diff --git a/include/net/p4tc.h b/include/net/p4tc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e55d7b0b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/p4tc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __NET_P4TC_H
+#define __NET_P4TC_H
+
+#include <uapi/linux/p4tc.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <net/sch_generic.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/rhashtable.h>
+#include <linux/rhashtable-types.h>
+
+#define P4TC_PATH_MAX 3
+
+struct p4tc_dump_ctx {
+	u32 ids[P4TC_PATH_MAX];
+};
+
+struct p4tc_template_common;
+
+struct p4tc_template_ops {
+	struct p4tc_template_common *(*cu)(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *n,
+					   struct nlattr *nla,
+					   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+	int (*put)(struct p4tc_template_common *tmpl,
+		   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+	int (*gd)(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
+		  struct nlattr *nla, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+	int (*fill_nlmsg)(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			  struct p4tc_template_common *tmpl,
+			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+	int (*dump)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct p4tc_dump_ctx *ctx,
+		    struct nlattr *nla, u32 *ids,
+		    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+	int (*dump_1)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct p4tc_template_common *common);
+	u32 obj_id;
+};
+
+struct p4tc_template_common {
+	char                     name[P4TC_TMPL_NAMSZ];
+	struct p4tc_template_ops *ops;
+};
+
+static inline bool p4tc_tmpl_msg_is_update(struct nlmsghdr *n)
+{
+	return n->nlmsg_type == RTM_UPDATEP4TEMPLATE;
+}
+
+int p4tc_tmpl_generic_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct p4tc_dump_ctx *ctx,
+			   struct idr *idr, int idx,
+			   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/p4tc.h b/include/uapi/linux/p4tc.h
index 0133947c5b..22ba1c05aa 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/p4tc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/p4tc.h
@@ -2,8 +2,47 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_P4TC_H
 #define __LINUX_P4TC_H
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/pkt_sched.h>
+
+/* pipeline header */
+struct p4tcmsg {
+	__u32 obj;
+};
+
+#define P4TC_MSGBATCH_SIZE 16
+
 #define P4TC_MAX_KEYSZ 512
 
+#define P4TC_TMPL_NAMSZ 32
+
+/* Root attributes */
+enum {
+	P4TC_ROOT_UNSPEC,
+	P4TC_ROOT, /* nested messages */
+	__P4TC_ROOT_MAX,
+};
+
+#define P4TC_ROOT_MAX (__P4TC_ROOT_MAX - 1)
+
+/* P4 Object types */
+enum {
+	P4TC_OBJ_UNSPEC,
+	__P4TC_OBJ_MAX,
+};
+
+#define P4TC_OBJ_MAX (__P4TC_OBJ_MAX - 1)
+
+/* P4 attributes */
+enum {
+	P4TC_UNSPEC,
+	P4TC_PATH,
+	P4TC_PARAMS,
+	__P4TC_MAX,
+};
+
+#define P4TC_MAX (__P4TC_MAX - 1)
+
 enum {
 	P4TC_T_UNSPEC,
 	P4TC_T_U8,
@@ -30,4 +69,7 @@ enum {
 
 #define P4TC_T_MAX (__P4TC_T_MAX - 1)
 
+#define P4TC_RTA(r) \
+	((struct rtattr *)(((char *)(r)) + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct p4tcmsg))))
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 3b687d20c9..4f9ebe3e72 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ enum {
 	RTM_GETTUNNEL,
 #define RTM_GETTUNNEL	RTM_GETTUNNEL
 
