diff --git a/include/netlink/route/link.h b/include/netlink/route/link.h
index add464be..620cb7a6 100644
--- a/include/netlink/route/link.h
+++ b/include/netlink/route/link.h
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ extern int      rtnl_link_get_ns_fd(struct rtnl_link *);
 extern void     rtnl_link_set_ns_pid(struct rtnl_link *, pid_t);
 extern pid_t    rtnl_link_get_ns_pid(struct rtnl_link *);
 
+extern struct nl_data * rtnl_link_get_perm_addr(struct rtnl_link *);
+
 extern int      rtnl_link_enslave_ifindex(struct nl_sock *, int, int);
 extern int      rtnl_link_enslave(struct nl_sock *, struct rtnl_link *,
                                   struct rtnl_link *);
diff --git a/lib/route/link.c b/lib/route/link.c
index ce1355b9..3313f080 100644
--- a/lib/route/link.c
+++ b/lib/route/link.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #define LINK_ATTR_GSO_MAX_SEGS		((uint64_t) 1 << 37)
 #define LINK_ATTR_GSO_MAX_SIZE		((uint64_t) 1 << 38)
 #define LINK_ATTR_LINKINFO_SLAVE_KIND	((uint64_t) 1 << 39)
+#define LINK_ATTR_PERM_ADDR		((uint64_t) 1 << 40)
 
 static struct nl_cache_ops rtnl_link_ops;
 static struct nl_object_ops link_obj_ops;
@@ -280,6 +281,8 @@ static void link_free_data(struct nl_object *c)
 
 		nl_data_free(link->l_phys_port_id);
 		nl_data_free(link->l_phys_switch_id);
+		nl_data_free(link->perm_addr);
+
 
 		if (link->ce_mask & LINK_ATTR_VF_LIST)
 			rtnl_link_sriov_free_data(link);
@@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ static int link_clone(struct nl_object *_dst, struct nl_object *_src)
 	dst->l_phys_port_id = NULL;
 	dst->l_phys_switch_id = NULL;
 	dst->l_vf_list = NULL;
+	dst->perm_addr = NULL;
 
 	if (src->l_addr)
 		if (!(dst->l_addr = nl_addr_clone(src->l_addr)))
@@ -355,6 +359,10 @@ static int link_clone(struct nl_object *_dst, struct nl_object *_src)
 		if ((err = rtnl_link_sriov_clone(dst, src)) < 0)
 			return err;
 
+	if (src->perm_addr)
+		if (!(dst->perm_addr = nl_data_clone(src->perm_addr)))
+			return -NLE_NOMEM;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -391,6 +399,7 @@ struct nla_policy rtln_link_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID]	= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
 	[IFLA_NET_NS_PID]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_NET_NS_FD]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS]	= { .type = NLA_BINARY },
 };
 
 static struct nla_policy link_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
@@ -592,6 +601,11 @@ int rtnl_link_info_parse(struct rtnl_link *link, struct nlattr **tb)
 		link->ce_mask |= LINK_ATTR_NS_PID;
 	}
 
+	if (tb[IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS]) {
+		link->perm_addr = nl_data_alloc_attr(tb[IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS]);
+		link->ce_mask |= LINK_ATTR_PERM_ADDR;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -945,6 +959,12 @@ static void link_dump_details(struct nl_object *obj, struct nl_dump_params *p)
 		nl_dump(p, "brd %s ", nl_addr2str(link->l_bcast, buf,
 						   sizeof(buf)));
 
+	if (link->ce_mask & LINK_ATTR_PERM_ADDR) {
+		uint8_t *addr = nl_data_get(link->perm_addr);
+		nl_dump(p, "hw %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x ", addr[0], addr[1], addr[2],
+			addr[3], addr[4], addr[5]);
+	}
+
 	if ((link->ce_mask & LINK_ATTR_OPERSTATE) &&
 	    link->l_operstate != IF_OPER_UNKNOWN) {
 		rtnl_link_operstate2str(link->l_operstate, buf, sizeof(buf));
@@ -2823,6 +2843,17 @@ pid_t rtnl_link_get_ns_pid(struct rtnl_link *link)
 	return link->l_ns_pid;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return permanent hardware address of link object
+ * @arg link		Link object
+ *
+ * @return Permanent hardware address or NULL if not set.
+ */
+struct nl_data *rtnl_link_get_perm_addr(struct rtnl_link *link)
+{
+	return link->perm_addr;
+}
+
 /** @} */
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/route/nl-route.h b/lib/route/nl-route.h
index 28d01662..c27db1ca 100644
--- a/lib/route/nl-route.h
+++ b/lib/route/nl-route.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct rtnl_link {
 	int l_ns_fd;
 	pid_t l_ns_pid;
 	struct rtnl_link_vf *l_vf_list;
+	struct nl_data * perm_addr;
 };
 
 struct rtnl_nh_encap {
diff --git a/libnl-route-3.sym b/libnl-route-3.sym
index 7e36de1e..f054142b 100644
--- a/libnl-route-3.sym
+++ b/libnl-route-3.sym
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@ global:
 	rtnl_link_bridge_set_vlan_stats_enabled;
 	rtnl_link_inet6_get_conf;
 	rtnl_link_info_ops_get;
+	rtnl_link_get_perm_addr;
 	rtnl_neigh_get_nhid;
 	rtnl_neigh_set_nhid;
 	rtnl_nh_alloc;