diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 95991e4300bf..5caef65d93d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ static inline u32 ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(u32 index, u32 n_rx_rings)
 #define __ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK(name)		\
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(name, __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS)
 
+/* compose link mode index from speed, type and duplex */
+#define ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE(speed, type, duplex) \
+	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_ ## speed ## base ## type ## _ ## duplex ## _BIT
+
 /* drivers must ignore base.cmd and base.link_mode_masks_nwords
  * fields, but they are allowed to overwrite them (will be ignored).
  */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index 11ac843aa07e..53e72dd1c622 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ struct ethtool_pauseparam {
  * @ETH_SS_RSS_HASH_FUNCS: RSS hush function names
  * @ETH_SS_PHY_STATS: Statistic names, for use with %ETHTOOL_GPHYSTATS
  * @ETH_SS_PHY_TUNABLES: PHY tunable names
+ * @ETH_SS_LINK_MODES: link mode names
  */
 enum ethtool_stringset {
 	ETH_SS_TEST		= 0,
@@ -604,6 +605,7 @@ enum ethtool_stringset {
 	ETH_SS_TUNABLES,
 	ETH_SS_PHY_STATS,
 	ETH_SS_PHY_TUNABLES,
+	ETH_SS_LINK_MODES,
 
 	ETH_SS_COUNT
 };
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index df53999ddb12..bc042502115f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -8,6 +8,86 @@ static struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family;
 
 static bool ethnl_ok __read_mostly;
 
+#define __LINK_MODE_NAME(speed, type, duplex) \
+	#speed "base" #type "/" #duplex
+#define __DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(speed, type, duplex) \
+	[ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE(speed, type, duplex)] = \
+	__LINK_MODE_NAME(speed, type, duplex)
+#define __DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(_mode, _name) \
+	[ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_ ## _mode ## _BIT] = _name
+
+const char link_mode_names[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10, T, Half),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10, T, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100, T, Half),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100, T, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(1000, T, Half),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(1000, T, Full),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(Autoneg, "Autoneg"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(TP, "TP"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(AUI, "AUI"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(MII, "MII"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(FIBRE, "FIBRE"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(BNC, "BNC"),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, T, Full),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(Pause, "Pause"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(Asym_Pause, "Asym_Pause"),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(2500, X, Full),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(Backplane, "Backplane"),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(1000, KX, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, KX4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, KR, Full),
+	[ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_10000baseR_FEC_BIT] = "10000baseR_FEC",
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(20000, MLD2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(20000, KR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(40000, KR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(40000, CR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(40000, SR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(40000, LR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(56000, KR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(56000, CR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(56000, SR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(56000, LR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(25000, CR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(25000, KR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(25000, SR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, CR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, KR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, KR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, SR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, CR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, LR4_ER4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, SR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(1000, X, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, CR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, SR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, LR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, LRM, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(10000, ER, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(2500, T, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(5000, T, Full),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(FEC_NONE, "None"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(FEC_RS, "RS"),
+	__DEFINE_SPECIAL_MODE_NAME(FEC_BASER, "BASER"),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, KR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, SR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, CR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, LR_ER_FR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(50000, DR, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, KR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, SR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, CR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, LR2_ER2_FR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100000, DR2, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(200000, KR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(200000, SR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(200000, LR4_ER4_FR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(200000, DR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(200000, CR4, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(100, T1, Full),
+	__DEFINE_LINK_MODE_NAME(1000, T1, Full),
+};
+
 static const struct nla_policy dflt_header_policy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_MAX + 1] = {
 	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_UNSPEC]	= { .type = NLA_REJECT },
 	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
@@ -563,6 +643,9 @@ static int __init ethnl_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(link_mode_names) !=
+		     __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS);
+
 	ret = genl_register_family(&ethtool_genl_family);
 	if (WARN(ret < 0, "ethtool: genetlink family registration failed"))
 		return ret;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 1bd9f0e20429..07268c916518 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 struct ethnl_req_info;
 
+extern const char link_mode_names[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
+
 int ethnl_parse_header(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 		       const struct nlattr *nest, struct net *net,
 		       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/strset.c b/net/ethtool/strset.c
index 11f2161a0964..c4815dadf2bf 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/strset.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/strset.c
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ static const struct strset_info info_template[] = {
 		.count		= ARRAY_SIZE(phy_tunable_strings),
 		.strings	= phy_tunable_strings,
 	},
+	[ETH_SS_LINK_MODES] = {
+		.per_dev	= false,
+		.count		= __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS,
+		.strings	= link_mode_names,
+	},
 };
 
 struct strset_req_info {
