FRA_UNUSED3,
        FRA_UNUSED4,
        FRA_UNUSED5,
-       FRA_FWMARK,     /* netfilter mark (IPv4/IPv6) */
+       FRA_FWMARK,     /* netfilter mark */
        FRA_FLOW,       /* flow/class id */
        FRA_UNUSED6,
        FRA_UNUSED7,
        FRA_UNUSED8,
        FRA_TABLE,      /* Extended table id */
+       FRA_FWMASK,     /* mask for netfilter mark */
        __FRA_MAX
 };
 
 
        u32                     dstmask;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
        u32                     fwmark;
+       u32                     fwmask;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
        u32                     tclassid;
                return 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
-       if (r->fwmark && (r->fwmark != fl->fl4_fwmark))
+       if ((r->fwmark ^ fl->fl4_fwmark) & r->fwmask)
                return 0;
 #endif
 
        [FRA_SRC]       = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [FRA_DST]       = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [FRA_FWMARK]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [FRA_FWMASK]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [FRA_FLOW]      = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [FRA_TABLE]     = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
                rule4->dst = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_DST]);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
-       if (tb[FRA_FWMARK])
+       if (tb[FRA_FWMARK]) {
                rule4->fwmark = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMARK]);
+               if (rule4->fwmark)
+                       /* compatibility: if the mark value is non-zero all bits
+                        * are compared unless a mask is explicitly specified.
+                        */
+                       rule4->fwmask = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+       }
+
+       if (tb[FRA_FWMASK])
+               rule4->fwmask = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMASK]);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
        if (tb[FRA_FWMARK] && (rule4->fwmark != nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMARK])))
                return 0;
+
+       if (tb[FRA_FWMASK] && (rule4->fwmask != nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FWMASK])))
+               return 0;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
        if (rule4->fwmark)
                NLA_PUT_U32(skb, FRA_FWMARK, rule4->fwmark);
+
+       if (rule4->fwmask || rule4->fwmark)
+               NLA_PUT_U32(skb, FRA_FWMASK, rule4->fwmask);
 #endif
 
        if (rule4->dst_len)