diff --git a/multicast.c b/multicast.c
index 5211b63..29cb929 100644
--- a/multicast.c
+++ b/multicast.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "originator.h"
 #include "hard-interface.h"
 #include "translation-table.h"
+#include "multicast.h"
 
 /**
  * batadv_mcast_mla_softif_get - get softif multicast listeners
@@ -265,6 +266,107 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
+ * batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check_ipv6 - check for optimized forwarding potential
+ * @skb: the IPv6 packet to check
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ *
+ * Check whether the given IPv6 packet has the potential to
+ * be forwarded with a mode more optimal than classic flooding.
+ *
+ * If so then return 0. Otherwise -EINVAL is returned or -ENOMEM if we are
+ * out of memory.
+ */
+static int batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check_ipv6(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					     struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
+{
+	struct ipv6hdr *ip6hdr;
+
+	/* We might fail due to out-of-memory -> drop it */
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr) + sizeof(*ip6hdr)))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ip6hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+
+	/* TODO: Implement Multicast Router Discovery (RFC4286),
+	 * then allow scope > link local, too
+	 */
+	if (IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&ip6hdr->daddr) !=
+	    IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* With one bridge involved, we cannot be certain about
+	 * link-local-all-nodes multicast listener announcements anymore
+	 * (see RFC4541, section 3, paragraph 3)
+	 */
+	if (ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_nodes(&ip6hdr->daddr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check - check for optimized forwarding potential
+ * @skb: the multicast frame to check
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ *
+ * Check whether the given multicast ethernet frame has the potential to
+ * be forwarded with a mode more optimal than classic flooding.
+ *
+ * If so then return 0. Otherwise -EINVAL is returned or -ENOMEM if we are
+ * out of memory.
+ */
+static int batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
+{
+	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)(skb->data);
+
+	if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_mode))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mcast.num_disabled))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	switch (ntohs(ethhdr->h_proto)) {
+	case ETH_P_IPV6:
+		return batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check_ipv6(skb, bat_priv);
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_mcast_forw_mode - check on how to forward a multicast packet
+ * @skb: The multicast packet to check
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ *
+ * Return the forwarding mode as enum batadv_forw_mode.
+ */
+enum batadv_forw_mode
+batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct sk_buff *skb, struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
+{
+	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)(skb->data);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check(skb, bat_priv);
+	if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+		return BATADV_FORW_NONE;
+	else if (ret < 0)
+		return BATADV_FORW_ALL;
+
+	ret = batadv_tt_global_hash_count(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_dest,
+					  BATADV_NO_FLAGS);
+
+	switch (ret) {
+	case 0:
+		return BATADV_FORW_NONE;
+	case 1:
+		return BATADV_FORW_SINGLE;
+	default:
+		return BATADV_FORW_ALL;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
  * batadv_mcast_counter_update - update the counter of a flag
  * @flag: the flag we want to update counters for
  * @flag_counter: the counter we might update
diff --git a/multicast.h b/multicast.h
index fca066e..e26f146 100644
--- a/multicast.h
+++ b/multicast.h
@@ -20,10 +20,27 @@
 #ifndef _NET_BATMAN_ADV_MULTICAST_H_
 #define _NET_BATMAN_ADV_MULTICAST_H_
 
+/**
+ * batadv_forw_mode - the way a packet should be forwarded as
+ * @BATADV_FORW_ALL: forward the packet to all nodes
+ *  (currently via classic flooding)
+ * @BATADV_FORW_SINGLE: forward the packet to a single node
+ *  (currently via the BATMAN_IV unicast routing protocol)
+ * @BATADV_FORW_NONE: don't forward, drop it
+ */
+enum batadv_forw_mode {
+	BATADV_FORW_ALL,
+	BATADV_FORW_SINGLE,
+	BATADV_FORW_NONE,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST
 
 void batadv_mcast_mla_update(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 
+enum batadv_forw_mode
+batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct sk_buff *skb, struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
+
 int batadv_mcast_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 
 void batadv_mcast_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
@@ -37,6 +54,12 @@ static inline void batadv_mcast_mla_update(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 	return;
 }
 
+static inline enum batadv_forw_mode
+batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct sk_buff *skb, struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
+{
+	return BATADV_FORW_ALL;
+}
+
 static inline int batadv_mcast_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/soft-interface.c b/soft-interface.c
index aa19502..2ecf9a5 100644
--- a/soft-interface.c
+++ b/soft-interface.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
+#include "multicast.h"
 #include "bridge_loop_avoidance.h"
 #include "network-coding.h"
 
