diff --git a/sys/netlink/route/iface.c b/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
--- a/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
+++ b/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@
 NL_DECLARE_ATTR_PARSER(linfo_parser, nla_p_linfo);
 
 static const struct nlattr_parser nla_p_if[] = {
+	{ .type = IFLA_ADDRESS, .off = _OUT(ifla_address), .cb = nlattr_get_nla },
 	{ .type = IFLA_IFNAME, .off = _OUT(ifla_ifname), .cb = nlattr_get_string },
 	{ .type = IFLA_MTU, .off = _OUT(ifla_mtu), .cb = nlattr_get_uint32 },
 	{ .type = IFLA_LINK, .off = _OUT(ifla_link), .cb = nlattr_get_uint32 },
diff --git a/sys/netlink/route/iface_drivers.c b/sys/netlink/route/iface_drivers.c
--- a/sys/netlink/route/iface_drivers.c
+++ b/sys/netlink/route/iface_drivers.c
@@ -105,6 +105,23 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (lattrs->ifla_address != NULL) {
+		if (nlp_has_priv(npt->nlp, PRIV_NET_SETIFMAC)) {
+			error = if_setlladdr(ifp,
+			    NLA_DATA(lattrs->ifla_address),
+			    NLA_DATA_LEN(lattrs->ifla_address));
+			if (error != 0) {
+				nlmsg_report_err_msg(npt,
+				    "unable to set IFLA_ADDRESS");
+				return (error);
+			}
+		} else {
+			nlmsg_report_err_msg(npt,
+			    "Not enough privileges to set IFLA_ADDRESS");
+			return (EPERM);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/netlink/route/route_var.h b/sys/netlink/route/route_var.h
--- a/sys/netlink/route/route_var.h
+++ b/sys/netlink/route/route_var.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 	char		*ifla_cloner;
 	char		*ifla_ifalias;
 	struct nlattr	*ifla_idata;
+	struct nlattr	*ifla_address;
 	unsigned short	ifi_type;
 	int		ifi_index;
 	uint32_t	ifla_link;