diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index df51d60..71ac0ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -244,6 +244,20 @@ config TUN
 
 	  If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
 
+config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
+	bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
+	  little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
+	  big-endian legacy virtio device.
+
+	  Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
+	  and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
+
+	  Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
+	  machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
+
 config VETH
 	tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
 	---help---
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 6cf6b3e..460ed9f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -48,13 +48,63 @@ struct macvtap_queue {
 #define MACVTAP_FEATURES (IFF_VNET_HDR | IFF_MULTI_QUEUE)
 
 #define MACVTAP_VNET_LE 0x80000000
+#define MACVTAP_VNET_BE 0x40000000
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
+static inline bool macvtap_legacy_is_little_endian(struct macvtap_queue *q)
+{
+	if (q->flags & MACVTAP_VNET_BE)
+		return false;
+	return virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+}
+
+static long macvtap_get_vnet_be(struct macvtap_queue *q, int __user *sp)
+{
+	int s = !!(q->flags & MACVTAP_VNET_BE);
+
+	if (put_user(s, sp))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long macvtap_set_vnet_be(struct macvtap_queue *q, int __user *sp)
+{
+	int s;
+
+	if (get_user(s, sp))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (s)
+		q->flags |= MACVTAP_VNET_BE;
+	else
+		q->flags &= ~MACVTAP_VNET_BE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool macvtap_legacy_is_little_endian(struct macvtap_queue *q)
+{
+	return virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+}
+
+static long macvtap_get_vnet_be(struct macvtap_queue *q, int __user *argp)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static long macvtap_set_vnet_be(struct macvtap_queue *q, int __user *argp)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE */
 
 static inline bool macvtap_is_little_endian(struct macvtap_queue *q)
 {
 	if (q->flags & MACVTAP_VNET_LE)
 		return true;
 	else
-		return virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+		return macvtap_legacy_is_little_endian(q);
 }
 
 static inline u16 macvtap16_to_cpu(struct macvtap_queue *q, __virtio16 val)
@@ -1098,6 +1148,12 @@ static long macvtap_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			q->flags &= ~MACVTAP_VNET_LE;
 		return 0;
 
+	case TUNGETVNETBE:
+		return macvtap_get_vnet_be(q, sp);
+
+	case TUNSETVNETBE:
+		return macvtap_set_vnet_be(q, sp);
+
 	case TUNSETOFFLOAD:
 		/* let the user check for future flags */
 		if (arg & ~(TUN_F_CSUM | TUN_F_TSO4 | TUN_F_TSO6 |
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 5b044d4..1b0afa9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ do {								\
 #define TUN_FASYNC	IFF_ATTACH_QUEUE
 /* High bits in flags field are unused. */
 #define TUN_VNET_LE     0x80000000
+#define TUN_VNET_BE     0x40000000
 
 #define TUN_FEATURES (IFF_NO_PI | IFF_ONE_QUEUE | IFF_VNET_HDR | \
 		      IFF_MULTI_QUEUE)
@@ -206,12 +207,61 @@ struct tun_struct {
 	u32 flow_count;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
+static inline bool tun_legacy_is_little_endian(struct tun_struct *tun)
+{
+	if (tun->flags & TUN_VNET_BE)
+		return false;
+	return virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+}
+
+static long tun_get_vnet_be(struct tun_struct *tun, int __user *argp)
+{
+	int be = !!(tun->flags & TUN_VNET_BE);
+
+	if (put_user(be, argp))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long tun_set_vnet_be(struct tun_struct *tun, int __user *argp)
+{
+	int be;
+
+	if (get_user(be, argp))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (be)
+		tun->flags |= TUN_VNET_BE;
+	else
+		tun->flags &= ~TUN_VNET_BE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool tun_legacy_is_little_endian(struct tun_struct *tun)
+{
+	return virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+}
+
+static long tun_get_vnet_be(struct tun_struct *tun, int __user *argp)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static long tun_set_vnet_be(struct tun_struct *tun, int __user *argp)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE */
+
 static inline bool tun_is_little_endian(struct tun_struct *tun)
 {
 	if (tun->flags & TUN_VNET_LE)
 		return true;
 	else
-		return virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+		return tun_legacy_is_little_endian(tun);
 }
 
 static inline u16 tun16_to_cpu(struct tun_struct *tun, __virtio16 val)
@@ -2066,6 +2116,14 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			tun->flags &= ~TUN_VNET_LE;
 		break;
 
+	case TUNGETVNETBE:
+		ret = tun_get_vnet_be(tun, argp);
+		break;
+
+	case TUNSETVNETBE:
+		ret = tun_set_vnet_be(tun, argp);
+		break;
+
 	case TUNATTACHFILTER:
 		/* Can be set only for TAPs */
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
index 50ae243..3cb5e1d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
 #define TUNGETFILTER _IOR('T', 219, struct sock_fprog)
 #define TUNSETVNETLE _IOW('T', 220, int)
 #define TUNGETVNETLE _IOR('T', 221, int)
+/* The TUNSETVNETBE and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls are for cross-endian support on
+ * little-endian hosts. Not all kernel configurations support them, but all
+ * configurations that support SET also support GET.
+ */
+#define TUNSETVNETBE _IOW('T', 222, int)
+#define TUNGETVNETBE _IOR('T', 223, int)
 
 /* TUNSETIFF ifr flags */
 #define IFF_TUN		0x0001