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ static int batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	bool do_bcast = false;
 	unsigned short vid;
 	uint32_t seqno;
+	enum batadv_forw_mode mode;
+	bool forw_to_gw = false;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mesh_state) != BATADV_MESH_ACTIVE)
 		goto dropped;
@@ -229,17 +232,29 @@ static int batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 * via unicast to their gateway
 			 */
 			ret = batadv_gw_is_dhcp_target(skb, &header_len);
-			if (ret)
+			if (ret) {
 				do_bcast = false;
+				forw_to_gw = true;
+			}
 			break;
 		case BATADV_GW_MODE_OFF:
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/* reminder: ethhdr might have become unusable from here on
-		 * (batadv_gw_is_dhcp_target() might have reallocated skb data)
+		/* skb->data might have been reallocated by
+		 * batadv_gw_is_dhcp_target()
 		 */
+		ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
+
+		if (do_bcast && !is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest)) {
+			mode = batadv_mcast_forw_mode(skb, bat_priv);
+			if (mode == BATADV_FORW_NONE)
+				goto dropped;
+
+			if (mode == BATADV_FORW_SINGLE)
+				do_bcast = false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	batadv_skb_set_priority(skb, 0);
@@ -298,7 +313,7 @@ static int batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_reply(bat_priv, skb);
 
-		if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
+		if (forw_to_gw)
 			ret = batadv_send_skb_via_gw(bat_priv, skb, vid);
 		else
 			ret = batadv_send_skb_via_tt(bat_priv, skb, vid);
@@ -660,6 +675,7 @@ static int batadv_softif_init_late(struct net_device *dev)
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST
 	bat_priv->mcast.flags = BATADV_UNINIT_FLAGS;
+	atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_mode, 1);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->mcast.num_disabled, 0);
 #endif
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->gw_mode, BATADV_GW_MODE_OFF);
diff --git a/sysfs-class-net-mesh b/sysfs-class-net-mesh
index ee4a479..ac1b561 100644
--- a/sysfs-class-net-mesh
+++ b/sysfs-class-net-mesh
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ Description:
                 Defines the penalty which will be applied to an
                 originator message's tq-field on every hop.
 
+What:           /sys/class/net/<mesh_iface>/mesh/multicast_mode
+Date:           June 2013
+Contact:        Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de>
+Description:
+                Indicates whether multicast optimizations are enabled
+                or disabled. If set to zero then all nodes in the
+                mesh are going to use classic flooding for any
+                multicast packet with no optimizations.
+
 What:           /sys/class/net/<mesh_iface>/mesh/network_coding
 Date:           Nov 2012
 Contact:        Martin Hundeboll <martin@hundeboll.net>
diff --git a/sysfs.c b/sysfs.c
index 096b511..9e161df 100644
--- a/sysfs.c
+++ b/sysfs.c
@@ -464,6 +464,9 @@ BATADV_ATTR_SIF_UINT(gw_sel_class, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, 1, BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE,
 		     batadv_post_gw_deselect);
 static BATADV_ATTR(gw_bandwidth, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, batadv_show_gw_bwidth,
 		   batadv_store_gw_bwidth);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST
+BATADV_ATTR_SIF_BOOL(multicast_mode, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, NULL);
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG
 BATADV_ATTR_SIF_UINT(log_level, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, 0, BATADV_DBG_ALL, NULL);
 #endif
@@ -481,6 +484,9 @@ static struct batadv_attribute *batadv_mesh_attrs[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DAT
 	&batadv_attr_distributed_arp_table,
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST
+	&batadv_attr_multicast_mode,
+#endif
 	&batadv_attr_fragmentation,
 	&batadv_attr_routing_algo,
 	&batadv_attr_gw_mode,
diff --git a/translation-table.c b/translation-table.c
index 5055bde..dd0c1a1 100644
--- a/translation-table.c
+++ b/translation-table.c
@@ -195,6 +195,32 @@ batadv_tt_global_entry_free_ref(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_tt_global_hash_count - count the number of orig entries
+ * @hash: hash table containing the tt entries
+ * @addr: the mac address of the client to count entries for
+ * @vid: VLAN identifier
+ *
+ * Return the number of originators advertising the given address/data
+ * (excluding ourself).
+ */
+int batadv_tt_global_hash_count(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+				const uint8_t *addr, unsigned short vid)
+{
+	struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	tt_global_entry = batadv_tt_global_hash_find(bat_priv, addr, vid);
+	if (!tt_global_entry)
+		goto out;
+
+	count = atomic_read(&tt_global_entry->orig_list_count);
+	batadv_tt_global_entry_free_ref(tt_global_entry);
+
+out:
+	return count;
+}
+
 static void batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 {
 	struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry *orig_entry;
@@ -1122,6 +1148,8 @@ batadv_tt_global_orig_entry_add(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global,
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&orig_entry->list,
 			   &tt_global->orig_list);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&tt_global->list_lock);
+	atomic_inc(&tt_global->orig_list_count);
+
 out:
 	if (orig_entry)
 		batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_ref(orig_entry);
@@ -1195,6 +1223,7 @@ static bool batadv_tt_global_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		common->added_at = jiffies;
 
