diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 2f87c1ba13de..006a7b81d758 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
  *	@get_num_rx_queues: Function to determine number of receive queues
  *			    to create when creating a new device.
  *	@get_link_net: Function to get the i/o netns of the device
+ *	@get_linkxstats_size: Function to calculate the required room for
+ *			      dumping device-specific extended link stats
+ *	@fill_linkxstats: Function to dump device-specific extended link stats
  */
 struct rtnl_link_ops {
 	struct list_head	list;
@@ -95,6 +98,10 @@ struct rtnl_link_ops {
 						   const struct net_device *dev,
 						   const struct net_device *slave_dev);
 	struct net		*(*get_link_net)(const struct net_device *dev);
+	size_t			(*get_linkxstats_size)(const struct net_device *dev);
+	int			(*fill_linkxstats)(struct sk_buff *skb,
+						   const struct net_device *dev,
+						   int *prividx);
 };
 
 int __rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index 3e80974566bb..2bfdb9c58342 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ struct if_stats_msg {
 enum {
 	IFLA_STATS_UNSPEC, /* also used as 64bit pad attribute */
 	IFLA_STATS_LINK_64,
+	IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS,
 	__IFLA_STATS_MAX,
 };
 
@@ -817,4 +818,15 @@ enum {
 
 #define IFLA_STATS_FILTER_BIT(ATTR)	(1 << (ATTR - 1))
 
+/* These are embedded into IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS:
+ * [IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS]
+ * -> [LINK_XSTATS_TYPE_xxx]
+ *    -> [rtnl link type specific attributes]
+ */
+enum {
+	LINK_XSTATS_TYPE_UNSPEC,
+	__LINK_XSTATS_TYPE_MAX
+};
+#define LINK_XSTATS_TYPE_MAX (__LINK_XSTATS_TYPE_MAX - 1)
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_IF_LINK_H */
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index de529a20cd18..d471f097c739 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3483,6 +3483,26 @@ static int rtnl_fill_statsinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		dev_get_stats(dev, sp);
 	}
 
+	if (stats_attr_valid(filter_mask, IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS, *idxattr)) {
+		const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops = dev->rtnl_link_ops;
+
+		if (ops && ops->fill_linkxstats) {
+			int err;
+
+			*idxattr = IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS;
+			attr = nla_nest_start(skb,
+					      IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS);
+			if (!attr)
+				goto nla_put_failure;
+
+			err = ops->fill_linkxstats(skb, dev, prividx);
+			nla_nest_end(skb, attr);
+			if (err)
+				goto nla_put_failure;
+			*idxattr = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -3509,6 +3529,16 @@ static size_t if_nlmsg_stats_size(const struct net_device *dev,
 	if (stats_attr_valid(filter_mask, IFLA_STATS_LINK_64, 0))
 		size += nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64));
 
+	if (stats_attr_valid(filter_mask, IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS, 0)) {
+		const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops = dev->rtnl_link_ops;
+
+		if (ops && ops->get_linkxstats_size) {
+			size += nla_total_size(ops->get_linkxstats_size(dev));
+			/* for IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS */
+			size += nla_total_size(0);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return size;
 }