diff --git a/include/linux/packet_diag.h b/include/linux/packet_diag.h
index fa19300ca334533000a9fbc139073c763aa8fd5a..3781ea4bc8290bb89a686a016acf74bb183219f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/packet_diag.h
+++ b/include/linux/packet_diag.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ struct packet_diag_req {
 	__u32	pdiag_cookie[2];
 };
 
+#define PACKET_SHOW_INFO	0x00000001 /* Basic packet_sk information */
+
 struct packet_diag_msg {
 	__u8	pdiag_family;
 	__u8	pdiag_type;
@@ -21,4 +23,25 @@ struct packet_diag_msg {
 	__u32	pdiag_cookie[2];
 };
 
+enum {
+	PACKET_DIAG_INFO,
+
+	PACKET_DIAG_MAX,
+};
+
+struct packet_diag_info {
+	__u32	pdi_index;
+	__u32	pdi_version;
+	__u32	pdi_reserve;
+	__u32	pdi_copy_thresh;
+	__u32	pdi_tstamp;
+	__u32	pdi_flags;
+
+#define PDI_RUNNING	0x1
+#define PDI_AUXDATA	0x2
+#define PDI_ORIGDEV	0x4
+#define PDI_VNETHDR	0x8
+#define PDI_LOSS	0x10
+};
+
 #endif
diff --git a/net/packet/diag.c b/net/packet/diag.c
index ff2f7f5bfb8f76cb6fb4b43f0e512c70d4ca9bec..d5bd0372d0042add6e006f1ce7c9abcdf3d255c5 100644
--- a/net/packet/diag.c
+++ b/net/packet/diag.c
@@ -7,6 +7,31 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
+static int pdiag_put_info(const struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *nlskb)
+{
+	struct packet_diag_info pinfo;
+
+	pinfo.pdi_index = po->ifindex;
+	pinfo.pdi_version = po->tp_version;
+	pinfo.pdi_reserve = po->tp_reserve;
+	pinfo.pdi_copy_thresh = po->copy_thresh;
+	pinfo.pdi_tstamp = po->tp_tstamp;
+
+	pinfo.pdi_flags = 0;
+	if (po->running)
+		pinfo.pdi_flags |= PDI_RUNNING;
+	if (po->auxdata)
+		pinfo.pdi_flags |= PDI_AUXDATA;
+	if (po->origdev)
+		pinfo.pdi_flags |= PDI_ORIGDEV;
+	if (po->has_vnet_hdr)
+		pinfo.pdi_flags |= PDI_VNETHDR;
+	if (po->tp_loss)
+		pinfo.pdi_flags |= PDI_LOSS;
+
+	return nla_put(nlskb, PACKET_DIAG_INFO, sizeof(pinfo), &pinfo);
+}
+
 static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct packet_diag_req *req,
 		u32 pid, u32 seq, u32 flags, int sk_ino)
 {
@@ -25,7 +50,15 @@ static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct packet_diag
 	rp->pdiag_ino = sk_ino;
 	sock_diag_save_cookie(sk, rp->pdiag_cookie);
 
+	if ((req->pdiag_show & PACKET_SHOW_INFO) &&
+			pdiag_put_info(po, skb))
+		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
+
 	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+
+out_nlmsg_trim:
+	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
 static int packet_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)