diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 7bbd25970c9e..bdebdc564506 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define NETLINK_IP6_FW		13
 #define NETLINK_DNRTMSG		14	/* DECnet routing messages */
 #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT	15	/* Kernel messages to userspace */
+#define NETLINK_GENERIC		16
 
 #define MAX_LINKS 32