diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index a44118b..65ee192 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -998,6 +998,12 @@
  */
 #define SET_NETDEV_DEV(net, pdev)	((net)->dev.parent = (pdev))
 
+/* Set the sysfs device type for the network logical device to allow
+ * fin grained indentification of different network device types. For
+ * example Ethernet, Wirelss LAN, Bluetooth, WiMAX etc.
+ */
+#define SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(net, devtype)	((net)->dev.type = (devtype))
+
 /**
  *	netif_napi_add - initialize a napi context
  *	@dev:  network device