diff --git a/include/linux/fib_rules.h b/include/linux/fib_rules.h
index 2987549d604441f034722c0019af1ba6bd5d9cf3..4418c8d9d479921c6e0daeb02fa902a75626ef54 100644
--- a/include/linux/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/linux/fib_rules.h
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ enum
 	FRA_UNUSED3,
 	FRA_UNUSED4,
 	FRA_UNUSED5,
-	FRA_FWMARK,	/* netfilter mark (IPv4/IPv6) */
+	FRA_FWMARK,	/* netfilter mark */
 	FRA_FLOW,	/* flow/class id */
 	FRA_UNUSED6,
 	FRA_UNUSED7,
 	FRA_UNUSED8,
 	FRA_TABLE,	/* Extended table id */
+	FRA_FWMASK,	/* mask for netfilter mark */
 	__FRA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index ce185ac6f260617ff2460997d9286256454d813d..280f424ca9c9c414c7db971b99d9af1af1fc12c1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct fib4_rule
 	u32			dstmask;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
 	u32			fwmark;
+	u32			fwmask;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
 	u32			tclassid;
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ static int fib4_rule_match(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *fl, int flags)
 		return 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
-	if (r->fwmark && (r->fwmark != fl->fl4_fwmark))
+	if ((r->fwmark ^ fl->fl4_fwmark) & r->fwmask)
 		return 0;
 #endif
 
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ static struct nla_policy fib4_rule_policy[FRA_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
 	[FRA_SRC]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_DST]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_FWMARK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[FRA_FWMASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_FLOW]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_TABLE]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
@@ -219,8 +221,17 @@ static int fib4_rule_configure(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		rule4->dst = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_DST]);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
-	if (tb[FRA_FWMARK])
+	if (tb[FRA_FWMARK]) {
 		rule4->fwmark = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMARK]);
+		if (rule4->fwmark)
+			/* compatibility: if the mark value is non-zero all bits
+			 * are compared unless a mask is explicitly specified.
+			 */
+			rule4->fwmask = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+	}
+
+	if (tb[FRA_FWMASK])
+		rule4->fwmask = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMASK]);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
@@ -256,6 +267,9 @@ static int fib4_rule_compare(struct fib_rule *rule, struct fib_rule_hdr *frh,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
 	if (tb[FRA_FWMARK] && (rule4->fwmark != nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMARK])))
 		return 0;
+
+	if (tb[FRA_FWMASK] && (rule4->fwmask != nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMASK])))
+		return 0;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
@@ -285,6 +299,9 @@ static int fib4_rule_fill(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
 	if (rule4->fwmark)
 		NLA_PUT_U32(skb, FRA_FWMARK, rule4->fwmark);
+
+	if (rule4->fwmask || rule4->fwmark)
+		NLA_PUT_U32(skb, FRA_FWMASK, rule4->fwmask);
 #endif
 
 	if (rule4->dst_len)