diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e5c5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * drivers/net/bond/bond_netlink.c - Netlink interface for bonding
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <linux/if_link.h>
+#include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
+#include "bonding.h"
+
+static int bond_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
+{
+	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
+		if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
+			return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct rtnl_link_ops bond_link_ops __read_mostly = {
+	.kind			= "bond",
+	.priv_size		= sizeof(struct bonding),
+	.setup			= bond_setup,
+	.validate		= bond_validate,
+	.get_num_tx_queues	= bond_get_num_tx_queues,
+	.get_num_rx_queues	= bond_get_num_tx_queues, /* Use the same number
+							     as for TX queues */
+};
+
+int __init bond_netlink_init(void)
+{
+	return rtnl_link_register(&bond_link_ops);
+}
+
+void __exit bond_netlink_fini(void)
+{
+	rtnl_link_unregister(&bond_link_ops);
+}
+
+MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("bond");