diff --git a/include/net/act_api.h b/include/net/act_api.h
index 1d716449209e..cfa2ae33da9a 100644
--- a/include/net/act_api.h
+++ b/include/net/act_api.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct tc_action {
 	struct rcu_head			tcfa_rcu;
 	struct gnet_stats_basic_cpu __percpu *cpu_bstats;
 	struct gnet_stats_queue __percpu *cpu_qstats;
+	struct tc_cookie	*act_cookie;
 };
 #define tcf_head	common.tcfa_head
 #define tcf_index	common.tcfa_index
diff --git a/include/net/pkt_cls.h b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
index f0a051480c6c..b43077e47d35 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_cls.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
@@ -515,4 +515,12 @@ struct tc_cls_bpf_offload {
 	u32 gen_flags;
 };
 
+
+/* This structure holds cookie structure that is passed from user
+ * to the kernel for actions and classifiers
+ */
+struct tc_cookie {
+	u8  *data;
+	u32 len;
+};
 #endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
index fd373ebd5a44..345551e71410 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/pkt_sched.h>
 
+#define TC_COOKIE_MAX_SIZE 16
+
 /* Action attributes */
 enum {
 	TCA_ACT_UNSPEC,
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ enum {
 	TCA_ACT_INDEX,
 	TCA_ACT_STATS,
 	TCA_ACT_PAD,
+	TCA_ACT_COOKIE,
 	__TCA_ACT_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index cd08df91351d..3c5e29ba6594 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/sch_generic.h>
+#include <net/pkt_cls.h>
 #include <net/act_api.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ static void free_tcf(struct rcu_head *head)
 
 	free_percpu(p->cpu_bstats);
 	free_percpu(p->cpu_qstats);
+
+	if (p->act_cookie) {
+		kfree(p->act_cookie->data);
+		kfree(p->act_cookie);
+	}
+
 	kfree(p);
 }
 
@@ -475,6 +482,12 @@ tcf_action_dump_1(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a, int bind, int ref)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (tcf_action_copy_stats(skb, a, 0))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
+	if (a->act_cookie) {
+		if (nla_put(skb, TCA_ACT_COOKIE, a->act_cookie->len,
+			    a->act_cookie->data))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
+
 	nest = nla_nest_start(skb, TCA_OPTIONS);
 	if (nest == NULL)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -516,6 +529,22 @@ int tcf_action_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct list_head *actions,
 	return err;
 }
 
+int nla_memdup_cookie(struct tc_action *a, struct nlattr **tb)
+{
+	a->act_cookie = kzalloc(sizeof(*a->act_cookie), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!a->act_cookie)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	a->act_cookie->data = nla_memdup(tb[TCA_ACT_COOKIE], GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!a->act_cookie->data) {
+		kfree(a->act_cookie);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	a->act_cookie->len = nla_len(tb[TCA_ACT_COOKIE]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct tc_action *tcf_action_init_1(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 				    struct nlattr *est, char *name, int ovr,
 				    int bind)
@@ -575,6 +604,22 @@ struct tc_action *tcf_action_init_1(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_mod;
 
+	if (tb[TCA_ACT_COOKIE]) {
+		int cklen = nla_len(tb[TCA_ACT_COOKIE]);
+
+		if (cklen > TC_COOKIE_MAX_SIZE) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			tcf_hash_release(a, bind);
+			goto err_mod;
+		}
+
+		err = nla_memdup_cookie(a, tb);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			tcf_hash_release(a, bind);
+			goto err_mod;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* module count goes up only when brand new policy is created
 	 * if it exists and is only bound to in a_o->init() then
 	 * ACT_P_CREATED is not returned (a zero is).