diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 9c3b32864fe5..457e22113596 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_LINUX_COMPAT], [
   OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/gre.h], [gre_handle_offloads])
   OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/ipv6.h], [IP6_FH_F_SKIP_RH])
   OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/ipv6.h], [ip6_local_out_sk])
+  OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/ipv6.h], [__ipv6_addr_jhash])
+
   OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/netlink.h], [nla_get_be16])
   OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/netlink.h], [nla_put_be16])
   OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/netlink.h], [nla_put_be32])
diff --git a/datapath/linux/Modules.mk b/datapath/linux/Modules.mk
index 09ca056aa86a..2b12ec5b89e6 100644
--- a/datapath/linux/Modules.mk
+++ b/datapath/linux/Modules.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ openvswitch_sources += \
 	linux/compat/ip_fragment.c \
 	linux/compat/ip_tunnel.c \
 	linux/compat/ip_tunnels_core.c \
+	linux/compat/ip6_output.c \
 	linux/compat/lisp.c \
 	linux/compat/netdevice.c \
 	linux/compat/net_namespace.c \
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ openvswitch_headers += \
 	linux/compat/include/linux/random.h \
 	linux/compat/include/linux/netdevice.h \
 	linux/compat/include/linux/netdev_features.h \
+	linux/compat/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h \
 	linux/compat/include/linux/netlink.h \
 	linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h \
 	linux/compat/include/linux/poison.h \
diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h b/datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3026e1fe6b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/netfilter_ipv6.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef __NETFILTER_IPV6_WRAPPER_H
+#define __NETFILTER_IPV6_WRAPPER_H 1
+
+#include_next <linux/netfilter_ipv6.h>
+
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <net/ip.h>		/* For OVS_VPORT_OUTPUT_PARAMS */
+#include <net/ip6_route.h>
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4,3,0)
+/* Try to minimise changes required to the actions.c code for calling IPv6
+ * fragmentation. We can keep the fragment() API mostly the same, except that
+ * the callback parameter needs to be in the form that older kernels accept.
+ * We don't backport the other ipv6_ops as they're currently unused by OVS. */
+struct ovs_nf_ipv6_ops {
+	int (*fragment)(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			int (*output)(OVS_VPORT_OUTPUT_PARAMS));
+};
+#define nf_ipv6_ops ovs_nf_ipv6_ops
+
+#if defined(OVS_FRAGMENT_BACKPORT)
+static struct ovs_nf_ipv6_ops ovs_ipv6_ops = {
+	.fragment = ip6_fragment,
+};
+
+static inline struct ovs_nf_ipv6_ops *ovs_nf_get_ipv6_ops(void)
+{
+	return &ovs_ipv6_ops;
+}
+#else /* !OVS_FRAGMENT_BACKPORT || !CONFIG_NETFILTER || || !CONFIG_IPV6 */
+static inline const struct ovs_nf_ipv6_ops *ovs_nf_get_ipv6_ops(void)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+#define nf_get_ipv6_ops ovs_nf_get_ipv6_ops
+
+#endif /* < 4.3 */
+#endif /* __NETFILTER_IPV6_WRAPPER_H */
diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip6_route.h b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 3f495e783c87..6c23848107d4 100644
--- a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -28,4 +28,19 @@ struct dst_entry *rpl_ip6_route_output(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 #define ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst) dst_metric(dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT)
 
 #endif /* 2.6.39 */
-#endif
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,10,0)
+static inline int rpl_ip6_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				   int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
+{
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return -ENOTSUPP;
+}
+#define ip6_fragment rpl_ip6_fragment
+#elif defined(OVS_FRAGMENT_BACKPORT)
+int rpl_ip6_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		     int (*output)(struct sk_buff *));
+#define ip6_fragment rpl_ip6_fragment
+#endif /* OVS_FRAGMENT_BACKPORT */
+
+#endif /* _NET_IP6_ROUTE_WRAPPER */
diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ipv6.h b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ipv6.h
index 18c7d301edcb..30b506156fd7 100644
--- a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -47,4 +47,11 @@ static inline u32 ipv6_addr_hash(const struct in6_addr *a)
 }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(OVS_FRAGMENT_BACKPORT) && !defined(HAVE___IPV6_ADDR_JHASH)
+static inline u32 __ipv6_addr_jhash(const struct in6_addr *a, const u32 unused)
+{
+       return ipv6_addr_jhash(a);
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/ip6_output.c b/datapath/linux/compat/ip6_output.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57cd88454a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/ip6_output.c
@@ -0,0 +1,461 @@
+/*
+ *	Backported from upstream commit 9ef2e965e554
+ *	("ipv6: drop frames with attached skb->sk in forwarding")
+ *
+ *	IPv6 output functions
+ *	Linux INET6 implementation
+ *
+ *	Authors:
+ *	Pedro Roque		<roque@di.fc.ul.pt>
+ *
+ *	Based on linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+ *
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *      as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *      2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *	Changes:
+ *	A.N.Kuznetsov	:	airthmetics in fragmentation.
