diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index a5a7f0e64865e..4882e81514b66 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -341,6 +341,13 @@ enum {
 	IFLA_ALT_IFNAME, /* Alternative ifname */
 	IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS,
 	IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON,
+
+	/* device (sysfs) name as parent, used instead
+	 * of IFLA_LINK where there's no parent netdev
+	 */
+	IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME,
+	IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME,
+
 	__IFLA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 92c3e43db812a..170e97f3b3c67 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1821,6 +1821,16 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (rtnl_fill_prop_list(skb, dev))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	if (dev->dev.parent &&
+	    nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME,
+			   dev_name(dev->dev.parent)))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
+	if (dev->dev.parent && dev->dev.parent->bus &&
+	    nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME,
+			   dev->dev.parent->bus->name))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 	return 0;