diff --git a/include/netlink-private/types.h b/include/netlink-private/types.h
index 36fd3a5..b6c5cea 100644
--- a/include/netlink-private/types.h
+++ b/include/netlink-private/types.h
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ struct rtnl_rule
 	uint8_t		r_family;
 	uint8_t		r_action;
 	uint8_t		r_dsfield; /* ipv4 only */
-	uint8_t		r_unused;
+	uint8_t		r_l3mdev;
 	uint32_t	r_table;
 	uint32_t	r_flags;
 	uint32_t	r_prio;
diff --git a/include/netlink/route/rule.h b/include/netlink/route/rule.h
index 760b782..ec24269 100644
--- a/include/netlink/route/rule.h
+++ b/include/netlink/route/rule.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ extern void		rtnl_rule_set_realms(struct rtnl_rule *, uint32_t);
 extern uint32_t		rtnl_rule_get_realms(struct rtnl_rule *);
 extern void		rtnl_rule_set_goto(struct rtnl_rule *, uint32_t);
 extern uint32_t		rtnl_rule_get_goto(struct rtnl_rule *);
+extern void		rtnl_rule_set_l3mdev(struct rtnl_rule *);
+extern uint8_t		rtnl_rule_get_l3mdev(struct rtnl_rule *);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/lib/route/rule.c b/lib/route/rule.c
index 2e40bb1..76d9fe8 100644
--- a/lib/route/rule.c
+++ b/lib/route/rule.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define RULE_ATTR_DST		0x0800
 #define RULE_ATTR_DSFIELD	0x1000
 #define RULE_ATTR_FLOW		0x2000
+#define RULE_ATTR_L3MDEV	0x4000
 
 static struct nl_cache_ops rtnl_rule_ops;
 static struct nl_object_ops rule_obj_ops;
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ static struct nla_policy rule_policy[FRA_MAX+1] = {
 	[FRA_FWMASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_GOTO]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_FLOW]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[FRA_L3MDEV]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static int rule_msg_parser(struct nl_cache_ops *ops, struct sockaddr_nl *who,
@@ -108,8 +110,9 @@ static int rule_msg_parser(struct nl_cache_ops *ops, struct sockaddr_nl *who,
 	rule->r_action = frh->action;
 	rule->r_flags = frh->flags;
 
-	rule->ce_mask = (RULE_ATTR_FAMILY | RULE_ATTR_TABLE | RULE_ATTR_ACTION |
-			 RULE_ATTR_FLAGS);
+	rule->ce_mask = (RULE_ATTR_FAMILY | RULE_ATTR_ACTION | RULE_ATTR_FLAGS);
+	if (rule->r_table)
+		rule->ce_mask |= RULE_ATTR_TABLE;
 
 	/* ipv4 only */
 	if (frh->tos) {
@@ -119,7 +122,8 @@ static int rule_msg_parser(struct nl_cache_ops *ops, struct sockaddr_nl *who,
 
 	if (tb[FRA_TABLE]) {
 		rule->r_table = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_TABLE]);
-		rule->ce_mask |= RULE_ATTR_TABLE;
+		if (rule->r_table)
+			rule->ce_mask |= RULE_ATTR_TABLE;
 	}
 
 	if (tb[FRA_IIFNAME]) {
@@ -173,6 +177,11 @@ static int rule_msg_parser(struct nl_cache_ops *ops, struct sockaddr_nl *who,
 		rule->ce_mask |= RULE_ATTR_FLOW;
 	}
 
+	if (tb[FRA_L3MDEV]) {
+		rule->r_l3mdev = nla_get_u8(tb[FRA_L3MDEV]);
+		rule->ce_mask |= RULE_ATTR_L3MDEV;
+	}
+
 	err = pp->pp_cb((struct nl_object *) rule, pp);
 errout:
 	rtnl_rule_put(rule);
@@ -220,6 +229,9 @@ static void rule_dump_line(struct nl_object *o, struct nl_dump_params *p)
 		nl_dump(p, "lookup %s ",
 			rtnl_route_table2str(r->r_table, buf, sizeof(buf)));
 
+	if (r->ce_mask & RULE_ATTR_L3MDEV)
+		nl_dump(p, "lookup [l3mdev-table] ");
+
 	if (r->ce_mask & RULE_ATTR_FLOW)
 		nl_dump(p, "flow %s ",
 			rtnl_realms2str(r->r_flow, buf, sizeof(buf)));
@@ -415,6 +427,9 @@ static int build_rule_msg(struct rtnl_rule *tmpl, int cmd, int flags,
 	if (tmpl->ce_mask & RULE_ATTR_FLOW)
 		NLA_PUT_U32(msg, FRA_FLOW, tmpl->r_flow);
 
+	if (tmpl->ce_mask & RULE_ATTR_L3MDEV)
+		NLA_PUT_U8(msg, FRA_L3MDEV, tmpl->r_l3mdev);
+
 
 	*result = msg;
 	return 0;
@@ -691,6 +706,17 @@ uint8_t rtnl_rule_get_action(struct rtnl_rule *rule)
 	return rule->r_action;
 }
 
+void rtnl_rule_set_l3mdev(struct rtnl_rule *rule)
+{
+	rule->r_l3mdev = 1;
+	rule->ce_mask |= RULE_ATTR_L3MDEV;
+}
+
+uint8_t rtnl_rule_get_l3mdev(struct rtnl_rule *rule)
+{
+	return rule->r_l3mdev;
+}
+
 void rtnl_rule_set_realms(struct rtnl_rule *rule, uint32_t realms)
 {
 	rule->r_flow = realms;