diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h b/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h
index 1419d7634604..2b49aa195d84 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 #define IPA_IOCTL_GET_NAT_IN_SRAM_INFO          78
 #define IPA_IOCTL_APP_CLOCK_VOTE                79
 #define IPA_IOCTL_PDN_CONFIG                    80
+#define IPA_IOCTL_SET_MAC_FLT                   81
 
 /**
  * max size of the header to be inserted
@@ -173,6 +174,11 @@
  */
 #define QMI_IPA_MAX_CLIENT_DST_PIPES 4
 
+/**
+ * Max number of clients supported for mac based exception
+ */
+#define IPA_MAX_NUM_MAC_FLT 5
+
 /**
  * MAX number of the FLT_RT stats counter supported.
  */
@@ -725,7 +731,13 @@ enum ipa_pdn_config_event {
 #define IPA_PDN_CONFIG_EVENT_MAX IPA_PDN_CONFIG_EVENT_MAX
 };
 
-#define IPA_EVENT_MAX_NUM (IPA_PDN_CONFIG_EVENT_MAX)
+enum ipa_mac_flt_event {
+	IPA_MAC_FLT_EVENT = IPA_PDN_CONFIG_EVENT_MAX,
+	IPA_MAC_FLT_EVENT_MAX
+#define IPA_MAC_FLT_EVENT_MAX IPA_MAC_FLT_EVENT_MAX
+};
+
+#define IPA_EVENT_MAX_NUM (IPA_MAC_FLT_EVENT_MAX)
 #define IPA_EVENT_MAX ((int)IPA_EVENT_MAX_NUM)
 
 /**
@@ -2682,6 +2694,20 @@ struct ipa_ioc_pdn_config {
 	__u8 default_pdn;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct ipa_ioc_mac_client_list_type- mac addr exception list
+ * @mac_addr: an array to hold clients mac addrs
+ * @num_of_clients: holds num of clients to blacklist or whitelist
+ * @flt_state: true to block current mac addrs and false to clean
+ *		up all previous mac addrs
+ */
+struct ipa_ioc_mac_client_list_type {
+	int num_of_clients;
+	__u8 mac_addr[IPA_MAX_NUM_MAC_FLT][IPA_MAC_ADDR_SIZE];
+	__u8 flt_state;
+	__u8 padding;
+};
+
 /**
  *   actual IOCTLs supported by IPA driver
  */
@@ -2942,10 +2968,15 @@ struct ipa_ioc_pdn_config {
 #define IPA_IOC_APP_CLOCK_VOTE _IOWR(IPA_IOC_MAGIC, \
 				IPA_IOCTL_APP_CLOCK_VOTE, \
 				uint32_t)
+
 #define IPA_IOC_PDN_CONFIG _IOWR(IPA_IOC_MAGIC, \
 				IPA_IOCTL_PDN_CONFIG, \
 				struct ipa_ioc_pdn_config)
 
+#define IPA_IOC_SET_MAC_FLT _IOWR(IPA_IOC_MAGIC, \
+				IPA_IOCTL_SET_MAC_FLT, \
+				struct ipa_ioc_mac_client_list_type)
+
 /*
  * unique magic number of the Tethering bridge ioctls
  */