diff --git a/handle_unspecified.go b/handle_unspecified.go
index 0ee112ea..d0966680 100644
--- a/handle_unspecified.go
+++ b/handle_unspecified.go
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ func (h *Handle) LinkSetVfVlanQos(link Link, vf, vlan, qos int) error {
 	return ErrNotImplemented
 }
 
+func (h *Handle) LinkSetVfVlanQosProto(link Link, vf, vlan, qos, proto int) error {
+	return ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
 func (h *Handle) LinkSetVfTxRate(link Link, vf, rate int) error {
 	return ErrNotImplemented
 }
diff --git a/link_linux.go b/link_linux.go
index 9ecb7cfa..e09e1683 100644
--- a/link_linux.go
+++ b/link_linux.go
@@ -612,6 +612,43 @@ func (h *Handle) LinkSetVfVlanQos(link Link, vf, vlan, qos int) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// LinkSetVfVlanQosProto sets the vlan, qos and protocol of a vf for the link.
+// Equivalent to: `ip link set $link vf $vf vlan $vlan qos $qos proto $proto`
+func LinkSetVfVlanQosProto(link Link, vf, vlan, qos, proto int) error {
+	return pkgHandle.LinkSetVfVlanQosProto(link, vf, vlan, qos, proto)
+}
+
+// LinkSetVfVlanQosProto sets the vlan, qos and protocol of a vf for the link.
+// Equivalent to: `ip link set $link vf $vf vlan $vlan qos $qos proto $proto`
+func (h *Handle) LinkSetVfVlanQosProto(link Link, vf, vlan, qos, proto int) error {
+	base := link.Attrs()
+	h.ensureIndex(base)
+	req := h.newNetlinkRequest(unix.RTM_SETLINK, unix.NLM_F_ACK)
+
+	msg := nl.NewIfInfomsg(unix.AF_UNSPEC)
+	msg.Index = int32(base.Index)
+	req.AddData(msg)
+
+	data := nl.NewRtAttr(unix.IFLA_VFINFO_LIST, nil)
+	vfInfo := data.AddRtAttr(nl.IFLA_VF_INFO, nil)
+	vfVlanList := vfInfo.AddRtAttr(nl.IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST, nil)
+
+	vfmsg := nl.VfVlanInfo{
+		VfVlan: nl.VfVlan{
+			Vf:   uint32(vf),
+			Vlan: uint32(vlan),
+			Qos:  uint32(qos),
+		},
+		VlanProto: (uint16(proto)>>8)&0xFF | (uint16(proto)&0xFF)<<8,
+	}
+
+	vfVlanList.AddRtAttr(nl.IFLA_VF_VLAN_INFO, vfmsg.Serialize())
+	req.AddData(data)
+
+	_, err := req.Execute(unix.NETLINK_ROUTE, 0)
+	return err
+}
+
 // LinkSetVfTxRate sets the tx rate of a vf for the link.
 // Equivalent to: `ip link set $link vf $vf rate $rate`
 func LinkSetVfTxRate(link Link, vf, rate int) error {
diff --git a/netlink_unspecified.go b/netlink_unspecified.go
index 8e0ca000..adac048f 100644
--- a/netlink_unspecified.go
+++ b/netlink_unspecified.go
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ func LinkSetVfVlanQos(link Link, vf, vlan, qos int) error {
 	return ErrNotImplemented
 }
 
+func LinkSetVfVlanQosProto(link Link, vf, vlan, qos, proto int) error {
+	return ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
 func LinkSetVfTxRate(link Link, vf, rate int) error {
 	return ErrNotImplemented
 }
diff --git a/nl/link_linux.go b/nl/link_linux.go
index f4fe17b2..b3de0b2b 100644
--- a/nl/link_linux.go
+++ b/nl/link_linux.go
@@ -362,17 +362,21 @@ func DeserializeVfVlanList(b []byte) ([]*VfVlanInfo, error) {
 // };
 
 type VfVlanInfo struct {
-	*VfVlan
+	VfVlan
 	VlanProto uint16
 }
 
 func DeserializeVfVlanInfo(b []byte) *VfVlanInfo {
 	return &VfVlanInfo{
-		(*VfVlan)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0:SizeofVfVlan][0])),
+		*(*VfVlan)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0:SizeofVfVlan][0])),
 		binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[SizeofVfVlan:SizeofVfVlanInfo]),
 	}
 }
 
+func (msg *VfVlanInfo) Serialize() []byte {
+	return (*(*[SizeofVfVlanInfo]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(msg)))[:]
+}
+
 // struct ifla_vf_tx_rate {
 //   __u32 vf;
 //   __u32 rate; /* Max TX bandwidth in Mbps, 0 disables throttling */