diff --git a/bridge/vlan.c b/bridge/vlan.c
index 9f948190..275589af 100644
--- a/bridge/vlan.c
+++ b/bridge/vlan.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 		"                      [ mcast_last_member_interval LAST_MEMBER_INTERVAL ]\n"
 		"                      [ mcast_startup_query_count STARTUP_QUERY_COUNT ]\n"
 		"                      [ mcast_membership_interval MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL ]\n"
+		"                      [ mcast_querier_interval QUERIER_INTERVAL ]\n"
 		"       bridge vlan global { show } [ dev DEV ] [ vid VLAN_ID ]\n");
 	exit(-1);
 }
@@ -457,6 +458,14 @@ static int vlan_global_option_set(int argc, char **argv)
 			addattr64(&req.n, 1024,
 				  BRIDGE_VLANDB_GOPTS_MCAST_MEMBERSHIP_INTVL,
 				  val64);
+		} else if (strcmp(*argv, "mcast_querier_interval") == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			if (get_u64(&val64, *argv, 0))
+				invarg("invalid mcast_querier_interval",
+				       *argv);
+			addattr64(&req.n, 1024,
+				  BRIDGE_VLANDB_GOPTS_MCAST_QUERIER_INTVL,
+				  val64);
 		} else {
 			if (strcmp(*argv, "help") == 0)
 				NEXT_ARG();
@@ -829,6 +838,12 @@ static void print_vlan_global_opts(struct rtattr *a, int ifindex)
 			     "mcast_membership_interval %llu ",
 			     rta_getattr_u64(vattr));
 	}
+	if (vtb[BRIDGE_VLANDB_GOPTS_MCAST_QUERIER_INTVL]) {
+		vattr = vtb[BRIDGE_VLANDB_GOPTS_MCAST_QUERIER_INTVL];
+		print_lluint(PRINT_ANY, "mcast_querier_interval",
+			     "mcast_querier_interval %llu ",
+			     rta_getattr_u64(vattr));
+	}
 	print_nl();
 	close_json_object();
 }
diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index a026ca16..f5c72ec8 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ bridge \- show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
 .B mcast_startup_query_count
 .IR STARTUP_QUERY_COUNT " ] [ "
 .B mcast_membership_interval
-.IR MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL " ]"
+.IR MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL " ] [ "
+.B mcast_querier_interval
+.IR QUERIER_INTERVAL " ]"
 
 .ti -8
 .BR "bridge vlan global" " [ " show " ] [ "
@@ -971,6 +973,14 @@ set the number of queries to send during startup phase. Default is 2.
 delay after which the bridge will leave a group,
 if no membership reports for this group are received.
 
+.TP
+.BI mcast_querier_interval " QUERIER_INTERVAL "
+interval between queries sent by other routers. If no queries are seen
+after this delay has passed, the bridge will start to send its own queries
+(as if
+.BI mcast_querier
+was enabled).
+
 .SS bridge vlan global show - list global vlan options.
 
 This command displays the global VLAN options for each VLAN entry.