diff --git a/net/sched/Kconfig b/net/sched/Kconfig
index 7795d5a..87956a7 100644
--- a/net/sched/Kconfig
+++ b/net/sched/Kconfig
@@ -793,6 +793,11 @@
         depends on NET_ACT_IFE
         ---help---
 
+config NET_IFE_SKBTCINDEX
+        tristate "Support to encoding decoding skb tcindex on IFE action"
+        depends on NET_ACT_IFE
+        ---help---
+
 config NET_CLS_IND
 	bool "Incoming device classification"
 	depends on NET_CLS_U32 || NET_CLS_FW
diff --git a/net/sched/Makefile b/net/sched/Makefile
index 148ae0d..4bdda36 100644
--- a/net/sched/Makefile
+++ b/net/sched/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_ACT_IFE)	+= act_ife.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_IFE_SKBMARK)	+= act_meta_mark.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_IFE_SKBPRIO)	+= act_meta_skbprio.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_IFE_SKBTCINDEX)	+= act_meta_skbtcindex.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_ACT_TUNNEL_KEY)+= act_tunnel_key.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SCH_FIFO)	+= sch_fifo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SCH_CBQ)	+= sch_cbq.o
diff --git a/net/sched/act_meta_skbtcindex.c b/net/sched/act_meta_skbtcindex.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b35774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/sched/act_meta_skbtcindex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * net/sched/act_meta_tc_index.c IFE skb->tc_index metadata module
+ *
+ *		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.
+ *
+ * copyright Jamal Hadi Salim (2016)
+ *
+*/
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/pkt_sched.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/tc_act/tc_ife.h>
+#include <net/tc_act/tc_ife.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+
+static int skbtcindex_encode(struct sk_buff *skb, void *skbdata,
+			     struct tcf_meta_info *e)
+{
+	u32 ifetc_index = skb->tc_index;
+
+	return ife_encode_meta_u16(ifetc_index, skbdata, e);
+}
+
+static int skbtcindex_decode(struct sk_buff *skb, void *data, u16 len)
+{
+	u16 ifetc_index = *(u16 *)data;
+
+	skb->tc_index = ntohs(ifetc_index);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int skbtcindex_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_meta_info *e)
+{
+	return ife_check_meta_u16(skb->tc_index, e);
+}
+
+static struct tcf_meta_ops ife_skbtcindex_ops = {
+	.metaid = IFE_META_TCINDEX,
+	.metatype = NLA_U16,
+	.name = "tc_index",
+	.synopsis = "skb tc_index 16 bit metadata",
+	.check_presence = skbtcindex_check,
+	.encode = skbtcindex_encode,
+	.decode = skbtcindex_decode,
+	.get = ife_get_meta_u16,
+	.alloc = ife_alloc_meta_u16,
+	.release = ife_release_meta_gen,
+	.validate = ife_validate_meta_u16,
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+static int __init ifetc_index_init_module(void)
+{
+	return register_ife_op(&ife_skbtcindex_ops);
+}
+
+static void __exit ifetc_index_cleanup_module(void)
+{
+	unregister_ife_op(&ife_skbtcindex_ops);
+}
+
+module_init(ifetc_index_init_module);
+module_exit(ifetc_index_cleanup_module);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamal Hadi Salim(2016)");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Inter-FE skb tc_index metadata module");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_IFE_META(IFE_META_SKBTCINDEX);