diff --git a/lib/if.h b/lib/if.h
index 49f2a52478..e8e84ffc88 100644
--- a/lib/if.h
+++ b/lib/if.h
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ struct interface
   /* Interface metric */
   uint32_t metric;
 
+  /* Interface Speed in Mb/s */
+  uint32_t speed;
+
   /* Interface MTU. */
   unsigned int mtu;    /* IPv4 MTU */
   unsigned int mtu6;   /* IPv6 MTU - probably, but not neccessarily same as mtu */
diff --git a/lib/zclient.c b/lib/zclient.c
index 4455644345..71b95ae7db 100644
--- a/lib/zclient.c
+++ b/lib/zclient.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,8 @@ zebra_router_id_update_read (struct stream *s, struct prefix *rid)
  * +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  * |  metric                                                       |
  * +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ * |  speed                                                        |
+ * +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  * |  ifmtu                                                        |
  * +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  * |  ifmtu6                                                       |
@@ -1185,6 +1187,7 @@ zebra_interface_if_set_value (struct stream *s, struct interface *ifp)
   ifp->ptm_enable = stream_getc (s);
   ifp->ptm_status = stream_getc (s);
   ifp->metric = stream_getl (s);
+  ifp->speed = stream_getl (s);
   ifp->mtu = stream_getl (s);
   ifp->mtu6 = stream_getl (s);
   ifp->bandwidth = stream_getl (s);
diff --git a/zebra/if_netlink.c b/zebra/if_netlink.c
index 0a1cafd87e..28538fabdf 100644
--- a/zebra/if_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/if_netlink.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include <zebra.h>
 #include <net/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/sockios.h>
+#include <linux/ethtool.h>
 
 #include "linklist.h"
 #include "if.h"
@@ -298,6 +300,47 @@ netlink_vrf_change (struct nlmsghdr *h, struct rtattr *tb, const char *name)
     }
 }
 
+static int
+get_iflink_speed (const char *ifname)
+{
+  struct ifreq ifdata;
+  struct ethtool_cmd ecmd;
+  int sd;
+  int rc;
+
+  /* initialize struct */
+  memset(&ifdata, 0, sizeof(ifdata));
+
+  /* set interface name */
+  strcpy(ifdata.ifr_name, ifname);
+
+  /* initialize ethtool interface */
+  memset(&ecmd, 0, sizeof(ecmd));
+  ecmd.cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET;  /* ETHTOOL_GLINK */
+  ifdata.ifr_data = (__caddr_t) &ecmd;
+
+  /* use ioctl to get IP address of an interface */
+  sd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
+  if(sd < 0) {
+    zlog_debug ("Failure to read interface %s speed: %d %s",
+                ifname, errno, safe_strerror(errno));
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  /* Get the current link state for the interface */
+  rc = ioctl(sd, SIOCETHTOOL, (char *)&ifdata);
+  if(rc < 0) {
+    zlog_debug("IOCTL failure to read interface %s speed: %d %s",
+	       ifname, errno, safe_strerror(errno));
+    ecmd.speed_hi = 0;
+    ecmd.speed = 0;
+  }
+
+  close(sd);
+
+  return (ecmd.speed_hi << 16 ) | ecmd.speed;
+}
+
 /* Called from interface_lookup_netlink().  This function is only used
    during bootstrap. */
 static int
@@ -382,6 +425,7 @@ netlink_interface (struct sockaddr_nl *snl, struct nlmsghdr *h,
     SET_FLAG(ifp->status, ZEBRA_INTERFACE_VRF_LOOPBACK);
   ifp->mtu6 = ifp->mtu = *(uint32_t *) RTA_DATA (tb[IFLA_MTU]);
   ifp->metric = 0;
+  ifp->speed = get_iflink_speed (name);
   ifp->ptm_status = ZEBRA_PTM_STATUS_UNKNOWN;
 
   /* Hardware type and address. */
diff --git a/zebra/interface.c b/zebra/interface.c
index e9c54a629b..1d015e8588 100644
--- a/zebra/interface.c
+++ b/zebra/interface.c
@@ -1056,8 +1056,8 @@ if_dump_vty (struct vty *vty, struct interface *ifp)
       return;
     }
 
-  vty_out (vty, "  index %d metric %d mtu %d ",
-	   ifp->ifindex, ifp->metric, ifp->mtu);
+  vty_out (vty, "  index %d metric %d mtu %d speed %u ",
+	   ifp->ifindex, ifp->metric, ifp->mtu, ifp->speed);
   if (ifp->mtu6 != ifp->mtu)
     vty_out (vty, "mtu6 %d ", ifp->mtu6);
   vty_out (vty, "%s  flags: %s%s", VTY_NEWLINE,
diff --git a/zebra/zserv.c b/zebra/zserv.c
index f9205a12c8..85fdd53122 100644
--- a/zebra/zserv.c
+++ b/zebra/zserv.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ zserv_encode_interface (struct stream *s, struct interface *ifp)
   stream_putc (s, ifp->ptm_enable);
   stream_putc (s, ifp->ptm_status);
   stream_putl (s, ifp->metric);
+  stream_putl (s, ifp->speed);
   stream_putl (s, ifp->mtu);
   stream_putl (s, ifp->mtu6);
   stream_putl (s, ifp->bandwidth);