diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
index e94870e77ee9..efc82c318fa2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@ struct check_pkt_len_arg {
  * start of the packet or at the start of the l3 header depending on the value
  * of l3 tunnel flag in the tun_flags field of OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS
  * argument.
+ * @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP: Explicit drop action.
  *
  * Only a single header can be set with a single %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET.  Not all
  * fields within a header are modifiable, e.g. the IPv4 protocol and fragment
@@ -1002,6 +1003,7 @@ enum ovs_action_attr {
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CHECK_PKT_LEN, /* Nested OVS_CHECK_PKT_LEN_ATTR_*. */
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS,     /* struct ovs_action_add_mpls. */
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL,      /* Nested OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_*. */
+	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP,         /* u32 error code. */
 
 	__OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX,	      /* Nothing past this will be accepted
 				       * from userspace. */
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index bb7aa181da30..e188f32ea96f 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -1485,6 +1485,15 @@ static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				return dec_ttl_exception_handler(dp, skb,
 								 key, a);
 			break;
+
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP: {
+			enum ovs_drop_reason reason = nla_get_u32(a)
+				? OVS_DROP_EXPLICIT_WITH_ERROR
+				: OVS_DROP_EXPLICIT;
+
+			ovs_kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
+			return 0;
+		}
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/drop.h b/net/openvswitch/drop.h
index b87613ced713..22e66d28c0ca 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/drop.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/drop.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #define OVS_DROP_REASONS(R)			\
 	R(OVS_DROP_LAST_ACTION)		        \
 	R(OVS_DROP_ACTION_ERROR)		\
+	R(OVS_DROP_EXPLICIT)			\
+	R(OVS_DROP_EXPLICIT_WITH_ERROR)		\
 	/* deliberate comment for trailing \ */
 
 enum ovs_drop_reason {
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 41116361433d..88965e2068ac 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <net/tun_proto.h>
 #include <net/erspan.h>
 
+#include "drop.h"
 #include "flow_netlink.h"
 
 struct ovs_len_tbl {
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ static bool actions_may_change_flow(const struct nlattr *actions)
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_RECIRC:
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC:
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE:
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP:
 			break;
 
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT:
@@ -2394,7 +2396,7 @@ static void ovs_nla_free_nested_actions(const struct nlattr *actions, int len)
 	/* Whenever new actions are added, the need to update this
 	 * function should be considered.
 	 */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX != 23);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX != 24);
 
 	if (!actions)
 		return;
@@ -3182,6 +3184,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CHECK_PKT_LEN] = (u32)-1,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS] = sizeof(struct ovs_action_add_mpls),
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL] = (u32)-1,
+			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP] = sizeof(u32),
 		};
 		const struct ovs_action_push_vlan *vlan;
 		int type = nla_type(a);
@@ -3453,6 +3456,11 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			skip_copy = true;
 			break;
 
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP:
+			if (!nla_is_last(a, rem))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			OVS_NLERR(log, "Unknown Action type %d", type);
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
index fbdac15e3134..912dc8c49085 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CHECK_PKT_LEN", "none"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS", "none"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL", "none"),
+        ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP", "uint32"),
     )
 
     class ctact(nla):
@@ -447,6 +448,8 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
                     print_str += "recirc(0x%x)" % int(self.get_attr(field[0]))
                 elif field[0] == "OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC":
                     print_str += "trunc(%d)" % int(self.get_attr(field[0]))
+                elif field[0] == "OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP":
+                    print_str += "drop(%d)" % int(self.get_attr(field[0]))
             elif field[1] == "flag":
                 if field[0] == "OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT_CLEAR":
                     print_str += "ct_clear"
@@ -468,10 +471,21 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
         while len(actstr) != 0:
             parsed = False
             if actstr.startswith("drop"):
-                # for now, drops have no explicit action, so we
-                # don't need to set any attributes.  The final
-                # act of the processing chain will just drop the packet
-                return
+                # If no reason is provided, the implicit drop is used (i.e no
+                # action). If some reason is given, an explicit action is used.
+                actstr, reason = parse_extract_field(
+                    actstr,
+                    "drop(",
+                    "([0-9]+)",
+                    lambda x: int(x, 0),
+                    False,
+                    None,
+                )
+                if reason is not None:
+                    self["attrs"].append(["OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP", reason])
+                    parsed = True
+                else:
+                    return
 
             elif parse_starts_block(actstr, "^(\d+)", False, True):
                 actstr, output = parse_extract_field(