diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
index f4fc9c9e123d578a614f14d76a4ff944c9ec3456..e8af60a7c56dce757ba5557898e1b5ca2ebaf14c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ struct nlmsghdr {
 #define NLM_F_CREATE	0x400	/* Create, if it does not exist	*/
 #define NLM_F_APPEND	0x800	/* Add to end of list		*/
 
+/* Modifiers to DELETE request */
+#define NLM_F_NONREC	0x100	/* Do not delete recursively	*/
+
 /* Flags for ACK message */
 #define NLM_F_CAPPED	0x100	/* request was capped */
 #define NLM_F_ACK_TLVS	0x200	/* extended ACK TVLs were included */