diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 89776c592151..b90a73165d30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1530,6 +1530,9 @@ static int tun_flags(struct tun_struct *tun)
 	if (tun->flags & TUN_TAP_MQ)
 		flags |= IFF_MULTI_QUEUE;
 
+	if (tun->flags & TUN_PERSIST)
+		flags |= IFF_PERSIST;
+
 	return flags;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
index 2835b85fd46d..82334f88967e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 #define IFF_MULTI_QUEUE 0x0100
 #define IFF_ATTACH_QUEUE 0x0200
 #define IFF_DETACH_QUEUE 0x0400
+/* read-only flag */
+#define IFF_PERSIST	0x0800
 
 /* Features for GSO (TUNSETOFFLOAD). */
 #define TUN_F_CSUM	0x01	/* You can hand me unchecksummed packets. */