diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
index 165272be6878..b37cb923332e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
@@ -443,6 +443,12 @@ enum batadv_nl_attrs {
 	 */
 	BATADV_ATTR_GW_SEL_CLASS,
 
+	/**
+	 * @BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY: defines the penalty which will be applied
+	 *  to an originator message's tq-field on every hop.
+	 */
+	BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY,
+
 	/* add attributes above here, update the policy in netlink.c */
 
 	/**
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
index 473467afea91..ce6e6f078765 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = {
 	[BATADV_ATTR_GW_BANDWIDTH_UP]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_GW_MODE]			= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_GW_SEL_CLASS]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 /**
@@ -330,6 +331,10 @@ static int batadv_netlink_mesh_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
+	if (nla_put_u8(msg, BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY,
+		       atomic_read(&bat_priv->hop_penalty)))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 	if (primary_if)
 		batadv_hardif_put(primary_if);
 
@@ -536,6 +541,12 @@ static int batadv_netlink_set_mesh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY]) {
+		attr = info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_HOP_PENALTY];
+
+		atomic_set(&bat_priv->hop_penalty, nla_get_u8(attr));
+	}
+
 	batadv_netlink_notify_mesh(bat_priv);
 
 	return 0;