+ *				extension headers are implemented.
+ *				route changes now work.
+ *				ip6_forward does not confuse sniffers.
+ *				etc.
+ *
+ *      H. von Brand    :       Added missing #include <linux/string.h>
+ *	Imran Patel	:	frag id should be in NBO
+ *      Kazunori MIYAZAWA @USAGI
+ *			:       add ip6_append_data and related functions
+ *				for datagram xmit
+ */
+
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+#ifdef OVS_FRAGMENT_BACKPORT
+
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/in6.h>
+#include <linux/tcp.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/route.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <linux/netfilter.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv6.h>
+
+#include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/snmp.h>
+
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
+#include <net/ndisc.h>
+#include <net/protocol.h>
+#include <net/ip6_route.h>
+#include <net/addrconf.h>
+#include <net/rawv6.h>
+#include <net/icmp.h>
+#include <net/xfrm.h>
+#include <net/checksum.h>
+#include <linux/mroute6.h>
+
+#define IP_IDENTS_SZ 2048u
+
+static atomic_t *ip_idents __read_mostly;
+static u32 *ip_tstamps __read_mostly;
+
+/* In order to protect privacy, we add a perturbation to identifiers
+ * if one generator is seldom used. This makes hard for an attacker
+ * to infer how many packets were sent between two points in time.
+ */
+static u32 rpl_ip_idents_reserve(u32 hash, int segs)
+{
+	u32 *p_tstamp = ip_tstamps + hash % IP_IDENTS_SZ;
+	atomic_t *p_id = ip_idents + hash % IP_IDENTS_SZ;
+	u32 old = ACCESS_ONCE(*p_tstamp);
+	u32 now = (u32)jiffies;
+	u32 delta = 0;
+
+	if (old != now && cmpxchg(p_tstamp, old, now) == old)
+		delta = prandom_u32_max(now - old);
+
+	return atomic_add_return(segs + delta, p_id) - segs;
+}
+
+static u32 __ipv6_select_ident(struct net *net, u32 hashrnd,
+			       const struct in6_addr *dst,
+			       const struct in6_addr *src)
+{
+	u32 hash, id;
+
+	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(dst, hashrnd);
+	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(src, hash);
+	hash ^= net_hash_mix(net);
+
+	/* Treat id of 0 as unset and if we get 0 back from ip_idents_reserve,
+	 * set the hight order instead thus minimizing possible future
+	 * collisions.
+	 */
+	id = rpl_ip_idents_reserve(hash, 1);
+	if (unlikely(!id))
+		id = 1 << 31;
+
+	return id;
+}
+
+/* XXX: Exported in 3.19. */
+static __be32 rpl_ipv6_select_ident(struct net *net,
+			     const struct in6_addr *daddr,
+			     const struct in6_addr *saddr)
+{
+	static u32 ip6_idents_hashrnd __read_mostly;
+	u32 id;
+
+	net_get_random_once(&ip6_idents_hashrnd, sizeof(ip6_idents_hashrnd));
+
+	id = __ipv6_select_ident(net, ip6_idents_hashrnd, daddr, saddr);
+	return htonl(id);
+}
+
+static void ip6_copy_metadata(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from)
+{
+	to->pkt_type = from->pkt_type;
+	to->priority = from->priority;
+	to->protocol = from->protocol;
+	skb_dst_drop(to);
+	skb_dst_set(to, dst_clone(skb_dst(from)));
+	to->dev = from->dev;
+	to->mark = from->mark;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SCHED
+	to->tc_index = from->tc_index;
+#endif
+	nf_copy(to, from);
+	skb_copy_secmark(to, from);
+}
+
+int ip6_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		 int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
+{
+	struct sk_buff *frag;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb);
+	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = skb->sk && !dev_recursion_level() ?
