diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/seg6_iptunnel.h b/include/uapi/linux/seg6_iptunnel.h
index eb815e0d0ac3..538152a7b2c3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/seg6_iptunnel.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/seg6_iptunnel.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum {
 	SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_INLINE,
 	SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP,
 	SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_L2ENCAP,
+	SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP_RED,
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index d64855010948..4942073650d3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static size_t seg6_lwt_headroom(struct seg6_iptunnel_encap *tuninfo)
 	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_INLINE:
 		break;
 	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP:
+	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP_RED:
 		head = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
 		break;
 	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_L2ENCAP:
@@ -195,6 +196,122 @@ int seg6_do_srh_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ipv6_sr_hdr *osrh, int proto)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(seg6_do_srh_encap);
 
+/* encapsulate an IPv6 packet within an outer IPv6 header with reduced SRH */
+static int seg6_do_srh_encap_red(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				 struct ipv6_sr_hdr *osrh, int proto)
+{
+	__u8 first_seg = osrh->first_segment;
+	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
+	struct net *net = dev_net(dst->dev);
+	struct ipv6hdr *hdr, *inner_hdr;
+	int hdrlen = ipv6_optlen(osrh);
+	int red_tlv_offset, tlv_offset;
+	struct ipv6_sr_hdr *isrh;
+	bool skip_srh = false;
+	__be32 flowlabel;
+	int tot_len, err;
+	int red_hdrlen;
+	int tlvs_len;
+
+	if (first_seg > 0) {
+		red_hdrlen = hdrlen - sizeof(struct in6_addr);
+	} else {
+		/* NOTE: if tag/flags and/or other TLVs are introduced in the
+		 * seg6_iptunnel infrastructure, they should be considered when
+		 * deciding to skip the SRH.
+		 */
+		skip_srh = !sr_has_hmac(osrh);
+
+		red_hdrlen = skip_srh ? 0 : hdrlen;
+	}
+
+	tot_len = red_hdrlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
+
+	err = skb_cow_head(skb, tot_len + skb->mac_len);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		return err;
+
+	inner_hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+	flowlabel = seg6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, inner_hdr);
+
+	skb_push(skb, tot_len);
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+	skb_mac_header_rebuild(skb);
+	hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+
+	/* based on seg6_do_srh_encap() */
+	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+		ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, ip6_tclass(ip6_flowinfo(inner_hdr)),
+			     flowlabel);
+		hdr->hop_limit = inner_hdr->hop_limit;
+	} else {
+		ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, 0, flowlabel);
+		hdr->hop_limit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(skb_dst(skb));
+
+		memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb)));
+		IP6CB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif;
+	}
+
+	/* no matter if we have to skip the SRH or not, the first segment
+	 * always comes in the pushed IPv6 header.
+	 */
+	hdr->daddr = osrh->segments[first_seg];
+
+	if (skip_srh) {
+		hdr->nexthdr = proto;
+
+		set_tun_src(net, dst->dev, &hdr->daddr, &hdr->saddr);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* we cannot skip the SRH, slow path */
+
+	hdr->nexthdr = NEXTHDR_ROUTING;
+	isrh = (void *)hdr + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
+
+	if (unlikely(!first_seg)) {
+		/* this is a very rare case; we have only one SID but
+		 * we cannot skip the SRH since we are carrying some
+		 * other info.
+		 */
+		memcpy(isrh, osrh, hdrlen);
+		goto srcaddr;
+	}
+
+	tlv_offset = sizeof(*osrh) + (first_seg + 1) * sizeof(struct in6_addr);
+	red_tlv_offset = tlv_offset - sizeof(struct in6_addr);
+
+	memcpy(isrh, osrh, red_tlv_offset);
+
+	tlvs_len = hdrlen - tlv_offset;
+	if (unlikely(tlvs_len > 0)) {
+		const void *s = (const void *)osrh + tlv_offset;
+		void *d = (void *)isrh + red_tlv_offset;
+
+		memcpy(d, s, tlvs_len);
+	}
+
+	--isrh->first_segment;
+	isrh->hdrlen -= 2;
+
+srcaddr:
+	isrh->nexthdr = proto;
+	set_tun_src(net, dst->dev, &hdr->daddr, &hdr->saddr);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC
+	if (unlikely(!skip_srh && sr_has_hmac(isrh))) {
+		err = seg6_push_hmac(net, &hdr->saddr, isrh);
+		if (unlikely(err))
+			return err;
+	}
+#endif
+
+out:
+	skb_postpush_rcsum(skb, hdr, tot_len);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* insert an SRH within an IPv6 packet, just after the IPv6 header */
 int seg6_do_srh_inline(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ipv6_sr_hdr *osrh)
 {
@@ -265,6 +382,7 @@ static int seg6_do_srh(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return err;
 		break;
 	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP:
+	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP_RED:
 		err = iptunnel_handle_offloads(skb, SKB_GSO_IPXIP6);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
@@ -276,7 +394,11 @@ static int seg6_do_srh(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		else
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		err = seg6_do_srh_encap(skb, tinfo->srh, proto);
+		if (tinfo->mode == SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP)
+			err = seg6_do_srh_encap(skb, tinfo->srh, proto);
+		else
+			err = seg6_do_srh_encap_red(skb, tinfo->srh, proto);
+
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
@@ -514,6 +636,8 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 		break;
 	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_L2ENCAP:
 		break;
+	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_ENCAP_RED:
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
