diff --git a/src/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/src/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 2beb30be2c..8e0eb832bc 100644
--- a/src/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/src/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -1784,10 +1784,12 @@ enum nft_synproxy_attributes {
  * enum nft_device_attributes - nf_tables device netlink attributes
  *
  * @NFTA_DEVICE_NAME: name of this device (NLA_STRING)
+ * @NFTA_DEVICE_PREFIX: device name prefix, a simple wildcard (NLA_STRING)
  */
 enum nft_devices_attributes {
 	NFTA_DEVICE_UNSPEC,
 	NFTA_DEVICE_NAME,
+	NFTA_DEVICE_PREFIX,
 	__NFTA_DEVICE_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_DEVICE_MAX		(__NFTA_DEVICE_MAX - 1)