diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 10e216c6e05e..f35bfe43bf7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1132,6 +1132,15 @@ flowlabel_consistency - BOOLEAN
 	FALSE: disabled
 	Default: TRUE
 
+auto_flowlabels - BOOLEAN
+	Automatically generate flow labels based based on a flow hash
+	of the packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers,
+	to idenfify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
+	Routing (see RFC 6438).
+	TRUE: enabled
+	FALSE: disabled
+	Default: false
+
 anycast_src_echo_reply - BOOLEAN
 	Controls the use of anycast addresses as source addresses for ICMPv6
 	echo reply
diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 5dc68c3ebcbd..ff560537dd61 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ struct ipv6_pinfo {
 						 * 010: prefer public address
 						 * 100: prefer care-of address
 						 */
-				dontfrag:1;
+				dontfrag:1,
+				autoflowlabel:1;
 	__u8			min_hopcount;
 	__u8			tclass;
 	__be32			rcv_flowinfo;
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 2aa86e1135a1..4308f2ada8b3 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -699,6 +699,26 @@ static inline void ip6_set_txhash(struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_txhash = flow_hash_from_keys(&keys);
 }
 
+static inline __be32 ip6_make_flowlabel(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
+					__be32 flowlabel, bool autolabel)
+{
+	if (!flowlabel && (autolabel || net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels)) {
+		__be32 hash;
+
+		hash = skb_get_hash(skb);
+
+		/* Since this is being sent on the wire obfuscate hash a bit
+		 * to minimize possbility that any useful information to an
+		 * attacker is leaked. Only lower 20 bits are relevant.
+		 */
+		hash ^= hash >> 12;
+
+		flowlabel = hash & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
+	}
+
+	return flowlabel;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Header manipulation
  */
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
index 19d3446e59d2..eade27adecf3 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct netns_sysctl_ipv6 {
 	int ip6_rt_mtu_expires;
 	int ip6_rt_min_advmss;
 	int flowlabel_consistency;
+	int auto_flowlabels;
 	int icmpv6_time;
 	int anycast_src_echo_reply;
 	int fwmark_reflect;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
index 0d8e0f0342dc..22b7a69619d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ struct in6_flowlabel_req {
 #if 0	/* not yet */
 #define IPV6_USE_MIN_MTU	63
 #endif
+#define IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL	64
 
 /*
  * Netfilter (1)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index a426cd7099bb..2daa3a133e49 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ static int __net_init inet6_net_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only = 0;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.icmpv6_time = 1*HZ;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_consistency = 1;
+	net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels = 0;
 	atomic_set(&net->ipv6.rt_genid, 0);
 
 	err = ipv6_init_mibs(net);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 3873181ed856..365b2b6f3942 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -723,7 +723,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6gre_xmit2(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 *	Push down and install the IP header.
 	 */
 	ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
-	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, INET_ECN_encapsulate(0, dsfield), fl6->flowlabel);
+	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, INET_ECN_encapsulate(0, dsfield),
+		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel, false));
 	ipv6h->hop_limit = tunnel->parms.hop_limit;
 	ipv6h->nexthdr = proto;
 	ipv6h->saddr = fl6->saddr;
@@ -1174,7 +1175,9 @@ static int ip6gre_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb_push(skb, t->hlen);
 	__be16 *p = (__be16 *)(ipv6h+1);
 
-	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, 0, t->fl.u.ip6.flowlabel);
+	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, 0,
+		     ip6_make_flowlabel(dev_net(dev), skb,
+					t->fl.u.ip6.flowlabel, false));
 	ipv6h->hop_limit = t->parms.hop_limit;
 	ipv6h->nexthdr = NEXTHDR_GRE;
 	ipv6h->saddr = t->parms.laddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index cb9df0eb4023..fa83bdd4c3dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ int ip6_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 	if (hlimit < 0)
 		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
 
-	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, tclass, fl6->flowlabel);
+	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, tclass, ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel,
+						     np->autoflowlabel));
 
 	hdr->payload_len = htons(seg_len);
 	hdr->nexthdr = proto;
@@ -1569,7 +1570,9 @@ int ip6_push_pending_frames(struct sock *sk)
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 
-	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, np->cork.tclass, fl6->flowlabel);
+	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, np->cork.tclass,
+		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel,
+					np->autoflowlabel));
 	hdr->hop_limit = np->cork.hop_limit;
 	hdr->nexthdr = proto;
 	hdr->saddr = fl6->saddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index afa082458360..51a1eb185ea7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,8 @@ static int ip6_tnl_xmit2(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
-	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, INET_ECN_encapsulate(0, dsfield), fl6->flowlabel);
+	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, INET_ECN_encapsulate(0, dsfield),
+		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel, false));
 	ipv6h->hop_limit = t->parms.hop_limit;
 	ipv6h->nexthdr = proto;
 	ipv6h->saddr = fl6->saddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index cc34f65179e4..b50b9e54cf53 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -834,6 +834,10 @@ pref_skip_coa:
 		np->dontfrag = valbool;
 		retv = 0;
 		break;
+	case IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL:
+		np->autoflowlabel = valbool;
+		retv = 0;
+		break;
 	}
 
 	release_sock(sk);
@@ -1273,6 +1277,10 @@ static int do_ipv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		val = np->dontfrag;
 		break;
 
+	case IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL:
+		val = np->autoflowlabel;
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
index 058f3eca2e53..5bf7b61f8ae8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv6_table_template[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "auto_flowlabels",
+		.data		= &init_net.ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "fwmark_reflect",
 		.data		= &init_net.ipv6.sysctl.fwmark_reflect,
@@ -74,6 +81,7 @@ static int __net_init ipv6_sysctl_net_init(struct net *net)
 	ipv6_table[0].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;
 	ipv6_table[1].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.anycast_src_echo_reply;
 	ipv6_table[2].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_consistency;
+	ipv6_table[3].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels;
 
 	ipv6_route_table = ipv6_route_sysctl_init(net);
 	if (!ipv6_route_table)