+				inet6_sk(skb->sk) : NULL;
+	struct ipv6hdr *tmp_hdr;
+	struct frag_hdr *fh;
+	unsigned int mtu, hlen, left, len;
+	int hroom, troom;
+	__be32 frag_id;
+	int ptr, offset = 0, err = 0;
+	u8 *prevhdr, nexthdr = 0;
+	struct net *net = dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev);
+
+	hlen = ip6_find_1stfragopt(skb, &prevhdr);
+	nexthdr = *prevhdr;
+
+	mtu = ip6_skb_dst_mtu(skb);
+
+	/* We must not fragment if the socket is set to force MTU discovery
+	 * or if the skb it not generated by a local socket.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!skb->ignore_df && skb->len > mtu))
+		goto fail_toobig;
+
+	if (IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size) {
+		if (IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size > mtu)
+			goto fail_toobig;
+
+		/* don't send fragments larger than what we received */
+		mtu = IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size;
+		if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
+			mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
+	}
+
+	if (np && np->frag_size < mtu) {
+		if (np->frag_size)
+			mtu = np->frag_size;
+	}
+	mtu -= hlen + sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
+
+	frag_id = rpl_ipv6_select_ident(net, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr,
+					&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
+
+	hroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev);
+	if (skb_has_frag_list(skb)) {
+		int first_len = skb_pagelen(skb);
+		struct sk_buff *frag2;
+
+		if (first_len - hlen > mtu ||
+		    ((first_len - hlen) & 7) ||
+		    skb_cloned(skb) ||
+		    skb_headroom(skb) < (hroom + sizeof(struct frag_hdr)))
+			goto slow_path;
+
+		skb_walk_frags(skb, frag) {
+			/* Correct geometry. */
+			if (frag->len > mtu ||
+			    ((frag->len & 7) && frag->next) ||
+			    skb_headroom(frag) < (hlen + hroom + sizeof(struct frag_hdr)))
+				goto slow_path_clean;
+
+			/* Partially cloned skb? */
+			if (skb_shared(frag))
+				goto slow_path_clean;
+
+			BUG_ON(frag->sk);
+			if (skb->sk) {
+				frag->sk = skb->sk;
+				frag->destructor = sock_wfree;
+			}
+			skb->truesize -= frag->truesize;
+		}
+
+		err = 0;
+		offset = 0;
+		/* BUILD HEADER */
+
+		*prevhdr = NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT;
+		tmp_hdr = kmemdup(skb_network_header(skb), hlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!tmp_hdr) {
+			IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
+				      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto fail;
+		}
+		frag = skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list;
+		skb_frag_list_init(skb);
+
+		__skb_pull(skb, hlen);
+		fh = (struct frag_hdr *)__skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct frag_hdr));
+		__skb_push(skb, hlen);
+		skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+		memcpy(skb_network_header(skb), tmp_hdr, hlen);
+
+		fh->nexthdr = nexthdr;
+		fh->reserved = 0;
+		fh->frag_off = htons(IP6_MF);
+		fh->identification = frag_id;
+
+		first_len = skb_pagelen(skb);
+		skb->data_len = first_len - skb_headlen(skb);
+		skb->len = first_len;
+		ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = htons(first_len -
+						   sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+
+		dst_hold(&rt->dst);
+
+		for (;;) {
+			/* Prepare header of the next frame,
+			 * before previous one went down. */
+			if (frag) {
+				frag->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
+				skb_reset_transport_header(frag);
+				fh = (struct frag_hdr *)__skb_push(frag, sizeof(struct frag_hdr));
+				__skb_push(frag, hlen);
+				skb_reset_network_header(frag);
+				memcpy(skb_network_header(frag), tmp_hdr,
+				       hlen);
+				offset += skb->len - hlen - sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
+				fh->nexthdr = nexthdr;
+				fh->reserved = 0;
+				fh->frag_off = htons(offset);
+				if (frag->next)
+					fh->frag_off |= htons(IP6_MF);
+				fh->identification = frag_id;
+				ipv6_hdr(frag)->payload_len =
+						htons(frag->len -
+						      sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+				ip6_copy_metadata(frag, skb);
+			}
+
+			err = output(skb);
+			if (!err)
+				IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(&rt->dst),
+					      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGCREATES);
+
+			if (err || !frag)
+				break;
+
+			skb = frag;
+			frag = skb->next;
+			skb->next = NULL;
+		}
+
+		kfree(tmp_hdr);
+
+		if (err == 0) {
+			IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(&rt->dst),
+				      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGOKS);
+			ip6_rt_put(rt);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		kfree_skb_list(frag);
+
+		IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(&rt->dst),
+			      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
+		ip6_rt_put(rt);
+		return err;
+
+slow_path_clean:
+		skb_walk_frags(skb, frag2) {
+			if (frag2 == frag)
+				break;
+			frag2->sk = NULL;
+			frag2->destructor = NULL;
+			skb->truesize += frag2->truesize;
+		}
+	}
+
+slow_path:
+	if ((skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) &&
+	    skb_checksum_help(skb))
+		goto fail;
+
+	left = skb->len - hlen;		/* Space per frame */
+	ptr = hlen;			/* Where to start from */
+
+	/*
+	 *	Fragment the datagram.
