diff --git a/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py b/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
index cf36df28f3c..7e008b67e11 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ class IpLinkCommand(IpDeviceCommandBase):
     def alias(self):
         return self.attributes.get('alias')
 
+    @property
+    def link_kind(self):
+        return self.attributes.get('link_kind')
+
     @property
     def attributes(self):
         return privileged.get_link_attributes(self.name,
diff --git a/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py b/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
index f0c787b0c65..65122b32ea3 100644
--- a/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ def get_link_attributes(device, namespace):
         'brd': link.get_attr('IFLA_BROADCAST'),
         'link/ether': link.get_attr('IFLA_ADDRESS'),
         'alias': link.get_attr('IFLA_IFALIAS'),
-        'allmulticast': bool(link['flags'] & ifinfmsg.IFF_ALLMULTI)
+        'allmulticast': bool(link['flags'] & ifinfmsg.IFF_ALLMULTI),
+        'link_kind': link.get_nested('IFLA_LINKINFO', 'IFLA_INFO_KIND')
     }
 
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/privileged/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py b/neutron/tests/functional/privileged/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py
index 20d8b770f24..06780399b47 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/privileged/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/privileged/agent/linux/test_ip_lib.py
@@ -592,3 +592,23 @@ class RouteTestCase(functional_base.BaseSudoTestCase):
             priv_ip_lib.add_ip_route(self.namespace, None, ip_version,
                                      device=self.device_name, via=_ip)
             self._check_gateway(_ip)
+
+
+class GetLinkAttributesTestCase(functional_base.BaseSudoTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(GetLinkAttributesTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.namespace = self.useFixture(net_helpers.NamespaceFixture()).name
+        self.device_name = 'test_device'
+        ip_lib.IPWrapper(self.namespace).add_dummy(self.device_name)
+        self.device = ip_lib.IPDevice(self.device_name, self.namespace)
+        self.pyroute_dev = priv_ip_lib.get_link_devices(
+            self.namespace, ifname=self.device_name)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(self.pyroute_dev))
+        self.pyroute_dev = self.pyroute_dev[0]
+
+    def test_get_link_attribute_kind(self):
+        ifla_linkinfo = ip_lib.get_attr(self.pyroute_dev, 'IFLA_LINKINFO')
+        ifla_link_kind = ip_lib.get_attr(ifla_linkinfo, 'IFLA_INFO_KIND')
+        self.assertEqual('dummy', ifla_link_kind)
+        self.assertEqual(ifla_link_kind, self.device.link.link_kind)