diff --git a/compat-include/net/netlink.h b/compat-include/net/netlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d43576e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat-include/net/netlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2018  B.A.T.M.A.N. contributors:
+ *
+ * Marek Lindner, Simon Wunderlich
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * This file contains macros for maintaining compatibility with older versions
+ * of the Linux kernel.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_BATMAN_ADV_COMPAT_NET_NETLINK_H_
+#define _NET_BATMAN_ADV_COMPAT_NET_NETLINK_H_
+
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include_next <net/netlink.h>
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 5, 0)
+
+static inline int nla_put_be32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be32 value)
+{
+	__be32 tmp = value;
+
+	return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__be32), &tmp);
+}
+
+#endif /* < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 5, 0) */
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 1, 0)
+
+static inline int nla_put_in_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
+				  __be32 addr)
+{
+	__be32 tmp = addr;
+
+	return nla_put_be32(skb, attrtype, tmp);
+}
+
+#endif /* < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 1, 0) */
+
+#endif /* _NET_BATMAN_ADV_COMPAT_NET_NETLINK_H_ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
index 56ae2893..85c9fe8a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
@@ -272,6 +272,21 @@ enum batadv_nl_attrs {
 	 */
 	BATADV_ATTR_BLA_CRC,
 
+	/**
+	 * @BATADV_ATTR_DC_ADDRESS: Client IPv4 address
+	 */
+	BATADV_ATTR_DC_ADDRESS,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BATADV_ATTR_DC_HWADDRESS: Client MAC address
+	 */
+	BATADV_ATTR_DC_HWADDRESS,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BATADV_ATTR_DC_VID: VLAN ID
+	 */
+	BATADV_ATTR_DC_VID,
+
 	/* add attributes above here, update the policy in netlink.c */
 
 	/**
@@ -361,6 +376,11 @@ enum batadv_nl_commands {
 	 */
 	BATADV_CMD_GET_BLA_BACKBONE,
 
+	/**
+	 * @BATADV_CMD_GET_DAT_CACHE: Query list of DAT cache entries
+	 */
+	BATADV_CMD_GET_DAT_CACHE,
+
 	/* add new commands above here */
 
 	/**
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index 19b15de4..0f972dd2 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
@@ -43,13 +44,19 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <net/arp.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/batman_adv.h>
 
 #include "bridge_loop_avoidance.h"
 #include "hard-interface.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "netlink.h"
 #include "originator.h"
 #include "send.h"
+#include "soft-interface.h"
 #include "translation-table.h"
 #include "tvlv.h"
 
@@ -852,6 +859,150 @@ int batadv_dat_cache_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
 #endif
 
