diff --git a/net/6lowpan/Kconfig b/net/6lowpan/Kconfig
index e4a02ef55102..e45c96321845 100644
--- a/net/6lowpan/Kconfig
+++ b/net/6lowpan/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
-config 6LOWPAN
+menuconfig 6LOWPAN
 	tristate "6LoWPAN Support"
 	depends on IPV6
 	---help---
 	  This enables IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Network -
 	  "6LoWPAN" which is supported by IEEE 802.15.4 or Bluetooth stacks.
+
+menuconfig 6LOWPAN_NHC
+	tristate "Next Header Compression Support"
+	depends on 6LOWPAN
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Support for next header compression.
+
+if 6LOWPAN_NHC
+
+config 6LOWPAN_NHC_UDP
+	tristate "UDP Header Support"
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  6LoWPAN IPv6 UDP Header compression according to RFC6282.
+
+endif
diff --git a/net/6lowpan/Makefile b/net/6lowpan/Makefile
index 4215602a25bd..abf551d31881 100644
--- a/net/6lowpan/Makefile
+++ b/net/6lowpan/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_6LOWPAN) := 6lowpan.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_6LOWPAN) += 6lowpan.o
 
 6lowpan-y := iphc.o nhc.o
+
+#rfc6282 nhcs
+obj-$(CONFIG_6LOWPAN_NHC_UDP) += nhc_udp.o
diff --git a/net/6lowpan/iphc.c b/net/6lowpan/iphc.c
index 32ffec6ef164..390bdd9677df 100644
--- a/net/6lowpan/iphc.c
+++ b/net/6lowpan/iphc.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/af_ieee802154.h>
 
+#include "nhc.h"
+
 /* Uncompress address function for source and
  * destination address(non-multicast).
  *
@@ -224,77 +226,6 @@ static int lowpan_uncompress_multicast_daddr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int uncompress_udp_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct udphdr *uh)
-{
-	bool fail;
-	u8 tmp = 0, val = 0;
-
-	fail = lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-
-	if ((tmp & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_MASK) == LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_ID) {
-		pr_debug("UDP header uncompression\n");
-		switch (tmp & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_11) {
-		case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_00:
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh->source,
-						 sizeof(uh->source));
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh->dest,
-						 sizeof(uh->dest));
-			break;
-		case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_01:
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh->source,
-						 sizeof(uh->source));
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &val, sizeof(val));
-			uh->dest = htons(val + LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT);
-			break;
-		case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_10:
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &val, sizeof(val));
-			uh->source = htons(val + LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT);
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh->dest,
-						 sizeof(uh->dest));
-			break;
-		case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_11:
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &val, sizeof(val));
-			uh->source = htons(LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT +
-					   (val >> 4));
-			uh->dest = htons(LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT +
-					 (val & 0x0f));
-			break;
-		default:
-			pr_debug("ERROR: unknown UDP format\n");
-			goto err;
-		}
-
-		pr_debug("uncompressed UDP ports: src = %d, dst = %d\n",
-			 ntohs(uh->source), ntohs(uh->dest));
-
-		/* checksum */
-		if (tmp & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_C) {
-			pr_debug_ratelimited("checksum elided currently not supported\n");
-			goto err;
-		} else {
-			fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh->check,
-						 sizeof(uh->check));
-		}
-
-		/* UDP length needs to be infered from the lower layers
-		 * here, we obtain the hint from the remaining size of the
-		 * frame
-		 */
-		uh->len = htons(skb->len + sizeof(struct udphdr));
-		pr_debug("uncompressed UDP length: src = %d", ntohs(uh->len));
-	} else {
-		pr_debug("ERROR: unsupported NH format\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (fail)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-err:
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
 /* TTL uncompression values */
 static const u8 lowpan_ttl_values[] = { 0, 1, 64, 255 };
 
@@ -425,29 +356,11 @@ lowpan_header_decompress(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* UDP data uncompression */
+	/* Next header data uncompression */
 	if (iphc0 & LOWPAN_IPHC_NH_C) {
-		struct udphdr uh;
-		const int needed = sizeof(struct udphdr) + sizeof(hdr);
-
-		if (uncompress_udp_header(skb, &uh))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		/* replace the compressed UDP head by the uncompressed UDP
-		 * header
-		 */
-		err = skb_cow(skb, needed);
-		if (unlikely(err))
+		err = lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression(skb, dev, &hdr);
+		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
-
-		skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
-		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
-		skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, &uh, sizeof(struct udphdr));
-
-		raw_dump_table(__func__, "raw UDP header dump",
-			       (u8 *)&uh, sizeof(uh));
-
-		hdr.nexthdr = UIP_PROTO_UDP;
 	} else {
 		err = skb_cow(skb, sizeof(hdr));
 		if (unlikely(err))
@@ -500,71 +413,6 @@ static u8 lowpan_compress_addr_64(u8 **hc_ptr, u8 shift,
 	return rol8(val, shift);
 }
 
