diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ioam6_iptunnel.h b/include/uapi/linux/ioam6_iptunnel.h
index 38f6a8fdfd34..6cdbd0da7ad8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ioam6_iptunnel.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ioam6_iptunnel.h
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ enum {
 	IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_FREQ_K,		/* u32 */
 	IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_FREQ_N,		/* u32 */
 
+	/* Tunnel src address.
+	 * For encap,auto modes.
+	 * Optional (automatic if
+	 * not provided).
+	 */
+	IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_SRC,		/* struct in6_addr */
+
 	__IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ioam6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ioam6_iptunnel.c
index cd2522f04edf..15c20e37809f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ioam6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ioam6_iptunnel.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ struct ioam6_lwt {
 	struct ioam6_lwt_freq freq;
 	atomic_t pkt_cnt;
 	u8 mode;
+	bool has_tunsrc;
+	struct in6_addr tunsrc;
 	struct in6_addr tundst;
 	struct ioam6_lwt_encap tuninfo;
 };
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ioam6_iptunnel_policy[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MAX + 1] = {
 	[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE]	= NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U8,
 						   IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_MIN,
 						   IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_MAX),
+	[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_SRC]	= NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)),
 	[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_DST]	= NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)),
 	[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_TRACE]	= NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(
 					sizeof(struct ioam6_trace_hdr)),
@@ -144,6 +147,11 @@ static int ioam6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	else
 		mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE]);
 
+	if (tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_SRC] && mode == IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_INLINE) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "no tunnel src expected in inline mode");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (!tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_DST] && mode != IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_INLINE) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "this mode needs a tunnel destination");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -178,6 +186,23 @@ static int ioam6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	ilwt->freq.n = freq_n;
 
 	ilwt->mode = mode;
+
+	if (!tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_SRC]) {
+		ilwt->has_tunsrc = false;
+	} else {
+		ilwt->has_tunsrc = true;
+		ilwt->tunsrc = nla_get_in6_addr(tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_SRC]);
+
+		if (ipv6_addr_any(&ilwt->tunsrc)) {
+			dst_cache_destroy(&ilwt->cache);
+			kfree(lwt);
+
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_SRC],
+					    "invalid tunnel source address");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_DST])
 		ilwt->tundst = nla_get_in6_addr(tb[IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_DST]);
 
@@ -257,6 +282,8 @@ static int ioam6_do_inline(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static int ioam6_do_encap(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			  struct ioam6_lwt_encap *tuninfo,
+			  bool has_tunsrc,
+			  struct in6_addr *tunsrc,
 			  struct in6_addr *tundst)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
@@ -286,8 +313,13 @@ static int ioam6_do_encap(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	hdr->nexthdr = NEXTHDR_HOP;
 	hdr->payload_len = cpu_to_be16(skb->len - sizeof(*hdr));
 	hdr->daddr = *tundst;
-	ipv6_dev_get_saddr(net, dst->dev, &hdr->daddr,
-			   IPV6_PREFER_SRC_PUBLIC, &hdr->saddr);
+
+	if (has_tunsrc) {
+		memcpy(&hdr->saddr, tunsrc, sizeof(*tunsrc));
+	} else {
+		ipv6_dev_get_saddr(net, dst->dev, &hdr->daddr,
+				   IPV6_PREFER_SRC_PUBLIC, &hdr->saddr);
+	}
 
 	skb_postpush_rcsum(skb, hdr, len);
 
@@ -329,7 +361,9 @@ static int ioam6_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	case IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_ENCAP:
 do_encap:
 		/* Encapsulation (ip6ip6) */
-		err = ioam6_do_encap(net, skb, &ilwt->tuninfo, &ilwt->tundst);
+		err = ioam6_do_encap(net, skb, &ilwt->tuninfo,
+				     ilwt->has_tunsrc, &ilwt->tunsrc,
+				     &ilwt->tundst);
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			goto drop;
 
@@ -415,6 +449,13 @@ static int ioam6_fill_encap_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto ret;
 
 	if (ilwt->mode != IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_INLINE) {
+		if (ilwt->has_tunsrc) {
+			err = nla_put_in6_addr(skb, IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_SRC,
+					       &ilwt->tunsrc);
+			if (err)
+				goto ret;
+		}
+
 		err = nla_put_in6_addr(skb, IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_DST, &ilwt->tundst);
 		if (err)
 			goto ret;
@@ -436,8 +477,12 @@ static int ioam6_encap_nlsize(struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
 		  nla_total_size(sizeof(ilwt->mode)) +
 		  nla_total_size(sizeof(ilwt->tuninfo.traceh));
 
-	if (ilwt->mode != IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_INLINE)
+	if (ilwt->mode != IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_INLINE) {
+		if (ilwt->has_tunsrc)
+			nlsize += nla_total_size(sizeof(ilwt->tunsrc));
+
 		nlsize += nla_total_size(sizeof(ilwt->tundst));
+	}
 
 	return nlsize;
 }
@@ -452,8 +497,12 @@ static int ioam6_encap_cmp(struct lwtunnel_state *a, struct lwtunnel_state *b)
 	return (ilwt_a->freq.k != ilwt_b->freq.k ||
 		ilwt_a->freq.n != ilwt_b->freq.n ||
 		ilwt_a->mode != ilwt_b->mode ||
+		ilwt_a->has_tunsrc != ilwt_b->has_tunsrc ||
 		(ilwt_a->mode != IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_INLINE &&
 		 !ipv6_addr_equal(&ilwt_a->tundst, &ilwt_b->tundst)) ||
+		(ilwt_a->mode != IOAM6_IPTUNNEL_MODE_INLINE &&
+		 ilwt_a->has_tunsrc &&
+		 !ipv6_addr_equal(&ilwt_a->tunsrc, &ilwt_b->tunsrc)) ||
 		trace_a->namespace_id != trace_b->namespace_id);
 }
 
