struct gro_cells   gro_cells;
        bool               collect_md;
        bool               use_udp6_rx_checksums;
+       bool               ttl_inherit;
 };
 
 struct geneve_sock {
                ttl = key->ttl;
        } else {
                tos = ip_tunnel_ecn_encap(fl4.flowi4_tos, ip_hdr(skb), skb);
-               ttl = key->ttl ? : ip4_dst_hoplimit(&rt->dst);
+               if (geneve->ttl_inherit)
+                       ttl = ip_tunnel_get_ttl(ip_hdr(skb), skb);
+               else
+                       ttl = key->ttl;
+               ttl = ttl ? : ip4_dst_hoplimit(&rt->dst);
        }
        df = key->tun_flags & TUNNEL_DONT_FRAGMENT ? htons(IP_DF) : 0;
 
        } else {
                prio = ip_tunnel_ecn_encap(ip6_tclass(fl6.flowlabel),
                                           ip_hdr(skb), skb);
-               ttl = key->ttl ? : ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
+               if (geneve->ttl_inherit)
+                       ttl = ip_tunnel_get_ttl(ip_hdr(skb), skb);
+               else
+                       ttl = key->ttl;
+               ttl = ttl ? : ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
        }
        err = geneve_build_skb(dst, skb, info, xnet, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
        if (unlikely(err))
        [IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_CSUM]          = { .type = NLA_U8 },
        [IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
        [IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+       [IFLA_GENEVE_TTL_INHERIT]       = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static int geneve_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
 static int geneve_configure(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
                            const struct ip_tunnel_info *info,
-                           bool metadata, bool ipv6_rx_csum)
+                           bool metadata, bool ipv6_rx_csum,
+                           bool ttl_inherit)
 {
        struct geneve_net *gn = net_generic(net, geneve_net_id);
        struct geneve_dev *t, *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
        geneve->info = *info;
        geneve->collect_md = metadata;
        geneve->use_udp6_rx_checksums = ipv6_rx_csum;
+       geneve->ttl_inherit = ttl_inherit;
 
        err = register_netdevice(dev);
        if (err)
 static int geneve_nl2info(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
                          struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
                          struct ip_tunnel_info *info, bool *metadata,
-                         bool *use_udp6_rx_checksums, bool changelink)
+                         bool *use_udp6_rx_checksums, bool *ttl_inherit,
+                         bool changelink)
 {
        int attrtype;
 
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL])
                info->key.ttl = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL]);
 
+       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL_INHERIT])
+               *ttl_inherit = true;
+
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_TOS])
                info->key.tos = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_TOS]);
 
 {
        bool use_udp6_rx_checksums = false;
        struct ip_tunnel_info info;
+       bool ttl_inherit = false;
        bool metadata = false;
        int err;
 
        init_tnl_info(&info, GENEVE_UDP_PORT);
        err = geneve_nl2info(tb, data, extack, &info, &metadata,
-                            &use_udp6_rx_checksums, false);
+                            &use_udp6_rx_checksums, &ttl_inherit, false);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
        err = geneve_configure(net, dev, extack, &info, metadata,
-                              use_udp6_rx_checksums);
+                              use_udp6_rx_checksums, ttl_inherit);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
        struct ip_tunnel_info info;
        bool metadata;
        bool use_udp6_rx_checksums;
+       bool ttl_inherit;
        int err;
 
        /* If the geneve device is configured for metadata (or externally
        memcpy(&info, &geneve->info, sizeof(info));
        metadata = geneve->collect_md;
        use_udp6_rx_checksums = geneve->use_udp6_rx_checksums;
+       ttl_inherit = geneve->ttl_inherit;
        err = geneve_nl2info(tb, data, extack, &info, &metadata,
-                            &use_udp6_rx_checksums, true);
+                            &use_udp6_rx_checksums, &ttl_inherit, true);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
        geneve->info = info;
        geneve->collect_md = metadata;
        geneve->use_udp6_rx_checksums = use_udp6_rx_checksums;
+       geneve->ttl_inherit = ttl_inherit;
        geneve_unquiesce(geneve, gs4, gs6);
 
        return 0;
                nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_CSUM */
                nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX */
                nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX */
+               nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_TTL_INHERIT */
                0;
 }
 
 {
        struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct ip_tunnel_info *info = &geneve->info;
+       bool ttl_inherit = geneve->ttl_inherit;
        bool metadata = geneve->collect_md;
        __u8 tmp_vni[3];
        __u32 vni;
                goto nla_put_failure;
 #endif
 
+       if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_GENEVE_TTL_INHERIT, ttl_inherit))
+               goto nla_put_failure;
+
        return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
                return dev;
 
        init_tnl_info(&info, dst_port);
-       err = geneve_configure(net, dev, NULL, &info, true, true);
+       err = geneve_configure(net, dev, NULL, &info, true, true, false);
        if (err) {
                free_netdev(dev);
                return ERR_PTR(err);