-static void compress_udp_header(u8 **hc_ptr, struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct udphdr *uh;
-	u8 tmp;
-
-	/* In the case of RAW sockets the transport header is not set by
-	 * the ip6 stack so we must set it ourselves
-	 */
-	if (skb->transport_header == skb->network_header)
-		skb_set_transport_header(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
-
-	uh = udp_hdr(skb);
-
-	if (((ntohs(uh->source) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_MASK) ==
-	     LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT) &&
-	    ((ntohs(uh->dest) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_MASK) ==
-	     LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT)) {
-		pr_debug("UDP header: both ports compression to 4 bits\n");
-		/* compression value */
-		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_11;
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-		/* source and destination port */
-		tmp = ntohs(uh->dest) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT +
-		      ((ntohs(uh->source) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT) << 4);
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-	} else if ((ntohs(uh->dest) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_MASK) ==
-			LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT) {
-		pr_debug("UDP header: remove 8 bits of dest\n");
-		/* compression value */
-		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_01;
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-		/* source port */
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->source, sizeof(uh->source));
-		/* destination port */
-		tmp = ntohs(uh->dest) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT;
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-	} else if ((ntohs(uh->source) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_MASK) ==
-			LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT) {
-		pr_debug("UDP header: remove 8 bits of source\n");
-		/* compression value */
-		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_10;
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-		/* source port */
-		tmp = ntohs(uh->source) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT;
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-		/* destination port */
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->dest, sizeof(uh->dest));
-	} else {
-		pr_debug("UDP header: can't compress\n");
-		/* compression value */
-		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_00;
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
-		/* source port */
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->source, sizeof(uh->source));
-		/* destination port */
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->dest, sizeof(uh->dest));
-	}
-
-	/* checksum is always inline */
-	lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->check, sizeof(uh->check));
-
-	/* skip the UDP header */
-	skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
-}
-
 int lowpan_header_compress(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			   unsigned short type, const void *_daddr,
 			   const void *_saddr, unsigned int len)
@@ -572,7 +420,7 @@ int lowpan_header_compress(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	u8 tmp, iphc0, iphc1, *hc_ptr;
 	struct ipv6hdr *hdr;
 	u8 head[100] = {};
-	int addr_type;
+	int ret, addr_type;
 
 	if (type != ETH_P_IPV6)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -649,13 +497,12 @@ int lowpan_header_compress(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	/* NOTE: payload length is always compressed */
 
-	/* Next Header is compress if UDP */
-	if (hdr->nexthdr == UIP_PROTO_UDP)
-		iphc0 |= LOWPAN_IPHC_NH_C;
-
-	if ((iphc0 & LOWPAN_IPHC_NH_C) == 0)
-		lowpan_push_hc_data(&hc_ptr, &hdr->nexthdr,
-				    sizeof(hdr->nexthdr));
+	/* Check if we provide the nhc format for nexthdr and compression
+	 * functionality. If not nexthdr is handled inline and not compressed.
+	 */
+	ret = lowpan_nhc_check_compression(skb, hdr, &hc_ptr, &iphc0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Hop limit
 	 * if 1:   compress, encoding is 01
@@ -741,9 +588,12 @@ int lowpan_header_compress(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* UDP header compression */
-	if (hdr->nexthdr == UIP_PROTO_UDP)
-		compress_udp_header(&hc_ptr, skb);
+	/* next header compression */
+	if (iphc0 & LOWPAN_IPHC_NH_C) {
+		ret = lowpan_nhc_do_compression(skb, hdr, &hc_ptr);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	head[0] = iphc0;
 	head[1] = iphc1;
@@ -761,4 +611,12 @@ int lowpan_header_compress(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lowpan_header_compress);
 
