diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index ac0427c096f3..1e92f1500b87 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct fib6_config {
 	u16		fc_delete_all_nh : 1,
 			fc_ignore_dev_down:1,
 			__unused : 14;
+	u32		fc_nh_id;
 
 	struct in6_addr	fc_dst;
 	struct in6_addr	fc_src;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index f287375fd0b2..f7257a56072a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3531,6 +3531,16 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 		goto out;
 	}
 #endif
+	if (cfg->fc_nh_id) {
+		nh = nexthop_find_by_id(net, cfg->fc_nh_id);
+		if (!nh) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop id does not exist");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		err = fib6_check_nexthop(nh, cfg, extack);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
 	if (cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh &&
@@ -3762,6 +3772,30 @@ static int ip6_del_cached_rt(struct fib6_config *cfg, struct fib6_info *rt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct fib6_nh_del_cached_rt_arg {
+	struct fib6_config *cfg;
+	struct fib6_info *f6i;
+};
+
+static int fib6_nh_del_cached_rt(struct fib6_nh *nh, void *_arg)
+{
+	struct fib6_nh_del_cached_rt_arg *arg = _arg;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = ip6_del_cached_rt(arg->cfg, arg->f6i, nh);
+	return rc != -ESRCH ? rc : 0;
+}
+
+static int ip6_del_cached_rt_nh(struct fib6_config *cfg, struct fib6_info *f6i)
+{
+	struct fib6_nh_del_cached_rt_arg arg = {
+		.cfg = cfg,
+		.f6i = f6i
+	};
+
+	return nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh(f6i->nh, fib6_nh_del_cached_rt, &arg);
+}
+
 static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
@@ -3787,11 +3821,20 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 		for_each_fib6_node_rt_rcu(fn) {
 			struct fib6_nh *nh;
 
-			nh = rt->fib6_nh;
-			if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
-				int rc;
+			if (rt->nh && rt->nh->id != cfg->fc_nh_id)
+				continue;
 
-				rc = ip6_del_cached_rt(cfg, rt, nh);
+			if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
+				int rc = 0;
+
+				if (rt->nh) {
+					rc = ip6_del_cached_rt_nh(cfg, rt);
+				} else if (cfg->fc_nh_id) {
+					continue;
+				} else {
+					nh = rt->fib6_nh;
+					rc = ip6_del_cached_rt(cfg, rt, nh);
+				}
 				if (rc != -ESRCH) {
 					rcu_read_unlock();
 					return rc;
@@ -3799,6 +3842,23 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			if (cfg->fc_metric && cfg->fc_metric != rt->fib6_metric)
+				continue;
+			if (cfg->fc_protocol &&
+			    cfg->fc_protocol != rt->fib6_protocol)
+				continue;
+
+			if (rt->nh) {
+				if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
+					continue;
+				rcu_read_unlock();
+
+				return __ip6_del_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo);
+			}
+			if (cfg->fc_nh_id)
+				continue;
+
+			nh = rt->fib6_nh;
 			if (cfg->fc_ifindex &&
 			    (!nh->fib_nh_dev ||
 			     nh->fib_nh_dev->ifindex != cfg->fc_ifindex))
@@ -3806,10 +3866,6 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 			if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_GATEWAY &&
 			    !ipv6_addr_equal(&cfg->fc_gateway, &nh->fib_nh_gw6))
 				continue;
-			if (cfg->fc_metric && cfg->fc_metric != rt->fib6_metric)
-				continue;
-			if (cfg->fc_protocol && cfg->fc_protocol != rt->fib6_protocol)
-				continue;
 			if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
 				continue;
 			rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -4709,6 +4765,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy rtm_ipv6_policy[RTA_MAX+1] = {
 	[RTA_IP_PROTO]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[RTA_SPORT]		= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	[RTA_DPORT]		= { .type = NLA_U16 },
+	[RTA_NH_ID]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static int rtm_to_fib6_config(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -4755,6 +4812,16 @@ static int rtm_to_fib6_config(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	cfg->fc_flags |= (rtm->rtm_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK);
 
+	if (tb[RTA_NH_ID]) {
+		if (tb[RTA_GATEWAY]   || tb[RTA_OIF] ||
+		    tb[RTA_MULTIPATH] || tb[RTA_ENCAP]) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+				       "Nexthop specification and nexthop id are mutually exclusive");
+			goto errout;
+		}
+		cfg->fc_nh_id = nla_get_u32(tb[RTA_NH_ID]);
+	}
+
 	if (tb[RTA_GATEWAY]) {
 		cfg->fc_gateway = nla_get_in6_addr(tb[RTA_GATEWAY]);
 		cfg->fc_flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
@@ -5089,6 +5156,12 @@ static int inet6_rtm_delroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+	if (cfg.fc_nh_id &&
+	    !nexthop_find_by_id(sock_net(skb->sk), cfg.fc_nh_id)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop id does not exist");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (cfg.fc_mp)
 		return ip6_route_multipath_del(&cfg, extack);
 	else {