diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 3e3a1a38884a..decf6012a401 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ struct genl_info;
  *	do additional, common, filtering and return an error
  * @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
  *	undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
+ * @mcast_bind: a socket bound to the given multicast group (which
+ *	is given as the offset into the groups array)
+ * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group.
+ *	Note that unbind() will not be called symmetrically if the
+ *	generic netlink family is removed while there are still open
+ *	sockets.
  * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes (private)
  * @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family
  * @n_mcgrps: number of multicast groups
@@ -56,6 +62,8 @@ struct genl_family {
 	void			(*post_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
 					     struct sk_buff *skb,
 					     struct genl_info *info);
+	int			(*mcast_bind)(struct net *net, int group);
+	void			(*mcast_unbind)(struct net *net, int group);
 	struct nlattr **	attrbuf;	/* private */
 	const struct genl_ops *	ops;
 	const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps;
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index ede73ecfb1f5..cec2caaf34f0 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -961,11 +961,60 @@ static struct genl_family genl_ctrl __ro_after_init = {
 	.netnsok = true,
 };
 
+static int genl_bind(struct net *net, int group)
+{
+	struct genl_family *f;
+	int err = 0;
+	unsigned int id;
+
+	down_read(&cb_lock);
+
+	idr_for_each_entry(&genl_fam_idr, f, id) {
+		if (group >= f->mcgrp_offset &&
+		    group < f->mcgrp_offset + f->n_mcgrps) {
+			int fam_grp = group - f->mcgrp_offset;
+
+			if (!f->netnsok && net != &init_net)
+				err = -ENOENT;
+			else if (f->mcast_bind)
+				err = f->mcast_bind(net, fam_grp);
+			else
+				err = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	up_read(&cb_lock);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void genl_unbind(struct net *net, int group)
+{
+	struct genl_family *f;
+	unsigned int id;
+
+	down_read(&cb_lock);
+
+	idr_for_each_entry(&genl_fam_idr, f, id) {
+		if (group >= f->mcgrp_offset &&
+		    group < f->mcgrp_offset + f->n_mcgrps) {
+			int fam_grp = group - f->mcgrp_offset;
+
+			if (f->mcast_unbind)
+				f->mcast_unbind(net, fam_grp);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	up_read(&cb_lock);
+}
+
 static int __net_init genl_pernet_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg = {
 		.input		= genl_rcv,
 		.flags		= NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV,
+		.bind		= genl_bind,
+		.unbind		= genl_unbind,
 	};
 
 	/* we'll bump the group number right afterwards */