diff --git a/include/linux/if_team.h b/include/linux/if_team.h
index 58404b0..41163ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_team.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_team.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 enum team_option_type {
 	TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_U32,
 	TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_STRING,
+	TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_BINARY,
 };
 
 struct team_option {
@@ -82,6 +83,13 @@
 	bool removed;
 };
 
+struct team_option_binary {
+	u32 data_len;
+	void *data;
+};
+
+#define team_optarg_tbinary(arg) (*((struct team_option_binary **) arg))
+
 struct team_mode {
 	struct list_head list;
 	const char *kind;