+	 */
+
+	*prevhdr = NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT;
+	troom = rt->dst.dev->needed_tailroom;
+
+	/*
+	 *	Keep copying data until we run out.
+	 */
+	while (left > 0)	{
+		len = left;
+		/* IF: it doesn't fit, use 'mtu' - the data space left */
+		if (len > mtu)
+			len = mtu;
+		/* IF: we are not sending up to and including the packet end
+		   then align the next start on an eight byte boundary */
+		if (len < left)	{
+			len &= ~7;
+		}
+
+		/* Allocate buffer */
+		frag = alloc_skb(len + hlen + sizeof(struct frag_hdr) +
+				 hroom + troom, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!frag) {
+			IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
+				      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto fail;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 *	Set up data on packet
+		 */
+
+		ip6_copy_metadata(frag, skb);
+		skb_reserve(frag, hroom);
+		skb_put(frag, len + hlen + sizeof(struct frag_hdr));
+		skb_reset_network_header(frag);
+		fh = (struct frag_hdr *)(skb_network_header(frag) + hlen);
+		frag->transport_header = (frag->network_header + hlen +
+					  sizeof(struct frag_hdr));
+
+		/*
+		 *	Charge the memory for the fragment to any owner
+		 *	it might possess
+		 */
+		if (skb->sk)
+			skb_set_owner_w(frag, skb->sk);
+
+		/*
+		 *	Copy the packet header into the new buffer.
+		 */
+		skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, skb_network_header(frag), hlen);
+
+		/*
+		 *	Build fragment header.
+		 */
+		fh->nexthdr = nexthdr;
+		fh->reserved = 0;
+		fh->identification = frag_id;
+
+		/*
+		 *	Copy a block of the IP datagram.
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(skb_copy_bits(skb, ptr, skb_transport_header(frag),
+				     len));
+		left -= len;
+
+		fh->frag_off = htons(offset);
+		if (left > 0)
+			fh->frag_off |= htons(IP6_MF);
+		ipv6_hdr(frag)->payload_len = htons(frag->len -
+						    sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+
+		ptr += len;
+		offset += len;
+
+		/*
+		 *	Put this fragment into the sending queue.
+		 */
+		err = output(frag);
+		if (err)
+			goto fail;
+
+		IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
+			      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGCREATES);
+	}
+	IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
+		      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGOKS);
+	consume_skb(skb);
+	return err;
+
+fail_toobig:
+	if (skb->sk && dst_allfrag(skb_dst(skb)))
+		sk_nocaps_add(skb->sk, NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
+
+	skb->dev = skb_dst(skb)->dev;
+	icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu);
+	err = -EMSGSIZE;
+
+fail:
+	IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
+		      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int __init ip6_output_init(void)
+{
+	ip_idents = kmalloc(IP_IDENTS_SZ * sizeof(*ip_idents), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ip_idents) {
+		pr_warn("IP: failed to allocate ip_idents\n");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	prandom_bytes(ip_idents, IP_IDENTS_SZ * sizeof(*ip_idents));
+
+	ip_tstamps = kcalloc(IP_IDENTS_SZ, sizeof(*ip_tstamps), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ip_tstamps) {
+		pr_warn("IP: failed to allocate ip_tstamps\n");
+		goto error_ip_idents_free;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+error_ip_idents_free:
+	kfree(ip_idents);
+error:
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+void ip6_output_exit(void)
+{
+	kfree(ip_tstamps);
+	kfree(ip_idents);
+}
+
+#endif /* OVS_FRAGMENT_BACKPORT */