+static int __init lowpan_module_init(void)
+{
+	request_module_nowait("nhc_udp");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(lowpan_module_init);
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/net/6lowpan/nhc_udp.c b/net/6lowpan/nhc_udp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6bcaeb428ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/6lowpan/nhc_udp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/*
+ *	6LoWPAN IPv6 UDP compression according to RFC6282
+ *
+ *
+ *	Authors:
+ *	Alexander Aring	<aar@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ *	Orignal written by:
+ *	Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com>
+ *	Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include "nhc.h"
+
+#define LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_IDLEN	1
+
+static int udp_uncompress(struct sk_buff *skb, size_t needed)
+{
+	u8 tmp = 0, val = 0;
+	struct udphdr uh;
+	bool fail;
+	int err;
+
+	fail = lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+
+	pr_debug("UDP header uncompression\n");
+	switch (tmp & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_11) {
+	case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_00:
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh.source, sizeof(uh.source));
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh.dest, sizeof(uh.dest));
+		break;
+	case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_01:
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh.source, sizeof(uh.source));
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &val, sizeof(val));
+		uh.dest = htons(val + LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT);
+		break;
+	case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_10:
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &val, sizeof(val));
+		uh.source = htons(val + LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT);
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh.dest, sizeof(uh.dest));
+		break;
+	case LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_11:
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &val, sizeof(val));
+		uh.source = htons(LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT + (val >> 4));
+		uh.dest = htons(LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT + (val & 0x0f));
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("uncompressed UDP ports: src = %d, dst = %d\n",
+		 ntohs(uh.source), ntohs(uh.dest));
+
+	/* checksum */
+	if (tmp & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_C) {
+		pr_debug_ratelimited("checksum elided currently not supported\n");
+		fail = true;
+	} else {
+		fail |= lowpan_fetch_skb(skb, &uh.check, sizeof(uh.check));
+	}
+
+	if (fail)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* UDP length needs to be infered from the lower layers
+	 * here, we obtain the hint from the remaining size of the
+	 * frame
+	 */
+	uh.len = htons(skb->len + sizeof(struct udphdr));
+	pr_debug("uncompressed UDP length: src = %d", ntohs(uh.len));
+
+	/* replace the compressed UDP head by the uncompressed UDP
+	 * header
+	 */
+	err = skb_cow(skb, needed);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		return err;
+
+	skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
+	skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, &uh, sizeof(struct udphdr));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int udp_compress(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 **hc_ptr)
+{
+	const struct udphdr *uh = udp_hdr(skb);
+	u8 tmp;
+
+	if (((ntohs(uh->source) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_MASK) ==
+	     LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT) &&
+	    ((ntohs(uh->dest) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_MASK) ==
+	     LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT)) {
+		pr_debug("UDP header: both ports compression to 4 bits\n");
+		/* compression value */
+		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_11;
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+		/* source and destination port */
+		tmp = ntohs(uh->dest) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT +
+		      ((ntohs(uh->source) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_4BIT_PORT) << 4);
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+	} else if ((ntohs(uh->dest) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_MASK) ==
+			LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT) {
+		pr_debug("UDP header: remove 8 bits of dest\n");
+		/* compression value */
+		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_01;
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+		/* source port */
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->source, sizeof(uh->source));
+		/* destination port */
+		tmp = ntohs(uh->dest) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT;
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+	} else if ((ntohs(uh->source) & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_MASK) ==
+			LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT) {
+		pr_debug("UDP header: remove 8 bits of source\n");
+		/* compression value */
+		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_10;
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+		/* source port */
+		tmp = ntohs(uh->source) - LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_8BIT_PORT;
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+		/* destination port */
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->dest, sizeof(uh->dest));
+	} else {
+		pr_debug("UDP header: can't compress\n");
+		/* compression value */
+		tmp = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_P_00;
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+		/* source port */
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->source, sizeof(uh->source));
+		/* destination port */
+		lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->dest, sizeof(uh->dest));
+	}
+
+	/* checksum is always inline */
+	lowpan_push_hc_data(hc_ptr, &uh->check, sizeof(uh->check));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void udp_nhid_setup(struct lowpan_nhc *nhc)
+{
+	nhc->id[0] = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_ID;
+	nhc->idmask[0] = LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_MASK;
+}
+
+LOWPAN_NHC(nhc_udp, "RFC6282 UDP", NEXTHDR_UDP, sizeof(struct udphdr),
+	   udp_nhid_setup, LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_IDLEN, udp_uncompress, udp_compress);
+
+module_lowpan_nhc(nhc_udp);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("6LoWPAN next header RFC6282 UDP compression");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");