diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
index 73e2c10dc2cc..e557cf35250e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX,		/* u32 */
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME,		/* string */
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS,			/* u32 - ETHTOOL_FLAG_* */
+	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX,		/* u32 */
 
 	/* add new constants above here */
 	__ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_CNT,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 3bbd5afb7b31..e83ee844b60f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/ethtool_netlink.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include "netlink.h"
+#include <linux/link_topology.h>
 
 static struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family;
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy[] = {
 					    .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
 	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS]	= NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32,
 							  ETHTOOL_FLAGS_BASIC),
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]		= NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1),
 };
 
 const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[] = {
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[] = {
 					    .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
 	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS]	= NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32,
 							  ETHTOOL_FLAGS_STATS),
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]		= NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1),
 };
 
 int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 {
 	struct nlattr *tb[ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy)];
 	const struct nlattr *devname_attr;
+	struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	u32 flags = 0;
 	int ret;
@@ -145,6 +149,24 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (dev) {
+		if (tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]) {
+			u32 phy_index = nla_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]);
+
+			phydev = link_topo_get_phy(&dev->link_topo, phy_index);
+			if (!phydev) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, header, "no phy matches phy index");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		} else {
+			/* If we need a PHY but no phy index is specified, fallback
+			 * to dev->phydev
+			 */
+			phydev = dev->phydev;
+		}
+	}
+
+	req_info->phydev = phydev;
 	req_info->dev = dev;
 	req_info->flags = flags;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 9a333a8d04c1..3f5eb60bdf0b 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static inline unsigned int ethnl_reply_header_size(void)
  * @dev:   network device the request is for (may be null)
  * @dev_tracker: refcount tracker for @dev reference
  * @flags: request flags common for all request types
+ * @phydev: phy_device connected to @dev this request is for (may be null)
  *
  * This is a common base for request specific structures holding data from
  * parsed userspace request. These always embed struct ethnl_req_info at
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ struct ethnl_req_info {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	netdevice_tracker	dev_tracker;
 	u32			flags;
+	struct phy_device	*phydev;
 };
 
 static inline void ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info)
@@ -395,9 +397,10 @@ extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_rss_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_plca_cfg_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_plca_status_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_mm_request_ops;
+extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_phy_request_ops;
 
-extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS + 1];
-extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_strset_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_COUNTS_ONLY + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_linkinfo_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_HEADER + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_linkinfo_set_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TP_MDIX_CTRL + 1];
@@ -441,6 +444,7 @@ extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_plca_set_cfg_policy[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_MAX + 1]
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_plca_get_status_policy[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_HEADER + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_mm_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_MM_HEADER + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_mm_set_policy[ETHTOOL_A_MM_MAX + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_phy_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_PHY_HEADER + 1];
 
 int ethnl_set_features(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
 int ethnl_act_cable_test(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
