diff --git a/ip/ipaddress.c b/ip/ipaddress.c
index b7b4e3e6..8686b7cb 100644
--- a/ip/ipaddress.c
+++ b/ip/ipaddress.c
@@ -744,6 +744,11 @@ int print_linkinfo(const struct sockaddr_nl *who,
 			fprintf(fp, " link-netnsid unknown");
 	}
 
+	if (tb[IFLA_PROTO_DOWN]) {
+		if (rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_PROTO_DOWN]))
+			fprintf(fp, " protodown on ");
+	}
+
 	if (tb[IFLA_PROMISCUITY] && show_details)
 		fprintf(fp, " promiscuity %u ",
 			*(int*)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_PROMISCUITY]));
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index e296e6f6..369d50ea 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ void iplink_usage(void)
 	fprintf(stderr, "			  [ master DEVICE ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "			  [ nomaster ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "			  [ addrgenmode { eui64 | none } ]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "	                  [ protodown { on | off } ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "       ip link show [ DEVICE | group GROUP ] [up] [master DEV] [type TYPE]\n");
 
 	if (iplink_have_newlink()) {
@@ -612,6 +613,18 @@ int iplink_parse(int argc, char **argv, struct iplink_req *req,
 				invarg("Invalid \"link-netnsid\" value\n", *argv);
 			addattr32(&req->n, sizeof(*req), IFLA_LINK_NETNSID,
 				  link_netnsid);
+		} else if (strcmp(*argv, "protodown") == 0) {
+			unsigned int proto_down;
+
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			if (strcmp(*argv, "on") == 0)
+				proto_down = 1;
+			else if (strcmp(*argv, "off") == 0)
+				proto_down = 0;
+			else
+				return on_off("protodown", *argv);
+			addattr8(&req->n, sizeof(*req), IFLA_PROTO_DOWN,
+				 proto_down);
 		} else {
 			if (strcmp(*argv, "dev") == 0) {
 				NEXT_ARG();
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 372e6c6f..c123fcc0 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
 .br
 .BR multicast " { " on " | " off " } |"
 .br
+.BR protodown " { " on " | " off " } |"
+.br
 .B  txqueuelen
 .IR PACKETS " |"
 .br
@@ -681,6 +683,12 @@ change the
 .B MULTICAST
 flag on the device.
 
+.TP
+.BR "protodown on " or " protodown off"
+change the
+.B PROTODOWN
+state on the device. Indicates that a protocol error has been detected on the port. Switch drivers can react to this error by doing a phys down on the switch port.
+
 .TP
 .BR "dynamic on " or " dynamic off"
 change the