diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h b/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h
index c1e2e63cf9b5..dd3f75389076 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
  *	for this event is the application ID (AID).
  * @NFC_CMD_GET_SE: Dump all discovered secure elements from an NFC controller.
  * @NFC_CMD_SE_IO: Send/Receive APDUs to/from the selected secure element.
+ * @NFC_CMD_VENDOR: Vendor specific command, to be implemented directly
+ *	from the driver in order to support hardware specific operations.
  */
 enum nfc_commands {
 	NFC_CMD_UNSPEC,
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ enum nfc_commands {
 	NFC_CMD_GET_SE,
 	NFC_CMD_SE_IO,
 	NFC_CMD_ACTIVATE_TARGET,
+	NFC_CMD_VENDOR,
 /* private: internal use only */
 	__NFC_CMD_AFTER_LAST
 };
@@ -153,6 +156,10 @@ enum nfc_commands {
  * @NFC_ATTR_APDU: Secure element APDU
  * @NFC_ATTR_TARGET_ISO15693_DSFID: ISO 15693 Data Storage Format Identifier
  * @NFC_ATTR_TARGET_ISO15693_UID: ISO 15693 Unique Identifier
+ * @NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_ID: NFC manufacturer unique ID, typically an OUI
+ * @NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_SUBCMD: Vendor specific sub command
+ * @NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA: Vendor specific data, to be optionally passed
+ *	to a vendor specific command implementation
  */
 enum nfc_attrs {
 	NFC_ATTR_UNSPEC,
@@ -184,6 +191,9 @@ enum nfc_attrs {
 	NFC_ATTR_TARGET_ISO15693_DSFID,
 	NFC_ATTR_TARGET_ISO15693_UID,
 	NFC_ATTR_SE_PARAMS,
+	NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_ID,
+	NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_SUBCMD,
+	NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA,
 /* private: internal use only */
 	__NFC_ATTR_AFTER_LAST
 };
diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 3763036710ae..f85f37ed19b2 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
  *    Lauro Ramos Venancio <lauro.venancio@openbossa.org>
  *    Aloisio Almeida Jr <aloisio.almeida@openbossa.org>
  *
+ * Vendor commands implementation based on net/wireless/nl80211.c
+ * which is:
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006-2010	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ * Copyright 2013-2014  Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
+ *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
@@ -1489,6 +1495,50 @@ static int nfc_genl_se_io(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return nfc_se_io(dev, se_idx, apdu, apdu_len, se_io_cb, ctx);
 }
 
+static int nfc_genl_vendor_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			       struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	struct nfc_dev *dev;
+	struct nfc_vendor_cmd *cmd;
+	u32 dev_idx, vid, subcmd;
+	u8 *data;
+	size_t data_len;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX] ||
+	    !info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_ID] ||
+	    !info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_SUBCMD])
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev_idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX]);
+	vid = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_ID]);
+	subcmd = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_SUBCMD]);
+
+	dev = nfc_get_device(dev_idx);
+	if (!dev || !dev->vendor_cmds || !dev->n_vendor_cmds)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	data = nla_data(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA]);
+	if (data) {
+		data_len = nla_len(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA]);
+		if (data_len == 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		data_len = 0;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->n_vendor_cmds; i++) {
+		cmd = &dev->vendor_cmds[i];
+
+		if (cmd->vendor_id != vid || cmd->subcmd != subcmd)
+			continue;
+
+		return cmd->doit(dev, data, data_len);
+	}
+
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static const struct genl_ops nfc_genl_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.cmd = NFC_CMD_GET_DEVICE,
@@ -1579,6 +1629,11 @@ static const struct genl_ops nfc_genl_ops[] = {
 		.doit = nfc_genl_activate_target,
 		.policy = nfc_genl_policy,
 	},
+	{
+		.cmd = NFC_CMD_VENDOR,
+		.doit = nfc_genl_vendor_cmd,
+		.policy = nfc_genl_policy,
+	},
 };