diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
index 16449d330dae..dcb221a4b5be 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 /* O_NONBLOCK clashes with the bits used for socket types.  Therefore we
  * have to define SOCK_NONBLOCK to a different value here.
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
index d958c74e5260..6433cadb6ed4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
index 30078f98b3ab..a473f8c6a9aa 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* __ASM_AVR32_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
index 048aba64600c..ae52825021af 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
index 7a361810f3cc..a5b1d7dbb205 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,5 +66,8 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
index e7bbfcee5b99..ec4554e7b04b 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
index ced62de9d5a9..41fc28a4a18a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
index 696cb4c7ca4e..a15f40b52783 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_M32R_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
index e8b41a6775f9..d1be684edf97 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
index 52104872e9e3..a2ed6fdad4e0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ To add: #define SO_REUSEPORT 0x0200	/* Allow local address and port reuse.  */
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 /** sock_type - Socket types
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
index 013fcc51698f..820463a484b8 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
index f717c9bec16f..1b52c2c31a7a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		0x4023
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		0x4024
+
+
 /* O_NONBLOCK clashes with the bits used for socket types.  Therefore we
  * have to define SOCK_NONBLOCK to a different value here.
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
index fe1c0b478fd7..3d5179bb122f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -73,4 +73,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
index 581702fa1b0c..c91b720965c0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -74,4 +74,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
index 68e2e2746f6f..bea1568ae4af 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		0x0026
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		0x0027
+
+
 /* Security levels - as per NRL IPv6 - don't actually do anything */
 #define SO_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION		0x5001
 #define SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_TRANSPORT	0x5002
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
index 74818b161362..e36c68184920 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -77,4 +77,7 @@
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
 
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif	/* _XTENSA_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/socket.h b/include/asm-generic/socket.h
index d9aaac0c36d4..b1bea03274d5 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/socket.h
@@ -68,4 +68,8 @@
 #define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
 #define SCM_WIFI_STATUS	SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #define SO_PEEK_OFF		42
+
+/* Instruct lower device to use last 4-bytes of skb data as FCS */
+#define SO_NOFCS		43
+
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/if.h b/include/linux/if.h
index 06b6ef60c821..f995c663c493 100644
--- a/include/linux/if.h
+++ b/include/linux/if.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 					 * skbs on transmit */
 #define IFF_UNICAST_FLT	0x20000		/* Supports unicast filtering	*/
 #define IFF_TEAM_PORT	0x40000		/* device used as team port */
+#define IFF_SUPP_NOFCS	0x80000		/* device supports sending custom FCS */
+
 
 #define IF_GET_IFACE	0x0001		/* for querying only */
 #define IF_GET_PROTO	0x0002
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 0eac07c95255..f1b7d037c2c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1082,7 +1082,8 @@ struct net_device {
 	const struct header_ops *header_ops;
 
 	unsigned int		flags;	/* interface flags (a la BSD)	*/
-	unsigned int		priv_flags; /* Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace. */
+	unsigned int		priv_flags; /* Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace.
+					     * See if.h for definitions. */
 	unsigned short		gflags;
 	unsigned short		padded;	/* How much padding added by alloc_netdev() */
 
@@ -2650,6 +2651,11 @@ static inline int netif_is_bond_slave(struct net_device *dev)
 	return dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE && dev->priv_flags & IFF_BONDING;
 }
 
+static inline bool netif_supports_nofcs(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->priv_flags & IFF_SUPP_NOFCS;
+}
+
 extern struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops;
 
 /* Logging, debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index c11a44ea1bf4..06a4c0fd7bef 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ typedef unsigned char *sk_buff_data_t;
  *		ports.
  *	@wifi_acked_valid: wifi_acked was set
  *	@wifi_acked: whether frame was acked on wifi or not
+ *	@no_fcs:  Request NIC to treat last 4 bytes as Ethernet FCS
  *	@dma_cookie: a cookie to one of several possible DMA operations
  *		done by skb DMA functions
  *	@secmark: security marking
@@ -459,7 +460,8 @@ struct sk_buff {
 	__u8			l4_rxhash:1;
 	__u8			wifi_acked_valid:1;
 	__u8			wifi_acked:1;
-	/* 10/12 bit hole (depending on ndisc_nodetype presence) */
+	__u8			no_fcs:1;
+	/* 9/11 bit hole (depending on ndisc_nodetype presence) */
 	kmemcheck_bitfield_end(flags2);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 9c0553b9e451..ba761e7de252 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -615,6 +615,10 @@ enum sock_flags {
 	SOCK_RXQ_OVFL,
 	SOCK_ZEROCOPY, /* buffers from userspace */
 	SOCK_WIFI_STATUS, /* push wifi status to userspace */
+	SOCK_NOFCS, /* Tell NIC not to do the Ethernet FCS.
+		     * Will use last 4 bytes of packet sent from
+		     * user-space instead.
+		     */
 };
 
 static inline void sock_copy_flags(struct sock *nsk, struct sock *osk)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index f3a530780753..6eb656acdfe5 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ static void __copy_skb_header(struct sk_buff *new, const struct sk_buff *old)
 	new->rxhash		= old->rxhash;
 	new->ooo_okay		= old->ooo_okay;
 	new->l4_rxhash		= old->l4_rxhash;
+	new->no_fcs		= old->no_fcs;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
 	new->sp			= secpath_get(old->sp);
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 19942d4bb6e6..55011cb691ad 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -799,6 +799,11 @@ set_rcvbuf:
 		else
 			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		break;
+
+	case SO_NOFCS:
+		sock_valbool_flag(sk, SOCK_NOFCS, valbool);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		break;
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 2dbb32b988c4..ae2d484416dd 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1459,6 +1459,7 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	__be16 proto = 0;
 	int err;
+	int extra_len = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Get and verify the address.
@@ -1493,8 +1494,16 @@ retry:
 	 * raw protocol and you must do your own fragmentation at this level.
 	 */
 
+	if (unlikely(sock_flag(sk, SOCK_NOFCS))) {
+		if (!netif_supports_nofcs(dev)) {
+			err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+		extra_len = 4; /* We're doing our own CRC */
+	}
+
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
-	if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN)
+	if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	if (!skb) {
@@ -1526,7 +1535,7 @@ retry:
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
-	if (len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len)) {
+	if (len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + extra_len)) {
 		/* Earlier code assumed this would be a VLAN pkt,
 		 * double-check this now that we have the actual
 		 * packet in hand.
@@ -1548,6 +1557,9 @@ retry:
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	if (unlikely(extra_len == 4))
+		skb->no_fcs = 1;
+
 	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return len;
@@ -2209,6 +2221,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 	unsigned short gso_type = 0;
 	int hlen, tlen;
+	int extra_len = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Get and verify the address.
@@ -2288,8 +2301,16 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(sock_flag(sk, SOCK_NOFCS))) {
+		if (!netif_supports_nofcs(dev)) {
+			err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+		extra_len = 4; /* We're doing our own CRC */
+	}
+
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
-	if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve + VLAN_HLEN))
+	if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
@@ -2315,7 +2336,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_free;
 
-	if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve)) {
+	if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve + extra_len)) {
 		/* Earlier code assumed this would be a VLAN pkt,
 		 * double-check this now that we have the actual
 		 * packet in hand.
@@ -2353,6 +2374,9 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 		len += vnet_hdr_len;
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(extra_len == 4))
+		skb->no_fcs = 1;
+
 	/*
 	 *	Now send it
 	 */