diff --git a/ip/ipaddress.c b/ip/ipaddress.c
index 06ca7273..85534aaf 100644
--- a/ip/ipaddress.c
+++ b/ip/ipaddress.c
@@ -1242,6 +1242,20 @@ int print_linkinfo(struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 						   RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID]),
 						   b1, sizeof(b1)));
 		}
+
+		if (tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME]) {
+			print_string(PRINT_ANY,
+				     "parentbus",
+				     "parentbus %s ",
+				     rta_getattr_str(tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME]));
+		}
+
+		if (tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME]) {
+			print_string(PRINT_ANY,
+				     "parentdev",
+				     "parentdev %s ",
+				     rta_getattr_str(tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME]));
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ((do_link || show_details) && tb[IFLA_IFALIAS]) {
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index faafd7e8..33b7be30 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void iplink_usage(void)
 {
 	if (iplink_have_newlink()) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
-			"Usage: ip link add [link DEV] [ name ] NAME\n"
+			"Usage: ip link add [link DEV | parentdev NAME] [ name ] NAME\n"
 			"		    [ txqueuelen PACKETS ]\n"
 			"		    [ address LLADDR ]\n"
 			"		    [ broadcast LLADDR ]\n"
@@ -938,6 +938,10 @@ int iplink_parse(int argc, char **argv, struct iplink_req *req, char **type)
 				       *argv);
 			addattr32(&req->n, sizeof(*req),
 				  IFLA_GSO_MAX_SEGS, max_segs);
+		} else if (strcmp(*argv, "parentdev") == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			addattr_l(&req->n, sizeof(*req), IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME,
+				  *argv, strlen(*argv) + 1);
 		} else {
 			if (matches(*argv, "help") == 0)
 				usage();