diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
index beb8ec4dabbc..5ecfd72ba684 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ Description:
 		Indicates the interface unique physical port identifier within
 		the NIC, as a string.
 
+What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/phys_port_name
+Date:		March 2015
+KernelVersion:	4.0
+Contact:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		Indicates the interface physical port name within the NIC,
+		as a string.
+
 What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/speed
 Date:		October 2009
 KernelVersion:	2.6.33
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 76c5de4978a8..ec8f9b5f6500 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1164,6 +1164,8 @@ struct net_device_ops {
 						      bool new_carrier);
 	int			(*ndo_get_phys_port_id)(struct net_device *dev,
 							struct netdev_phys_item_id *ppid);
+	int			(*ndo_get_phys_port_name)(struct net_device *dev,
+							  char *name, size_t len);
 	void			(*ndo_add_vxlan_port)(struct  net_device *dev,
 						      sa_family_t sa_family,
 						      __be16 port);
@@ -2947,6 +2949,8 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *, struct sockaddr *);
 int dev_change_carrier(struct net_device *, bool new_carrier);
 int dev_get_phys_port_id(struct net_device *dev,
 			 struct netdev_phys_item_id *ppid);
+int dev_get_phys_port_name(struct net_device *dev,
+			   char *name, size_t len);
 struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb_list(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
 struct sk_buff *dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 				    struct netdev_queue *txq, int *ret);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index 756436e1ce89..7158fd00a109 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ enum {
 	IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES,
 	IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID,
 	IFLA_LINK_NETNSID,
+	IFLA_PHYS_PORT_NAME,
 	__IFLA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 39fe369b46ad..a1f24151db5b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5911,6 +5911,24 @@ int dev_get_phys_port_id(struct net_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_phys_port_id);
 
+/**
+ *	dev_get_phys_port_name - Get device physical port name
+ *	@dev: device
+ *	@name: port name
+ *
+ *	Get device physical port name
+ */
+int dev_get_phys_port_name(struct net_device *dev,
+			   char *name, size_t len)
+{
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+
+	if (!ops->ndo_get_phys_port_name)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return ops->ndo_get_phys_port_name(dev, name, len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_phys_port_name);
+
 /**
  *	dev_new_index	-	allocate an ifindex
  *	@net: the applicable net namespace
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 7e58bd7ec232..cc5cf689809c 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -418,6 +418,28 @@ static ssize_t phys_port_id_show(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(phys_port_id);
 
+static ssize_t phys_port_name_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
+	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
+
+	if (dev_isalive(netdev)) {
+		char name[IFNAMSIZ];
+
+		ret = dev_get_phys_port_name(netdev, name, sizeof(name));
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", name);
+	}
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(phys_port_name);
+
 static ssize_t phys_switch_id_show(struct device *dev,
 				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -465,6 +487,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_tx_queue_len.attr,
 	&dev_attr_gro_flush_timeout.attr,
 	&dev_attr_phys_port_id.attr,
+	&dev_attr_phys_port_name.attr,
 	&dev_attr_phys_switch_id.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 25b4b5d23485..6abe634c666c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -982,6 +982,24 @@ static int rtnl_phys_port_id_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int rtnl_phys_port_name_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	char name[IFNAMSIZ];
+	int err;
+
+	err = dev_get_phys_port_name(dev, name, sizeof(name));
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			return 0;
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_PHYS_PORT_NAME, strlen(name), name))
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int rtnl_phys_switch_id_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -1072,6 +1090,9 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (rtnl_phys_port_id_fill(skb, dev))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	if (rtnl_phys_port_name_fill(skb, dev))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 	if (rtnl_phys_switch_id_fill(skb, dev))
 		goto nla_put_failure;