diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 623c1ad6b3..011e449806 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ foreach decl : [['ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_10baseT_Half_BIT',      'linux/ethtool.h'],
                 ['IFLA_TARGET_NETNSID',                     'linux/if_link.h'],
                 ['IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX',                        'linux/if_link.h'],
                 ['IFLA_MAX_MTU',                            'linux/if_link.h'],
+                ['IFLA_BOND_MODE',                          'linux/if_link.h'],
                 ['IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE',                  'linux/if_link.h'],
                 ['IFLA_BOND_AD_INFO',                       'linux/if_link.h'],
                 ['IFLA_BOND_AD_ACTOR_SYSTEM',               'linux/if_link.h'],
diff --git a/src/basic/missing_if_link.h b/src/basic/missing_if_link.h
index 07675426bb..761797f56a 100644
--- a/src/basic/missing_if_link.h
+++ b/src/basic/missing_if_link.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ enum ipvlan_mode {
 #define IFLA_MAX                51
 #endif
 
+#if !HAVE_IFLA_BOND_MODE /* linux@90af231106c0b8d223c27d35464af95cb3d9cacf (3.13) */
+#define IFLA_BOND_MODE              1
+#endif
 #if !HAVE_IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE /* linux@ec76aa49855f6d6fea5e01de179fb57dd47c619d (3.13) */
 #define IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE      2
 #endif