diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index 58473c05319f..2263f885d18f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ Kernel to userspace:
   ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_NTF``         link modes notification
   ``ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKSTATE_GET_REPLY``   link state info
   ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_GET_REPLY``       debugging settings
+  ``ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF``             debugging settings notification
   ===================================== ================================
 
 ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
index 8f0b6fd277d5..67a06b94bf28 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_NTF,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKSTATE_GET_REPLY,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_GET_REPLY,
+	ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF,
 
 	/* add new constants above here */
 	__ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/debug.c b/net/ethtool/debug.c
index 6fc3ef8113c0..aaef4843e6ba 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/debug.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/debug.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ int ethnl_set_debug(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		goto out_ops;
 
 	dev->ethtool_ops->set_msglevel(dev, msg_mask);
+	ethtool_notify(dev, ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF, NULL);
 
 out_ops:
 	ethnl_ops_complete(dev);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index 182bffbffa78..46e0b31782fc 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -2545,6 +2545,8 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
 	case ETHTOOL_SMSGLVL:
 		rc = ethtool_set_value_void(dev, useraddr,
 				       dev->ethtool_ops->set_msglevel);
+		if (!rc)
+			ethtool_notify(dev, ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF, NULL);
 		break;
 	case ETHTOOL_GEEE:
 		rc = ethtool_get_eee(dev, useraddr);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index bcdc42e0bd14..9a0a6c2f8dbb 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ static const struct ethnl_request_ops *
 ethnl_default_notify_ops[ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_MAX + 1] = {
 	[ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_NTF]	= &ethnl_linkinfo_request_ops,
 	[ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_NTF]	= &ethnl_linkmodes_request_ops,
+	[ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF]		= &ethnl_debug_request_ops,
 };
 
 /* default notification handler */
@@ -607,6 +608,7 @@ typedef void (*ethnl_notify_handler_t)(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
 static const ethnl_notify_handler_t ethnl_notify_handlers[] = {
 	[ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_NTF]	= ethnl_default_notify,
 	[ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_NTF]	= ethnl_default_notify,
+	[ETHTOOL_MSG_DEBUG_NTF]		= ethnl_default_notify,
 };
 
 void ethtool_notify(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd, const void *data)