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&tt_global_entry->orig_list);
+		atomic_set(&tt_global_entry->orig_list_count, 0);
 		spin_lock_init(&tt_global_entry->list_lock);
 
 		hash_added = batadv_hash_add(bat_priv->tt.global_hash,
@@ -1441,6 +1470,25 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry - remove and free an orig_entry
+ * @tt_global_entry: the global entry to remove the orig_entry from
+ * @orig_entry: the orig entry to remove and free
+ *
+ * Remove an orig_entry from its list in the given tt_global_entry and
+ * free this orig_entry afterwards.
+ */
+static void
+batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry,
+				struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry *orig_entry)
+{
+	batadv_tt_global_size_dec(orig_entry->orig_node,
+				  tt_global_entry->common.vid);
+	atomic_dec(&tt_global_entry->orig_list_count);
+	hlist_del_rcu(&orig_entry->list);
+	batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_ref(orig_entry);
+}
+
 /* deletes the orig list of a tt_global_entry */
 static void
 batadv_tt_global_del_orig_list(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry)
@@ -1451,20 +1499,26 @@ batadv_tt_global_del_orig_list(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&tt_global_entry->list_lock);
 	head = &tt_global_entry->orig_list;
-	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(orig_entry, safe, head, list) {
-		hlist_del_rcu(&orig_entry->list);
-		batadv_tt_global_size_dec(orig_entry->orig_node,
-					  tt_global_entry->common.vid);
-		batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_ref(orig_entry);
-	}
+	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(orig_entry, safe, head, list)
+		batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(tt_global_entry, orig_entry);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&tt_global_entry->list_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_tt_global_del_orig_node - remove orig_node from a global tt entry
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ * @tt_global_entry: the global entry to remove the orig_node from
+ * @orig_node: the originator announcing the client
+ * @message: message to append to the log on deletion
+ *
+ * Remove the given orig_node and its according orig_entry from the given
+ * global tt entry.
+ */
 static void
-batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry,
-				struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-				const char *message)
+batadv_tt_global_del_orig_node(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+			       struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry,
+			       struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
+			       const char *message)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	struct hlist_node *safe;
@@ -1481,10 +1535,8 @@ batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				   orig_node->orig,
 				   tt_global_entry->common.addr,
 				   BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid), message);
-			hlist_del_rcu(&orig_entry->list);
-			batadv_tt_global_size_dec(orig_node,
-						  tt_global_entry->common.vid);
-			batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_ref(orig_entry);
+			batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(tt_global_entry,
+							orig_entry);
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&tt_global_entry->list_lock);
@@ -1526,8 +1578,8 @@ batadv_tt_global_del_roaming(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		/* there is another entry, we can simply delete this
 		 * one and can still use the other one.
 		 */
-		batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(bat_priv, tt_global_entry,
-						orig_node, message);
+		batadv_tt_global_del_orig_node(bat_priv, tt_global_entry,
+					       orig_node, message);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1553,8 +1605,8 @@ static void batadv_tt_global_del(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!roaming) {
-		batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(bat_priv, tt_global_entry,
-						orig_node, message);
+		batadv_tt_global_del_orig_node(bat_priv, tt_global_entry,
+					       orig_node, message);
 
 		if (hlist_empty(&tt_global_entry->orig_list))
 			batadv_tt_global_free(bat_priv, tt_global_entry,
@@ -1637,8 +1689,8 @@ void batadv_tt_global_del_orig(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 						 struct batadv_tt_global_entry,
 						 common);
 
-			batadv_tt_global_del_orig_entry(bat_priv, tt_global,
-							orig_node, message);
+			batadv_tt_global_del_orig_node(bat_priv, tt_global,
+						       orig_node, message);
 
 			if (hlist_empty(&tt_global->orig_list)) {
 				vid = tt_global->common.vid;
diff --git a/translation-table.h b/translation-table.h
index dc6db4e..cc5d6f0 100644
--- a/translation-table.h
+++ b/translation-table.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ int batadv_tt_global_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
 void batadv_tt_global_del_orig(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			       struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 			       int32_t match_vid, const char *message);
+int batadv_tt_global_hash_count(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+				const uint8_t *addr, unsigned short vid);
 struct batadv_orig_node *batadv_transtable_search(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 						  const uint8_t *src,
 						  const uint8_t *addr,
diff --git a/types.h b/types.h
index 7ea9631..aa17d09 100644
--- a/types.h
+++ b/types.h
@@ -669,6 +669,9 @@ struct batadv_priv {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DAT
 	atomic_t distributed_arp_table;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST
+	atomic_t multicast_mode;
+#endif
 	atomic_t gw_mode;
 	atomic_t gw_sel_class;
 	atomic_t orig_interval;
@@ -830,12 +833,14 @@ struct batadv_tt_local_entry {
  * struct batadv_tt_global_entry - translation table global entry data
  * @common: general translation table data
  * @orig_list: list of orig nodes announcing this non-mesh client
+ * @orig_list_count: number of items in the orig_list
  * @list_lock: lock protecting orig_list
  * @roam_at: time at which TT_GLOBAL_ROAM was set
  */
 struct batadv_tt_global_entry {
 	struct batadv_tt_common_entry common;
 	struct hlist_head orig_list;
+	atomic_t orig_list_count;
 	spinlock_t list_lock;	/* protects orig_list */
 	unsigned long roam_at;
 };