+	RTM_CREATEP4TEMPLATE = 124,
+#define RTM_CREATEP4TEMPLATE	RTM_CREATEP4TEMPLATE
+	RTM_DELP4TEMPLATE,
+#define RTM_DELP4TEMPLATE	RTM_DELP4TEMPLATE
+	RTM_GETP4TEMPLATE,
+#define RTM_GETP4TEMPLATE	RTM_GETP4TEMPLATE
+	RTM_UPDATEP4TEMPLATE,
+#define RTM_UPDATEP4TEMPLATE	RTM_UPDATEP4TEMPLATE
+
 	__RTM_MAX,
 #define RTM_MAX		(((__RTM_MAX + 3) & ~3) - 1)
 };
diff --git a/net/sched/p4tc/Makefile b/net/sched/p4tc/Makefile
index dd1358c9e8..e28dfc6eb6 100644
--- a/net/sched/p4tc/Makefile
+++ b/net/sched/p4tc/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-obj-y := p4tc_types.o
+obj-y := p4tc_types.o p4tc_tmpl_api.o
diff --git a/net/sched/p4tc/p4tc_tmpl_api.c b/net/sched/p4tc/p4tc_tmpl_api.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbc0c7a058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/sched/p4tc/p4tc_tmpl_api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * net/sched/p4tc/p4tc_tmpl_api.c	P4 TC TEMPLATE API
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, Mojatatu Networks
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, Intel Corporation.
+ * Authors:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
+ *              Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
+ *              Pedro Tammela <pctammela@mojatatu.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kmod.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/sch_generic.h>
+#include <net/pkt_cls.h>
+#include <net/p4tc.h>
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/flow_offload.h>
+
+static const struct nla_policy p4tc_root_policy[P4TC_ROOT_MAX + 1] = {
+	[P4TC_ROOT] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+};
+
+static const struct nla_policy p4tc_policy[P4TC_MAX + 1] = {
+	[P4TC_PATH] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
+			.len = P4TC_PATH_MAX * sizeof(u32) },
+	[P4TC_PARAMS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+};
+
+static const struct p4tc_template_ops *p4tc_ops[P4TC_OBJ_MAX + 1] = {};
+
+static bool obj_is_valid(u32 obj_id)
+{
+	if (obj_id > P4TC_OBJ_MAX)
+		return false;
+
+	return !!p4tc_ops[obj_id];
+}
+
+int p4tc_tmpl_generic_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct p4tc_dump_ctx *ctx,
+			   struct idr *idr, int idx,
+			   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	unsigned char *b = nlmsg_get_pos(skb);
+	struct p4tc_template_common *common;
+	unsigned long id = 0;
+	unsigned long tmp;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	id = ctx->ids[idx];
+
+	idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul(idr, common, tmp, id) {
+		struct nlattr *count;
+		int ret;
+
+		if (i == P4TC_MSGBATCH_SIZE)
+			break;
+
+		count = nla_nest_start(skb, i + 1);
+		if (!count)
+			goto out_nlmsg_trim;
+		ret = common->ops->dump_1(skb, common);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			goto out_nlmsg_trim;
+		} else if (ret) {
+			nla_nest_cancel(skb, count);
+			continue;
+		}
+		nla_nest_end(skb, count);
+
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	if (i == 0) {
+		if (!ctx->ids[idx])
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+				       "There are no pipeline components");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ctx->ids[idx] = id;
+
+	return skb->len;
+
+out_nlmsg_trim:
+	nlmsg_trim(skb, b);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int p4tc_template_put(struct net *net,
+			     struct p4tc_template_common *common,
+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	/* Every created template is bound to a pipeline */
+	return common->ops->put(common, extack);
+}
+
+static int tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_1_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
+				 struct nlmsghdr *n, u32 portid)
+{
+	if (n->nlmsg_type == RTM_GETP4TEMPLATE)
+		return rtnl_unicast(skb, net, portid);
+
+	return rtnetlink_send(skb, net, portid, RTNLGRP_TC,
+			      n->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ECHO);
+}
+
+static int tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_1(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
+			    struct nlattr *nla, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct p4tcmsg *t = (struct p4tcmsg *)nlmsg_data(n);
+	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
+	u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid;
+	struct p4tc_template_common *tmpl;
+	struct p4tc_template_ops *obj_op;
+	struct nlattr *tb[P4TC_MAX + 1];
+	struct p4tcmsg *t_new;
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct sk_buff *nskb;
+	struct nlattr *root;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* All checks will fail at this point because obj_is_valid will return
+	 * false. The next patch will make this functional
+	 */
+	if (!obj_is_valid(t->obj)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid object type");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	ret = nla_parse_nested(tb, P4TC_MAX, nla, p4tc_policy, extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	nskb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!nskb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	nlh = nlmsg_put(nskb, portid, n->nlmsg_seq, n->nlmsg_type,
+			sizeof(*t), n->nlmsg_flags);
+	if (!nlh) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_skb;
+	}
+
+	t_new = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	t_new->obj = t->obj;
+
+	root = nla_nest_start(nskb, P4TC_ROOT);
+	if (!root) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_skb;
+	}
+
+	obj_op = (struct p4tc_template_ops *)p4tc_ops[t->obj];
+	switch (n->nlmsg_type) {
+	case RTM_CREATEP4TEMPLATE:
+	case RTM_UPDATEP4TEMPLATE:
+		if (NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(extack, nla, tb, P4TC_PARAMS)) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+				       "Must specify object attributes");
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto free_skb;
+		}
+		tmpl = obj_op->cu(net, n, tb[P4TC_PARAMS], extack);
+		if (IS_ERR(tmpl)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(tmpl);
+			goto free_skb;
+		}
+
+		ret = obj_op->fill_nlmsg(net, nskb, tmpl, extack);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			p4tc_template_put(net, tmpl, extack);
+			goto free_skb;
+		}
+		break;
+	case RTM_DELP4TEMPLATE:
+	case RTM_GETP4TEMPLATE:
