diff --git a/ip/iplink_can.c b/ip/iplink_can.c
index 735ab941..6a26f3ff 100644
--- a/ip/iplink_can.c
+++ b/ip/iplink_can.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static void print_usage(FILE *f)
 		"\t[ fd { on | off } ]\n"
 		"\t[ fd-non-iso { on | off } ]\n"
 		"\t[ presume-ack { on | off } ]\n"
+		"\t[ cc-len8-dlc { on | off } ]\n"
 		"\n"
 		"\t[ restart-ms TIME-MS ]\n"
 		"\t[ restart ]\n"
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ static void print_ctrlmode(FILE *f, __u32 cm)
 	_PF(CAN_CTRLMODE_FD, "FD");
 	_PF(CAN_CTRLMODE_FD_NON_ISO, "FD-NON-ISO");
 	_PF(CAN_CTRLMODE_PRESUME_ACK, "PRESUME-ACK");
+	_PF(CAN_CTRLMODE_CC_LEN8_DLC, "CC-LEN8-DLC");
 #undef _PF
 	if (cm)
 		print_hex(PRINT_ANY, NULL, "%x", cm);
@@ -211,6 +213,10 @@ static int can_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 			NEXT_ARG();
 			set_ctrlmode("presume-ack", *argv, &cm,
 				     CAN_CTRLMODE_PRESUME_ACK);
+		} else if (matches(*argv, "cc-len8-dlc") == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			set_ctrlmode("cc-len8-dlc", *argv, &cm,
+				     CAN_CTRLMODE_CC_LEN8_DLC);
 		} else if (matches(*argv, "restart") == 0) {
 			__u32 val = 1;