diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
index 09f5bc6142c9..71a8d46a0827 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ mlx5_ib_ft_type_to_namespace(enum mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_table_type table_type,
 	case MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_TX:
 		*namespace = MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_EGRESS;
 		break;
+	case MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_FDB:
+		*namespace = MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -93,6 +96,10 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_CREATE_FLOW)(
 	    ((dest_devx && dest_qp) || (!dest_devx && !dest_qp)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Allow only DEVX object as dest when inserting to FDB */
+	if (fs_matcher->ns_type == MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB && !dest_devx)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (dest_devx) {
 		devx_obj = uverbs_attr_get_obj(
 			attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_DEST_DEVX);
@@ -104,6 +111,10 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_CREATE_FLOW)(
 		 */
 		if (!mlx5_ib_devx_is_flow_dest(devx_obj, &dest_id, &dest_type))
 			return -EINVAL;
+		/* Allow only flow table as dest when inserting to FDB */
+		if (fs_matcher->ns_type == MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB &&
+		    dest_type != MLX5_FLOW_DESTINATION_TYPE_FLOW_TABLE)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	} else if (dest_qp) {
 		struct mlx5_ib_qp *mqp;
 
@@ -203,6 +214,54 @@ static int flow_matcher_cleanup(struct ib_uobject *uobject,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int mlx5_ib_matcher_ns(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs,
+			      struct mlx5_ib_flow_matcher *obj)
+{
+	enum mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_table_type ft_type =
+		MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_RX;
+	u32 flags;
+	int err;
+
+	/* New users should use MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FT_TYPE and older
+	 * users should switch to it. We leave this to not break userspace
+	 */
+	if (uverbs_attr_is_valid(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FT_TYPE) &&
+	    uverbs_attr_is_valid(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FLOW_FLAGS))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (uverbs_attr_is_valid(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FT_TYPE)) {
+		err = uverbs_get_const(&ft_type, attrs,
+				       MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FT_TYPE);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		err = mlx5_ib_ft_type_to_namespace(ft_type, &obj->ns_type);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (uverbs_attr_is_valid(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FLOW_FLAGS)) {
+		err = uverbs_get_flags32(&flags, attrs,
+					 MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FLOW_FLAGS,
+					 IB_FLOW_ATTR_FLAGS_EGRESS);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		if (flags) {
+			mlx5_ib_ft_type_to_namespace(
+				MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_TX,
+				&obj->ns_type);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	obj->ns_type = MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_BYPASS;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_FLOW_MATCHER_CREATE)(
 	struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs)
 {
@@ -210,14 +269,12 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_FLOW_MATCHER_CREATE)(
 		attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_CREATE_HANDLE);
 	struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev = mlx5_udata_to_mdev(&attrs->driver_udata);
 	struct mlx5_ib_flow_matcher *obj;
-	u32 flags;
 	int err;
 
 	obj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mlx5_ib_flow_matcher), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!obj)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	obj->ns_type = MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_BYPASS;
 	obj->mask_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(
 		attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_MATCH_MASK);
 	err = uverbs_copy_from(&obj->matcher_mask,
@@ -243,19 +300,10 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_FLOW_MATCHER_CREATE)(
 	if (err)
 		goto end;
 
-	err = uverbs_get_flags32(&flags, attrs,
-				 MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FLOW_FLAGS,
-				 IB_FLOW_ATTR_FLAGS_EGRESS);
+	err = mlx5_ib_matcher_ns(attrs, obj);
 	if (err)
 		goto end;
 
-	if (flags) {
-		err = mlx5_ib_ft_type_to_namespace(
-			MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_TX, &obj->ns_type);
-		if (err)
-			goto end;
-	}
-
 	uobj->object = obj;
 	obj->mdev = dev->mdev;
 	atomic_set(&obj->usecnt, 0);
@@ -605,6 +653,9 @@ DECLARE_UVERBS_NAMED_METHOD(
 			   UA_MANDATORY),
 	UVERBS_ATTR_FLAGS_IN(MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FLOW_FLAGS,
 			     enum ib_flow_flags,
+			     UA_OPTIONAL),
+	UVERBS_ATTR_CONST_IN(MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FT_TYPE,
+			     enum mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_table_type,
 			     UA_OPTIONAL));
 
 DECLARE_UVERBS_NAMED_METHOD_DESTROY(
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_cmds.h b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_cmds.h
index 8149d224030b..0d8f564ce60b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_cmds.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_cmds.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ enum mlx5_ib_flow_matcher_create_attrs {
 	MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FLOW_TYPE,
 	MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_MATCH_CRITERIA,
 	MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FLOW_FLAGS,
+	MLX5_IB_ATTR_FLOW_MATCHER_FT_TYPE,
 };
 
 enum mlx5_ib_flow_matcher_destroy_attrs {
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h
index 4a701033b93f..0a126a6b9337 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enum mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_action_flags {
 enum mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_table_type {
 	MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_RX     = 0x0,
 	MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_TX	= 0x1,
+	MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_FDB	= 0x2,
 };
 
 enum mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_action_packet_reformat_type {