+		ret = obj_op->gd(net, nskb, n, tb[P4TC_PARAMS], extack);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto free_skb;
+		break;
+	default:
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_skb;
+	}
+
+	nlmsg_end(nskb, nlh);
+
+	return tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_1_send(nskb, net, nlh, portid);
+
+free_skb:
+	kfree_skb(nskb);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
+			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct nlattr *tb[P4TC_ROOT_MAX + 1];
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nlmsg_parse(n, sizeof(struct p4tcmsg), tb, P4TC_ROOT_MAX,
+			  p4tc_root_policy, extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(extack, NULL, tb, P4TC_ROOT)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Netlink P4TC template attributes missing");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_1(skb, n, tb[P4TC_ROOT], extack);
+}
+
+static int tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_delete(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
+				 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct nlattr *tb[P4TC_ROOT_MAX + 1];
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	ret = nlmsg_parse(n, sizeof(struct p4tcmsg), tb, P4TC_ROOT_MAX,
+			  p4tc_root_policy, extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(extack, NULL, tb, P4TC_ROOT)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Netlink P4TC template attributes missing");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_1(skb, n, tb[P4TC_ROOT], extack);
+}
+
+static int tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_cu(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct nlattr *tb[P4TC_ROOT_MAX + 1];
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	ret = nlmsg_parse(n, sizeof(struct p4tcmsg), tb, P4TC_ROOT_MAX,
+			  p4tc_root_policy, extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(extack, NULL, tb, P4TC_ROOT)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Netlink P4TC template attributes missing");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_1(skb, n, tb[P4TC_ROOT], extack);
+}
+
+static int tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_dump_1(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *arg,
+				 struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct p4tc_dump_ctx *ctx = (void *)cb->ctx;
+	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack = cb->extack;
+	u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid;
+	const struct nlmsghdr *n = cb->nlh;
+	struct p4tc_template_ops *obj_op;
+	struct nlattr *tb[P4TC_MAX + 1];
+	u32 ids[P4TC_PATH_MAX] = {};
+	struct p4tcmsg *t_new;
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct nlattr *root;
+	struct p4tcmsg *t;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, P4TC_MAX, arg, p4tc_policy,
+					  extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	t = (struct p4tcmsg *)nlmsg_data(n);
+	/* All checks will fail at this point because obj_is_valid will return
+	 * false. The next patch will make this functional
+	 */
+	if (!obj_is_valid(t->obj)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid object type");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, portid, n->nlmsg_seq, n->nlmsg_type,
+			sizeof(*t), n->nlmsg_flags);
+	if (!nlh)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	t_new = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	t_new->obj = t->obj;
+
+	root = nla_nest_start(skb, P4TC_ROOT);
+
+	obj_op = (struct p4tc_template_ops *)p4tc_ops[t->obj];
+	ret = obj_op->dump(skb, ctx, tb[P4TC_PARAMS], ids, extack);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		goto out;
+	nla_nest_end(skb, root);
+
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+
+	return ret;
+
+out:
+	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct nlattr *tb[P4TC_ROOT_MAX + 1];
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct p4tcmsg), tb, P4TC_ROOT_MAX,
+			  p4tc_root_policy, cb->extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(cb->extack, NULL, tb, P4TC_ROOT)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(cb->extack,
+			       "Netlink P4TC template attributes missing");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_dump_1(skb, tb[P4TC_ROOT], cb);
+}
+
+static int __init p4tc_template_init(void)
+{
+	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_CREATEP4TEMPLATE, tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_cu, NULL,
+		      0);
+	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_UPDATEP4TEMPLATE, tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_cu, NULL,
+		      0);
+	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_DELP4TEMPLATE, tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_delete, NULL,
+		      0);
+	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_GETP4TEMPLATE, tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_get,
+		      tc_ctl_p4_tmpl_dump, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(p4tc_template_init);
diff --git a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
index 8ff670cf1e..e50a1c1ffa 100644
--- a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ static const struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_route_perms[] = {
 	{ RTM_NEWTUNNEL,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
 	{ RTM_DELTUNNEL,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
 	{ RTM_GETTUNNEL,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ  },
+	{ RTM_CREATEP4TEMPLATE,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
+	{ RTM_DELP4TEMPLATE,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
+	{ RTM_GETP4TEMPLATE,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ },
+	{ RTM_UPDATEP4TEMPLATE,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
 };
 
 static const struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_tcpdiag_perms[] = {
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm)
 		 * structures at the top of this file with the new mappings
 		 * before updating the BUILD_BUG_ON() macro!
 		 */
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(RTM_MAX != (RTM_NEWTUNNEL + 3));
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(RTM_MAX != (RTM_CREATEP4TEMPLATE + 3));
 		err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_route_perms,
 				 sizeof(nlmsg_route_perms));
 		break;
