local_ip = vxlan->cfg.saddr;
                dst_cache = &rdst->dst_cache;
                md->gbp = skb->mark;
-               ttl = vxlan->cfg.ttl;
-               if (!ttl && vxlan_addr_multicast(dst))
-                       ttl = 1;
+               if (flags & VXLAN_F_TTL_INHERIT) {
+                       ttl = ip_tunnel_get_ttl(old_iph, skb);
+               } else {
+                       ttl = vxlan->cfg.ttl;
+                       if (!ttl && vxlan_addr_multicast(dst))
+                               ttl = 1;
+               }
 
                tos = vxlan->cfg.tos;
                if (tos == 1)
        [IFLA_VXLAN_GBP]        = { .type = NLA_FLAG, },
        [IFLA_VXLAN_GPE]        = { .type = NLA_FLAG, },
        [IFLA_VXLAN_REMCSUM_NOPARTIAL]  = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+       [IFLA_VXLAN_TTL_INHERIT]        = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
 static int vxlan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
        if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_TTL])
                conf->ttl = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_VXLAN_TTL]);
 
+       if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_TTL_INHERIT]) {
+               if (changelink)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               conf->flags |= VXLAN_F_TTL_INHERIT;
+       }
+
        if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_LABEL])
                conf->label = nla_get_be32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_LABEL]) &
                             IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
 
                return 0;
 }
 
+static inline u8 ip_tunnel_get_ttl(const struct iphdr *iph,
+                                      const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+               return iph->ttl;
+       else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
+               return ((const struct ipv6hdr *)iph)->hop_limit;
+       else
+               return 0;
+}
+
 /* Propogate ECN bits out */
 static inline u8 ip_tunnel_ecn_encap(u8 tos, const struct iphdr *iph,
                                     const struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 #define VXLAN_F_COLLECT_METADATA       0x2000
 #define VXLAN_F_GPE                    0x4000
 #define VXLAN_F_IPV6_LINKLOCAL         0x8000
+#define VXLAN_F_TTL_INHERIT            0x10000
 
 /* Flags that are used in the receive path. These flags must match in
  * order for a socket to be shareable