diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index dd06302aa93e..8938b76c4ee3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -259,10 +259,32 @@ struct ethtool_tunable {
 #define ETHTOOL_PHY_FAST_LINK_DOWN_ON	0
 #define ETHTOOL_PHY_FAST_LINK_DOWN_OFF	0xff
 
+/* Energy Detect Power Down (EDPD) is a feature supported by some PHYs, where
+ * the PHY's RX & TX blocks are put into a low-power mode when there is no
+ * link detected (typically cable is un-plugged). For RX, only a minimal
+ * link-detection is available, and for TX the PHY wakes up to send link pulses
+ * to avoid any lock-ups in case the peer PHY may also be running in EDPD mode.
+ *
+ * Some PHYs may support configuration of the wake-up interval for TX pulses,
+ * and some PHYs may support only disabling TX pulses entirely. For the latter
+ * a special value is required (ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_NO_TX) so that this can be
+ * configured from userspace (should the user want it).
+ *
+ * The interval units for TX wake-up are in milliseconds, since this should
+ * cover a reasonable range of intervals:
+ *  - from 1 millisecond, which does not sound like much of a power-saver
+ *  - to ~65 seconds which is quite a lot to wait for a link to come up when
+ *    plugging a cable
+ */
+#define ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_DFLT_TX_MSECS		0xffff
+#define ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_NO_TX			0xfffe
+#define ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD_DISABLE		0
+
 enum phy_tunable_id {
 	ETHTOOL_PHY_ID_UNSPEC,
 	ETHTOOL_PHY_DOWNSHIFT,
 	ETHTOOL_PHY_FAST_LINK_DOWN,
+	ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD,
 	/*
 	 * Add your fresh new phy tunable attribute above and remember to update
 	 * phy_tunable_strings[] in net/core/ethtool.c
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 6288e69e94fc..c763106c73fc 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ phy_tunable_strings[__ETHTOOL_PHY_TUNABLE_COUNT][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 	[ETHTOOL_ID_UNSPEC]     = "Unspec",
 	[ETHTOOL_PHY_DOWNSHIFT]	= "phy-downshift",
 	[ETHTOOL_PHY_FAST_LINK_DOWN] = "phy-fast-link-down",
+	[ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD]	= "phy-energy-detect-power-down",
 };
 
 static int ethtool_get_features(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
@@ -2451,6 +2452,11 @@ static int ethtool_phy_tunable_valid(const struct ethtool_tunable *tuna)
 		    tuna->type_id != ETHTOOL_TUNABLE_U8)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
+	case ETHTOOL_PHY_EDPD:
+		if (tuna->len != sizeof(u16) ||
+		    tuna->type_id != ETHTOOL_TUNABLE_U16)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}