diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index af8fd58b4006..ba69d4447249 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -782,4 +782,27 @@ enum {
 
 #define IFLA_HSR_MAX (__IFLA_HSR_MAX - 1)
 
+/* STATS section */
+
+struct if_stats_msg {
+	__u8  family;
+	__u8  pad1;
+	__u16 pad2;
+	__u32 ifindex;
+	__u32 filter_mask;
+};
+
+/* A stats attribute can be netdev specific or a global stat.
+ * For netdev stats, lets use the prefix IFLA_STATS_LINK_*
+ */
+enum {
+	IFLA_STATS_UNSPEC, /* also used as 64bit pad attribute */
+	IFLA_STATS_LINK_64,
+	__IFLA_STATS_MAX,
+};
+
+#define IFLA_STATS_MAX (__IFLA_STATS_MAX - 1)
+
+#define IFLA_STATS_FILTER_BIT(ATTR)	(1 << (ATTR - 1))
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_IF_LINK_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index ca764b5da86d..cc885c4e9065 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ enum {
 	RTM_GETNSID = 90,
 #define RTM_GETNSID RTM_GETNSID
 
+	RTM_NEWSTATS = 92,
+#define RTM_NEWSTATS RTM_NEWSTATS
+	RTM_GETSTATS = 94,
+#define RTM_GETSTATS RTM_GETSTATS
+
 	__RTM_MAX,
 #define RTM_MAX		(((__RTM_MAX + 3) & ~3) - 1)
 };
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index d3694a13c85a..4a47a9aceb1d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3449,6 +3449,161 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int rtnl_fill_statsinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+			       int type, u32 pid, u32 seq, u32 change,
+			       unsigned int flags, unsigned int filter_mask)
+{
+	struct if_stats_msg *ifsm;
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct nlattr *attr;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*ifsm), flags);
+	if (!nlh)
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+	ifsm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	ifsm->ifindex = dev->ifindex;
+	ifsm->filter_mask = filter_mask;
+
+	if (filter_mask & IFLA_STATS_FILTER_BIT(IFLA_STATS_LINK_64)) {
+		struct rtnl_link_stats64 *sp;
+		int err;
+
+		/* if necessary, add a zero length NOP attribute so that
+		 * IFLA_STATS_LINK_64 will be 64-bit aligned
+		 */
+		err = nla_align_64bit(skb, IFLA_STATS_UNSPEC);
+		if (err)
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+
+		attr = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_STATS_LINK_64,
+				   sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64));
+		if (!attr)
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+
+		sp = nla_data(attr);
+		dev_get_stats(dev, sp);
+	}
+
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+
+	return 0;
+
+nla_put_failure:
+	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+
+	return -EMSGSIZE;
+}
+
+static const struct nla_policy ifla_stats_policy[IFLA_STATS_MAX + 1] = {
+	[IFLA_STATS_LINK_64]	= { .len = sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64) },
+};
+
+static size_t if_nlmsg_stats_size(const struct net_device *dev,
+				  u32 filter_mask)
+{
+	size_t size = 0;
+
+	if (filter_mask & IFLA_STATS_FILTER_BIT(IFLA_STATS_LINK_64))
+		size += nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64));
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+static int rtnl_stats_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+{
+	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
+	struct if_stats_msg *ifsm;
+	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
+	struct sk_buff *nskb;
+	u32 filter_mask;
+	int err;
+
+	ifsm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	if (ifsm->ifindex > 0)
+		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifsm->ifindex);
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	filter_mask = ifsm->filter_mask;
+	if (!filter_mask)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	nskb = nlmsg_new(if_nlmsg_stats_size(dev, filter_mask), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!nskb)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	err = rtnl_fill_statsinfo(nskb, dev, RTM_NEWSTATS,
+				  NETLINK_CB(skb).portid, nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0,
+				  0, filter_mask);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		/* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in if_nlmsg_stats_size */
+		WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
+		kfree_skb(nskb);
+	} else {
+		err = rtnl_unicast(nskb, net, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int rtnl_stats_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
+	struct if_stats_msg *ifsm;
+	int h, s_h;
+	int idx = 0, s_idx;
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	struct hlist_head *head;
+	unsigned int flags = NLM_F_MULTI;
+	u32 filter_mask = 0;
+	int err;
+
+	s_h = cb->args[0];
+	s_idx = cb->args[1];
+
+	cb->seq = net->dev_base_seq;
+
+	ifsm = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
+	filter_mask = ifsm->filter_mask;
+	if (!filter_mask)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (h = s_h; h < NETDEV_HASHENTRIES; h++, s_idx = 0) {
+		idx = 0;
+		head = &net->dev_index_head[h];
+		hlist_for_each_entry(dev, head, index_hlist) {
+			if (idx < s_idx)
+				goto cont;
+			err = rtnl_fill_statsinfo(skb, dev, RTM_NEWSTATS,
+						  NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
+						  cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0,
+						  flags, filter_mask);
+			/* If we ran out of room on the first message,
+			 * we're in trouble
+			 */
+			WARN_ON((err == -EMSGSIZE) && (skb->len == 0));
+
+			if (err < 0)
+				goto out;
+
+			nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(skb));
+cont:
+			idx++;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	cb->args[1] = idx;
+	cb->args[0] = h;
+
+	return skb->len;
+}
+
 /* Process one rtnetlink message. */
 
 static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
@@ -3598,4 +3753,7 @@ void __init rtnetlink_init(void)
 	rtnl_register(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_GETLINK, NULL, rtnl_bridge_getlink, NULL);
 	rtnl_register(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_DELLINK, rtnl_bridge_dellink, NULL, NULL);
 	rtnl_register(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_SETLINK, rtnl_bridge_setlink, NULL, NULL);
+
+	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_GETSTATS, rtnl_stats_get, rtnl_stats_dump,
+		      NULL);
 }
diff --git a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
index 8495b9368190..2ca9cde939d4 100644
--- a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ static struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_route_perms[] =
 	{ RTM_NEWNSID,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
 	{ RTM_DELNSID,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ  },
 	{ RTM_GETNSID,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ  },
+	{ RTM_NEWSTATS,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ },
+	{ RTM_GETSTATS,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ  },
 };
 
 static struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_tcpdiag_perms[] =
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm)
 	switch (sclass) {
 	case SECCLASS_NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET:
 		/* RTM_MAX always point to RTM_SETxxxx, ie RTM_NEWxxx + 3 */
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(RTM_MAX != (RTM_NEWNSID + 3));
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(RTM_MAX != (RTM_NEWSTATS + 3));
 		err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_route_perms,
 				 sizeof(nlmsg_route_perms));
 		break;