diff --git a/include/linux/if_packet.h b/include/linux/if_packet.h
index 99393ef3af39..f3de05c30678 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_packet.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_packet.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct sockaddr_ll
 #define PACKET_RX_RING			5
 #define PACKET_STATISTICS		6
 #define PACKET_COPY_THRESH		7
+#define PACKET_AUXDATA			8
 
 struct tpacket_stats
 {
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ struct tpacket_stats
 	unsigned int	tp_drops;
 };
 
+struct tpacket_auxdata
+{
+	__u32		tp_status;
+	__u32		tp_len;
+	__u32		tp_snaplen;
+	__u16		tp_mac;
+	__u16		tp_net;
+};
+
 struct tpacket_hdr
 {
 	unsigned long	tp_status;
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 6dc01bdeb76b..8973ea78831e 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ struct packet_sock {
 #endif
 	struct packet_type	prot_hook;
 	spinlock_t		bind_lock;
-	char			running;	/* prot_hook is attached*/
+	unsigned int		running:1,	/* prot_hook is attached*/
+				auxdata:1;
 	int			ifindex;	/* bound device		*/
 	__be16			num;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PACKET_MULTICAST
@@ -214,6 +215,8 @@ struct packet_sock {
 #endif
 };
 
+#define PACKET_SKB_CB(__skb)	((struct tpacket_auxdata *)((__skb)->cb))
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP
 
 static inline char *packet_lookup_frame(struct packet_sock *po, unsigned int position)
@@ -462,6 +465,7 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet
 	u8 * skb_head = skb->data;
 	int skb_len = skb->len;
 	unsigned int snaplen, res;
+	struct tpacket_auxdata *aux;
 
 	if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK)
 		goto drop;
@@ -523,6 +527,15 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet
 	if (dev->hard_header_parse)
 		sll->sll_halen = dev->hard_header_parse(skb, sll->sll_addr);
 
+	aux = PACKET_SKB_CB(skb);
+	aux->tp_status = TP_STATUS_USER;
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
+		aux->tp_status |= TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY;
+	aux->tp_len = skb->len;
+	aux->tp_snaplen = snaplen;
+	aux->tp_mac = 0;
+	aux->tp_net = skb->nh.raw - skb->data;
+
 	if (pskb_trim(skb, snaplen))
 		goto drop_n_acct;
 
@@ -582,11 +595,12 @@ static int tpacket_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packe
 		else if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OUTGOING) {
 			/* Special case: outgoing packets have ll header at head */
 			skb_pull(skb, skb->nh.raw - skb->data);
-			if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
-				status |= TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
+		status |= TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY;
+
 	snaplen = skb->len;
 
 	res = run_filter(skb, sk, snaplen);
@@ -1119,6 +1133,11 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (msg->msg_name)
 		memcpy(msg->msg_name, skb->cb, msg->msg_namelen);
 
+	if (pkt_sk(sk)->auxdata) {
+		struct tpacket_auxdata *aux = PACKET_SKB_CB(skb);
+		put_cmsg(msg, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_AUXDATA, sizeof(*aux), aux);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 *	Free or return the buffer as appropriate. Again this
 	 *	hides all the races and re-entrancy issues from us.
@@ -1317,6 +1336,7 @@ static int
 packet_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname, char __user *optval, int optlen)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
+	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (level != SOL_PACKET)
@@ -1369,6 +1389,18 @@ packet_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname, char __user *optv
 		return 0;
 	}
 #endif
+	case PACKET_AUXDATA:
+	{
+		int val;
+
+		if (optlen < sizeof(val))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (copy_from_user(&val, optval, sizeof(val)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		po->auxdata = !!val;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	default:
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 	}
@@ -1378,8 +1410,11 @@ static int packet_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 			     char __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
 {
 	int len;
+	int val;
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
+	void *data;
+	struct tpacket_stats st;
 
 	if (level != SOL_PACKET)
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
@@ -1392,9 +1427,6 @@ static int packet_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		
 	switch(optname)	{
 	case PACKET_STATISTICS:
-	{
-		struct tpacket_stats st;
-
 		if (len > sizeof(struct tpacket_stats))
 			len = sizeof(struct tpacket_stats);
 		spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
@@ -1403,16 +1435,23 @@ static int packet_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		spin_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
 		st.tp_packets += st.tp_drops;
 
-		if (copy_to_user(optval, &st, len))
-			return -EFAULT;
+		data = &st;
+		break;
+	case PACKET_AUXDATA:
+		if (len > sizeof(int))
+			len = sizeof(int);
+		val = po->auxdata;
+
+		data = &val;
 		break;
-	}
 	default:
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 	}
 
 	if (put_user(len, optlen))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	if (copy_to_user(optval, data, len))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;
 }