diff --git a/datapath/actions.c b/datapath/actions.c
index 56b01360139..8abe70aa510 100644
--- a/datapath/actions.c
+++ b/datapath/actions.c
@@ -1068,6 +1068,28 @@ static int sample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     clone_flow_key);
 }
 
+/* When 'last' is true, clone() should always consume the 'skb'.
+ * Otherwise, clone() should keep 'skb' intact regardless what
+ * actions are executed within clone().
+ */
+static int clone(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		 struct sw_flow_key *key, const struct nlattr *attr,
+		 bool last)
+{
+	struct nlattr *actions;
+	struct nlattr *clone_arg;
+	int rem = nla_len(attr);
+	bool dont_clone_flow_key;
+
+	/* The first action is always 'OVS_CLONE_ATTR_ARG'. */
+	clone_arg = nla_data(attr);
+	dont_clone_flow_key = nla_get_u32(clone_arg);
+	actions = nla_next(clone_arg, &rem);
+
+	return clone_execute(dp, skb, key, 0, actions, rem, last,
+			     !dont_clone_flow_key);
+}
+
 static void execute_hash(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 			 const struct nlattr *attr)
 {
@@ -1347,6 +1369,16 @@ static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				consume_skb(skb);
 				return 0;
 			}
+                       break;
+
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE: {
+			bool last = nla_is_last(a, rem);
+
+			err = clone(dp, skb, key, a, last);
+			if (last)
+				return err;
+			break;
+		}
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
diff --git a/datapath/flow_netlink.c b/datapath/flow_netlink.c
index 19341bc5ef5..07a602652be 100644
--- a/datapath/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/datapath/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2465,6 +2465,40 @@ static int validate_and_copy_sample(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int validate_and_copy_clone(struct net *net,
+				   const struct nlattr *attr,
+				   const struct sw_flow_key *key,
+				   struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
+				   __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
+				   bool log, bool last)
+{
+	int start, err;
+	u32 exec;
+
+	if (nla_len(attr) && nla_len(attr) < NLA_HDRLEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	start = add_nested_action_start(sfa, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE, log);
+	if (start < 0)
+		return start;
+
+	exec = last || !actions_may_change_flow(attr);
+
+	err = ovs_nla_add_action(sfa, OVS_CLONE_ATTR_EXEC, &exec,
+				 sizeof(exec), log);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, attr, key, sfa,
+				     eth_type, vlan_tci, log);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	add_nested_action_end(*sfa, start);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void ovs_match_init(struct sw_flow_match *match,
 		    struct sw_flow_key *key,
 		    bool reset_key,
@@ -2857,6 +2891,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH] = (u32)-1,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_NSH] = 0,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_METER] = sizeof(u32),
+			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE] = (u32)-1,
 		};
 		const struct ovs_action_push_vlan *vlan;
 		int type = nla_type(a);
@@ -3046,6 +3081,18 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			/* Non-existent meters are simply ignored.  */
 			break;
 
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE: {
+			bool last = nla_is_last(a, rem);
+
+			err = validate_and_copy_clone(net, a, key, sfa,
+						      eth_type, vlan_tci,
+						      log, last);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			skip_copy = true;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		default:
 			OVS_NLERR(log, "Unknown Action type %d", type);
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -3124,6 +3171,26 @@ static int sample_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int clone_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
+                               struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct nlattr *start;
+	int err = 0, rem = nla_len(attr);
+
+	start = nla_nest_start(skb, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE);
+	if (!start)
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+	err = ovs_nla_put_actions(nla_data(attr), rem, skb);
+
+	if (err)
+		nla_nest_cancel(skb, start);
+	else
+		nla_nest_end(skb, start);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int set_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *a, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct nlattr *ovs_key = nla_data(a);
@@ -3212,6 +3279,12 @@ int ovs_nla_put_actions(const struct nlattr *attr, int len, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				return err;
 			break;
 
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE:
+			err = clone_action_to_attr(a, skb);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			if (nla_put(skb, type, nla_len(a), nla_data(a)))
 				return -EMSGSIZE;
diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h b/datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h
index aaeb0341ab5..9b087f1b062 100644
--- a/datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ enum ovs_nat_attr {
  * tunnel header.
  * @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_METER: Run packet through a meter, which may drop the
  * packet, or modify the packet (e.g., change the DSCP field).
+ * @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE: make a copy of the packet and execute a list of
+ * actions without affecting the original packet and key.
  */
 
 enum ovs_action_attr {
@@ -934,12 +936,12 @@ enum ovs_action_attr {
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT_CLEAR,     /* No argument. */
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_NSH,     /* Nested OVS_NSH_KEY_ATTR_*. */
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_NSH,      /* No argument. */
-	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_METER,         /* u32 meter number. */
+	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_METER,        /* u32 meter number. */
+	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE,        /* Nested OVS_CLONE_ATTR_*.  */
 
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TUNNEL_PUSH,   /* struct ovs_action_push_tnl*/
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TUNNEL_POP,    /* u32 port number. */
-	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE,         /* Nested OVS_CLONE_ATTR_*.  */
 #endif
 	__OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX,	      /* Nothing past this will be accepted
 				       * from userspace. */
@@ -1032,4 +1034,9 @@ struct ovs_zone_limit {
 	__u32 count;
 };
 
+#define OVS_CLONE_ATTR_EXEC      0   /* Specify an u32 value. When nonzero,
+				      * actions in clone will not change flow
+				      * keys. False otherwise.
+				      */
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_OPENVSWITCH_H */