 /**
+ * batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry() - dump one entry of the DAT cache table to a
+ *  netlink socket
+ * @msg: buffer for the message
+ * @portid: netlink port
+ * @seq: Sequence number of netlink message
+ * @dat_entry: entry to dump
+ *
+ * Return: 0 or error code.
+ */
+static int
+batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq,
+			    struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry)
+{
+	int msecs;
+	void *hdr;
+
+	hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, portid, seq, &batadv_netlink_family,
+			  NLM_F_MULTI, BATADV_CMD_GET_DAT_CACHE);
+	if (!hdr)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - dat_entry->last_update);
+
+	if (nla_put_in_addr(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DC_ADDRESS, dat_entry->ip) ||
+	    nla_put(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DC_HWADDRESS, ETH_ALEN,
+		    dat_entry->mac_addr) ||
+	    nla_put_u16(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DC_VID, dat_entry->vid) ||
+	    nla_put_u32(msg, BATADV_ATTR_LAST_SEEN_MSECS, msecs)) {
+		genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
+
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_dat_cache_dump_bucket() - dump one bucket of the DAT cache table to
+ *  a netlink socket
+ * @msg: buffer for the message
+ * @portid: netlink port
+ * @seq: Sequence number of netlink message
+ * @head: bucket to dump
+ * @idx_skip: How many entries to skip
+ *
+ * Return: 0 or error code.
+ */
+static int
+batadv_dat_cache_dump_bucket(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq,
+			     struct hlist_head *head, int *idx_skip)
+{
+	struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry;
+	int idx = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(dat_entry, head, hash_entry) {
+		if (idx < *idx_skip)
+			goto skip;
+
+		if (batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(msg, portid, seq,
+						dat_entry)) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			*idx_skip = idx;
+
+			return -EMSGSIZE;
+		}
+
+skip:
+		idx++;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_dat_cache_dump() - dump DAT cache table to a netlink socket
+ * @msg: buffer for the message
+ * @cb: callback structure containing arguments
+ *
+ * Return: message length.
+ */
+int batadv_dat_cache_dump(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if = NULL;
+	int portid = NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid;
+	struct net *net = sock_net(cb->skb->sk);
+	struct net_device *soft_iface;
+	struct batadv_hashtable *hash;
+	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv;
+	int bucket = cb->args[0];
+	struct hlist_head *head;
+	int idx = cb->args[1];
+	int ifindex;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ifindex = batadv_netlink_get_ifindex(cb->nlh,
+					     BATADV_ATTR_MESH_IFINDEX);
+	if (!ifindex)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	soft_iface = dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex);
+	if (!soft_iface || !batadv_softif_is_valid(soft_iface)) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	bat_priv = netdev_priv(soft_iface);
+	hash = bat_priv->dat.hash;
+
+	primary_if = batadv_primary_if_get_selected(bat_priv);
+	if (!primary_if || primary_if->if_status != BATADV_IF_ACTIVE) {
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	while (bucket < hash->size) {
+		head = &hash->table[bucket];
+
+		if (batadv_dat_cache_dump_bucket(msg, portid,
+						 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, head,
+						 &idx))
+			break;
+
+		bucket++;
+		idx = 0;
+	}
+
+	cb->args[0] = bucket;
+	cb->args[1] = idx;
+
+	ret = msg->len;
+
+out:
+	if (primary_if)
+		batadv_hardif_put(primary_if);
+
+	if (soft_iface)
+		dev_put(soft_iface);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
  * batadv_arp_get_type() - parse an ARP packet and gets the type
  * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
  * @skb: packet to analyse
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.h b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.h
index e24aa960..a0459602 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "originator.h"
 
+struct netlink_callback;
 struct seq_file;
 struct sk_buff;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ batadv_dat_init_own_addr(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 int batadv_dat_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 void batadv_dat_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 int batadv_dat_cache_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
+int batadv_dat_cache_dump(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb);
 
 /**
  * batadv_dat_inc_counter() - increment the correct DAT packet counter
@@ -169,6 +171,12 @@ static inline void batadv_dat_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 {
 }
 
+static inline int
+batadv_dat_cache_dump(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static inline void batadv_dat_inc_counter(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					  u8 subtype)
 {
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
index 129af56b..7812b531 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include "bat_algo.h"
 #include "bridge_loop_avoidance.h"
+#include "distributed-arp-table.h"
 #include "gateway_client.h"
 #include "hard-interface.h"
 #include "originator.h"
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ static const struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = {
 	[BATADV_ATTR_BLA_VID]		= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_BLA_BACKBONE]	= { .len = ETH_ALEN },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_BLA_CRC]		= { .type = NLA_U16 },
+	[BATADV_ATTR_DC_ADDRESS]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[BATADV_ATTR_DC_HWADDRESS]	= { .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[BATADV_ATTR_DC_VID]		= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 };
 
 /**
@@ -604,6 +608,12 @@ static const struct genl_ops batadv_netlink_ops[] = {
 		.policy = batadv_netlink_policy,
 		.dumpit = batadv_bla_backbone_dump,
 	},
+	{
+		.cmd = BATADV_CMD_GET_DAT_CACHE,
+		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.policy = batadv_netlink_policy,
+		.dumpit = batadv_dat_cache_dump,
+	},
 
 };
 
