diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
index f966e497361b..305bf316dd03 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ enum batadv_nl_attrs {
 	 */
 	BATADV_ATTR_ELP_INTERVAL,
 
+	/**
+	 * @BATADV_ATTR_THROUGHPUT_OVERRIDE: defines the throughput value to be
+	 *  used by B.A.T.M.A.N. V when estimating the link throughput using
+	 *  this interface. If the value is set to 0 then batman-adv will try to
+	 *  estimate the throughput by itself.
+	 */
+	BATADV_ATTR_THROUGHPUT_OVERRIDE,
+
 	/* add attributes above here, update the policy in netlink.c */
 
 	/**
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
index 09187e6e92a3..476b4c6017c9 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = {
 	[BATADV_ATTR_NETWORK_CODING_ENABLED]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_ORIG_INTERVAL]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_ELP_INTERVAL]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[BATADV_ATTR_THROUGHPUT_OVERRIDE]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 /**
@@ -830,6 +831,10 @@ static int batadv_netlink_hardif_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, BATADV_ATTR_ELP_INTERVAL,
 			atomic_read(&hard_iface->bat_v.elp_interval)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
+
+	if (nla_put_u32(msg, BATADV_ATTR_THROUGHPUT_OVERRIDE,
+			atomic_read(&hard_iface->bat_v.throughput_override)))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 #endif /* CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BATMAN_V */
 
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
@@ -925,6 +930,13 @@ static int batadv_netlink_set_hardif(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		atomic_set(&hard_iface->bat_v.elp_interval, nla_get_u32(attr));
 	}
+
+	if (info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_THROUGHPUT_OVERRIDE]) {
+		attr = info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_THROUGHPUT_OVERRIDE];
+
+		atomic_set(&hard_iface->bat_v.throughput_override,
+			   nla_get_u32(attr));
+	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BATMAN_V */
 
 	batadv_netlink_notify_hardif(bat_priv, hard_iface);