diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 801bdd1e56e33b168b54705e0bfb8464e076f3b5..98144cdd8986038d9cc2f427aff71b310ad18e7e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ enum nft_exthdr_attributes {
  * @NFT_META_L4PROTO: layer 4 protocol number
  * @NFT_META_BRI_IIFNAME: packet input bridge interface name
  * @NFT_META_BRI_OIFNAME: packet output bridge interface name
+ * @NFT_META_PKTTYPE: packet type (skb->pkt_type), special handling for loopback
  */
 enum nft_meta_keys {
 	NFT_META_LEN,
@@ -592,6 +593,7 @@ enum nft_meta_keys {
 	NFT_META_L4PROTO,
 	NFT_META_BRI_IIFNAME,
 	NFT_META_BRI_OIFNAME,
+	NFT_META_PKTTYPE,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
index 852b178c6ae7fa2f7dbd6f7887404033da45971f..4f2862fc12c28c6a374d391b796f8bd285416553 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
+#include <linux/in.h>
+#include <linux/ip.h>
+#include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/dst.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/tcp_states.h> /* for TCP_TIME_WAIT */
@@ -124,6 +127,30 @@ void nft_meta_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		dest->data[0] = skb->secmark;
 		break;
 #endif
+	case NFT_META_PKTTYPE:
+		if (skb->pkt_type != PACKET_LOOPBACK) {
+			dest->data[0] = skb->pkt_type;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		switch (pkt->ops->pf) {
+		case NFPROTO_IPV4:
+			if (ipv4_is_multicast(ip_hdr(skb)->daddr))
+				dest->data[0] = PACKET_MULTICAST;
+			else
+				dest->data[0] = PACKET_BROADCAST;
+			break;
+		case NFPROTO_IPV6:
+			if (ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr.s6_addr[0] == 0xFF)
+				dest->data[0] = PACKET_MULTICAST;
+			else
+				dest->data[0] = PACKET_BROADCAST;
+			break;
+		default:
+			WARN_ON(1);
+			goto err;
+		}
+		break;
 	default:
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		goto err;
@@ -195,6 +222,7 @@ int nft_meta_get_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETWORK_SECMARK
 	case NFT_META_SECMARK:
 #endif
+	case NFT_META_PKTTYPE:
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;