diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index 30fd50adf234..66221f1991c0 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ struct neighbour {
 	__u8			nud_state;
 	__u8			type;
 	__u8			dead;
+	u8			protocol;
 	seqlock_t		ha_lock;
 	unsigned char		ha[ALIGN(MAX_ADDR_LEN, sizeof(unsigned long))] __aligned(8);
 	struct hh_cache		hh;
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ struct pneigh_entry {
 	possible_net_t		net;
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	u8			flags;
+	u8			protocol;
 	u8			key[0];
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
index 998155444e0d..cd144e3099a3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum {
 	NDA_MASTER,
 	NDA_LINK_NETNSID,
 	NDA_SRC_VNI,
+	NDA_PROTOCOL,  /* Originator of entry */
 	__NDA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 42b413774370..fb4372cb1de1 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1828,6 +1828,7 @@ static int neigh_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	struct neighbour *neigh;
 	void *dst, *lladdr;
+	u8 protocol = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
@@ -1867,6 +1868,14 @@ static int neigh_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	dst = nla_data(tb[NDA_DST]);
 	lladdr = tb[NDA_LLADDR] ? nla_data(tb[NDA_LLADDR]) : NULL;
 
+	if (tb[NDA_PROTOCOL]) {
+		if (nla_len(tb[NDA_PROTOCOL]) != sizeof(u8)) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid protocol attribute");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		protocol = nla_get_u8(tb[NDA_PROTOCOL]);
+	}
+
 	if (ndm->ndm_flags & NTF_PROXY) {
 		struct pneigh_entry *pn;
 
@@ -1874,6 +1883,8 @@ static int neigh_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		pn = pneigh_lookup(tbl, net, dst, dev, 1);
 		if (pn) {
 			pn->flags = ndm->ndm_flags;
+			if (protocol)
+				pn->protocol = protocol;
 			err = 0;
 		}
 		goto out;
@@ -1924,6 +1935,10 @@ static int neigh_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	} else
 		err = __neigh_update(neigh, lladdr, ndm->ndm_state, flags,
 				     NETLINK_CB(skb).portid, extack);
+
+	if (protocol)
+		neigh->protocol = protocol;
+
 	neigh_release(neigh);
 
 out:
@@ -2417,6 +2432,9 @@ static int neigh_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neighbour *neigh,
 	    nla_put(skb, NDA_CACHEINFO, sizeof(ci), &ci))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	if (neigh->protocol && nla_put_u8(skb, NDA_PROTOCOL, neigh->protocol))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -2448,6 +2466,9 @@ static int pneigh_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct pneigh_entry *pn,
 	if (nla_put(skb, NDA_DST, tbl->key_len, pn->key))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	if (pn->protocol && nla_put_u8(skb, NDA_PROTOCOL, pn->protocol))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -3103,7 +3124,8 @@ static inline size_t neigh_nlmsg_size(void)
 	       + nla_total_size(MAX_ADDR_LEN) /* NDA_DST */
 	       + nla_total_size(MAX_ADDR_LEN) /* NDA_LLADDR */
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nda_cacheinfo))
-	       + nla_total_size(4); /* NDA_PROBES */
+	       + nla_total_size(4)  /* NDA_PROBES */
+	       + nla_total_size(1); /* NDA_PROTOCOL */
 }
 
 static void __neigh_notify(struct neighbour *n, int type, int flags,