diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index aad8eeaf416d4b..f64b01787ddc27 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -169,4 +169,11 @@ struct netlink_tap {
 extern int netlink_add_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt);
 extern int netlink_remove_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt);
 
+bool __netlink_ns_capable(const struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp,
+			  struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
+bool netlink_ns_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+			struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
+bool netlink_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb, int cap);
+bool netlink_net_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb, int cap);
+
 #endif	/* __LINUX_NETLINK_H */
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 28d66fbc7cefde..6d69c27897f3f5 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1360,6 +1360,71 @@ static int netlink_autobind(struct socket *sock)
 	return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * __netlink_ns_capable - General netlink message capability test
+ * @nsp: NETLINK_CB of the socket buffer holding a netlink command from userspace.
+ * @user_ns: The user namespace of the capability to use
+ * @cap: The capability to use
+ *
+ * Test to see if the opener of the socket we received the message
+ * from had when the netlink socket was created and the sender of the
+ * message has has the capability @cap in the user namespace @user_ns.
+ */
+bool __netlink_ns_capable(const struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp,
+			struct user_namespace *user_ns, int cap)
+{
+	return sk_ns_capable(nsp->sk, user_ns, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netlink_ns_capable);
+
+/**
+ * netlink_ns_capable - General netlink message capability test
+ * @skb: socket buffer holding a netlink command from userspace
+ * @user_ns: The user namespace of the capability to use
+ * @cap: The capability to use
+ *
+ * Test to see if the opener of the socket we received the message
+ * from had when the netlink socket was created and the sender of the
+ * message has has the capability @cap in the user namespace @user_ns.
+ */
+bool netlink_ns_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+			struct user_namespace *user_ns, int cap)
+{
+	return __netlink_ns_capable(&NETLINK_CB(skb), user_ns, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_ns_capable);
+
+/**
+ * netlink_capable - Netlink global message capability test
+ * @skb: socket buffer holding a netlink command from userspace
+ * @cap: The capability to use
+ *
+ * Test to see if the opener of the socket we received the message
+ * from had when the netlink socket was created and the sender of the
+ * message has has the capability @cap in all user namespaces.
+ */
+bool netlink_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb, int cap)
+{
+	return netlink_ns_capable(skb, &init_user_ns, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_capable);
+
+/**
+ * netlink_net_capable - Netlink network namespace message capability test
+ * @skb: socket buffer holding a netlink command from userspace
+ * @cap: The capability to use
+ *
+ * Test to see if the opener of the socket we received the message
+ * from had when the netlink socket was created and the sender of the
+ * message has has the capability @cap over the network namespace of
+ * the socket we received the message from.
+ */
+bool netlink_net_capable(const struct sk_buff *skb, int cap)
+{
+	return netlink_ns_capable(skb, sock_net(skb->sk)->user_ns, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_net_capable);
+
 static inline int netlink_allowed(const struct socket *sock, unsigned int flag)
 {
 	return (nl_table[sock->sk->sk_protocol].flags & flag) ||