diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 4c4ac3f..a9dd895 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /* leave room for NETLINK_DM (DM Events) */
 #define NETLINK_SCSITRANSPORT	18	/* SCSI Transports */
 #define NETLINK_ECRYPTFS	19
+#define NETLINK_RDMA		20
 
 #define MAX_LINKS 32		
 
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c983a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#ifndef _RDMA_NETLINK_H
+#define _RDMA_NETLINK_H
+
+#define RDMA_NL_GET_CLIENT(type) ((type & (((1 << 6) - 1) << 10)) >> 10)
+#define RDMA_NL_GET_OP(type) (type & ((1 << 10) - 1))
+#define RDMA_NL_GET_TYPE(client, op) ((client << 10) + op)
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+
+struct ibnl_client_cbs {
+	int (*dump)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *nlcb);
+};
+
+int ibnl_init(void);
+void ibnl_cleanup(void);
+
+/**
+ * Add a a client to the list of IB netlink exporters.
+ * @index: Index of the added client
+ * @nops: Number of supported ops by the added client.
+ * @cb_table: A table for op->callback
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+int ibnl_add_client(int index, int nops,
+		    const struct ibnl_client_cbs cb_table[]);
+
+/**
+ * Remove a client from IB netlink.
+ * @index: Index of the removed IB client.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+int ibnl_remove_client(int index);
+
+/**
+ * Put a new message in a supplied skb.
+ * @skb: The netlink skb.
+ * @nlh: Pointer to put the header of the new netlink message.
+ * @seq: The message sequence number.
+ * @len: The requested message length to allocate.
+ * @client: Calling IB netlink client.
+ * @op: message content op.
+ * Returns the allocated buffer on success and NULL on failure.
+ */
+void *ibnl_put_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr **nlh, int seq,
+		   int len, int client, int op);
+/**
+ * Put a new attribute in a supplied skb.
+ * @skb: The netlink skb.
+ * @nlh: Header of the netlink message to append the attribute to.
+ * @len: The length of the attribute data.
+ * @data: The attribute data to put.
+ * @type: The attribute type.
+ * Returns the 0 and a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int ibnl_put_attr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+		  int len, void *data, int type);
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+
+#endif /* _RDMA_NETLINK_H */