u8                      flags;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTE_FWMARK
        u32                     fwmark;
+       u32                     fwmask;
 #endif
 };
 
        [FRA_SRC]       = { .type = NLA_U16 },
        [FRA_DST]       = { .type = NLA_U16 },
        [FRA_FWMARK]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [FRA_FWMASK]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [FRA_TABLE]     = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
                return 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTE_FWMARK
-       if (r->fwmark && (r->fwmark != fl->fld_fwmark))
+       if ((r->fwmark ^ fl->fld_fwmark) & r->fwmask)
                return 0;
 #endif
 
                r->dst = nla_get_u16(tb[FRA_DST]);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTE_FWMARK
-       if (tb[FRA_FWMARK])
+       if (tb[FRA_FWMARK]) {
                r->fwmark = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMARK]);
+               if (r->fwmark)
+                       /* compatibility: if the mark value is non-zero all bits
+                        * are compared unless a mask is explicitly specified.
+                        */
+                       r->fwmask = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+       }
+
+       if (tb[FRA_FWMASK])
+               r->fwmask = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMASK]);
 #endif
 
        r->src_len = frh->src_len;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTE_FWMARK
        if (tb[FRA_FWMARK] && (r->fwmark != nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMARK])))
                return 0;
+
+       if (tb[FRA_FWMASK] && (r->fwmask != nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMASK])))
+               return 0;
 #endif
 
        if (tb[FRA_SRC] && (r->src != nla_get_u16(tb[FRA_SRC])))
 #ifdef CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTE_FWMARK
        if (r->fwmark)
                NLA_PUT_U32(skb, FRA_FWMARK, r->fwmark);
+       if (r->fwmask || r->fwmark)
+               NLA_PUT_U32(skb, FRA_FWMASK, r->fwmask);
 #endif
        if (r->dst_len)
                NLA_PUT_U16(skb, FRA_DST, r->dst);