diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 771ca1996442..9322cafd191b 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1514,6 +1514,13 @@ void sock_kfree_s(struct sock *sk, void *mem, int size);
 void sock_kzfree_s(struct sock *sk, void *mem, int size);
 void sk_send_sigurg(struct sock *sk);
 
+struct sockcm_cookie {
+	u32 mark;
+};
+
+int sock_cmsg_send(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
+		   struct sockcm_cookie *sockc);
+
 /*
  * Functions to fill in entries in struct proto_ops when a protocol
  * does not implement a particular function.
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 7dd1263e4c24..33957776cc1a 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1852,6 +1852,32 @@ struct sk_buff *sock_alloc_send_skb(struct sock *sk, unsigned long size,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc_send_skb);
 
+int sock_cmsg_send(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
+		   struct sockcm_cookie *sockc)
+{
+	struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+
+	for_each_cmsghdr(cmsg, msg) {
+		if (!CMSG_OK(msg, cmsg))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (cmsg->cmsg_level != SOL_SOCKET)
+			continue;
+		switch (cmsg->cmsg_type) {
+		case SO_MARK:
+			if (!ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+				return -EPERM;
+			if (cmsg->cmsg_len != CMSG_LEN(sizeof(u32)))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			sockc->mark = *(u32 *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg);
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_cmsg_send);
+
 /* On 32bit arches, an skb frag is limited to 2^15 */
 #define SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER	get_order(32768)