diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 7bbd25970c9ebfb4a5a73ef1b555082e748e6752..bdebdc5645061248e4418f8be09c85f9d9579c1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define NETLINK_IP6_FW		13
 #define NETLINK_DNRTMSG		14	/* DECnet routing messages */
 #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT	15	/* Kernel messages to userspace */
+#define NETLINK_GENERIC		16
 
 #define MAX_LINKS 32