diff --git a/include/net/dcbnl.h b/include/net/dcbnl.h
index 207d9ba1f92c..0e5e91be2d30 100644
--- a/include/net/dcbnl.h
+++ b/include/net/dcbnl.h
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops {
 	/* CEE peer */
 	int (*cee_peer_getpg) (struct net_device *, struct cee_pg *);
 	int (*cee_peer_getpfc) (struct net_device *, struct cee_pfc *);
+
+	/* buffer settings */
+	int (*dcbnl_getbuffer)(struct net_device *, struct dcbnl_buffer *);
+	int (*dcbnl_setbuffer)(struct net_device *, struct dcbnl_buffer *);
 };
 
 #endif /* __NET_DCBNL_H__ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/dcbnl.h b/include/uapi/linux/dcbnl.h
index 2c0c6453c3f4..60aa2e446698 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/dcbnl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/dcbnl.h
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ struct ieee_pfc {
 	__u64	indications[IEEE_8021QAZ_MAX_TCS];
 };
 
+#define IEEE_8021Q_MAX_PRIORITIES 8
+#define DCBX_MAX_BUFFERS  8
+struct dcbnl_buffer {
+	/* priority to buffer mapping */
+	__u8    prio2buffer[IEEE_8021Q_MAX_PRIORITIES];
+	/* buffer size in Bytes */
+	__u32   buffer_size[DCBX_MAX_BUFFERS];
+	__u32   total_size;
+};
+
 /* CEE DCBX std supported values */
 #define CEE_DCBX_MAX_PGS	8
 #define CEE_DCBX_MAX_PRIO	8
@@ -406,6 +416,7 @@ enum ieee_attrs {
 	DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAXRATE,
 	DCB_ATTR_IEEE_QCN,
 	DCB_ATTR_IEEE_QCN_STATS,
+	DCB_ATTR_DCB_BUFFER,
 	__DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAX
 };
 #define DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAX (__DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index bae7d78aa068..d2f4e0c1faaf 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy dcbnl_ieee_policy[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAX + 1] = {
 	[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAXRATE]   = {.len = sizeof(struct ieee_maxrate)},
 	[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_QCN]         = {.len = sizeof(struct ieee_qcn)},
 	[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_QCN_STATS]   = {.len = sizeof(struct ieee_qcn_stats)},
+	[DCB_ATTR_DCB_BUFFER]       = {.len = sizeof(struct dcbnl_buffer)},
 };
 
 /* DCB number of traffic classes nested attributes. */
@@ -1094,6 +1095,16 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 			return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
+	if (ops->dcbnl_getbuffer) {
+		struct dcbnl_buffer buffer;
+
+		memset(&buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+		err = ops->dcbnl_getbuffer(netdev, &buffer);
+		if (!err &&
+		    nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_DCB_BUFFER, sizeof(buffer), &buffer))
+			return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
+
 	app = nla_nest_start(skb, DCB_ATTR_IEEE_APP_TABLE);
 	if (!app)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
@@ -1453,6 +1464,15 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_set(struct net_device *netdev, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			goto err;
 	}
 
+	if (ieee[DCB_ATTR_DCB_BUFFER] && ops->dcbnl_setbuffer) {
+		struct dcbnl_buffer *buffer =
+			nla_data(ieee[DCB_ATTR_DCB_BUFFER]);
+
+		err = ops->dcbnl_setbuffer(netdev, buffer);
+		if (err)
+			goto err;
+	}
+
 	if (ieee[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_APP_TABLE]) {
 		struct nlattr *attr;
 		int rem;