diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 0ebd63a..ea7b6bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@
 #define NETDEV_RELEASE		0x0012
 #define NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS	0x0013
 #define NETDEV_JOIN		0x0014
+#define NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER	0x0015
 
 extern int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7229bc3..50c02de 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4411,7 +4411,7 @@
 	else
 		list_add_tail_rcu(&upper->list, &dev->upper_dev_list);
 	dev_hold(upper_dev);
-
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER, dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4471,6 +4471,7 @@
 	list_del_rcu(&upper->list);
 	dev_put(upper_dev);
 	kfree_rcu(upper, rcu);
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER, dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_upper_dev_unlink);