #define TUNGETVNETHDRSZ _IOR('T', 215, int)
 #define TUNSETVNETHDRSZ _IOW('T', 216, int)
 #define TUNSETQUEUE  _IOW('T', 217, int)
+#define TUNSETIFINDEX	_IOW('T', 218, unsigned int)
 
 /* TUNSETIFF ifr flags */
 #define IFF_TUN		0x0001