diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 7498716..e813196 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1740,6 +1740,8 @@
 		size += nla_total_size(4);
 	if (type == -1 || type == NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH)
 		size += nla_total_size(4);
+	if (type == -1 || type == NETCONFA_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN)
+		size += nla_total_size(4);
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -1780,6 +1782,10 @@
 	    nla_put_s32(skb, NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH,
 			IPV4_DEVCONF(*devconf, PROXY_ARP)) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
+	if ((type == -1 || type == NETCONFA_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN) &&
+	    nla_put_s32(skb, NETCONFA_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN,
+			IPV4_DEVCONF(*devconf, IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN)) < 0)
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 	return 0;
@@ -1819,6 +1825,7 @@
 	[NETCONFA_FORWARDING]	= { .len = sizeof(int) },
 	[NETCONFA_RP_FILTER]	= { .len = sizeof(int) },
 	[NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH]	= { .len = sizeof(int) },
+	[NETCONFA_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN]	= { .len = sizeof(int) },
 };
 
 static int inet_netconf_get_devconf(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
@@ -2048,6 +2055,12 @@
 			inet_netconf_notify_devconf(net, NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH,
 						    ifindex, cnf);
 		}
+		if (i == IPV4_DEVCONF_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN - 1 &&
+		    new_value != old_value) {
+			ifindex = devinet_conf_ifindex(net, cnf);
+			inet_netconf_notify_devconf(net, NETCONFA_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN,
+						    ifindex, cnf);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;