diff --git a/include/netlink/route/link/bridge.h b/include/netlink/route/link/bridge.h
index 71dcc24..74d0e62 100644
--- a/include/netlink/route/link/bridge.h
+++ b/include/netlink/route/link/bridge.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_unset_flags(struct rtnl_link *, unsigned int);
 extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_set_flags(struct rtnl_link *, unsigned int);
 extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_get_flags(struct rtnl_link *);
 
+extern char * rtnl_link_bridge_flags2str(int, char *, size_t);
+extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_str2flags(const char *);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/route/link/bridge.c b/lib/route/link/bridge.c
index eb02b22..fcf3272 100644
--- a/lib/route/link/bridge.c
+++ b/lib/route/link/bridge.c
@@ -451,6 +451,30 @@ int rtnl_link_bridge_get_flags(struct rtnl_link *link)
 	return bd->b_flags;
 }
 
+static const struct trans_tbl bridge_flags[] = {
+	__ADD(RTNL_BRIDGE_HAIRPIN_MODE, hairpin_mode)
+	__ADD(RTNL_BRIDGE_BPDU_GUARD, 	bpdu_guard)
+	__ADD(RTNL_BRIDGE_ROOT_BLOCK,	root_block)
+	__ADD(RTNL_BRIDGE_FAST_LEAVE,	fast_leave)
+};
+
+/**
+ * @name Flag Translation
+ * @{
+ */
+
+char *rtnl_link_bridge_flags2str(int flags, char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	return __flags2str(flags, buf, len, bridge_flags, ARRAY_SIZE(bridge_flags));
+}
+
+int rtnl_link_bridge_str2flags(const char *name)
+{
+	return __str2flags(name, bridge_flags, ARRAY_SIZE(bridge_flags));
+}
+
+/** @} */
+
 static struct rtnl_link_af_ops bridge_ops = {
 	.ao_family			= AF_BRIDGE,
 	.ao_alloc			= &bridge_alloc,
diff --git a/python/netlink/route/capi.i b/python/netlink/route/capi.i
index d4c4b6a..2d72bd7 100644
--- a/python/netlink/route/capi.i
+++ b/python/netlink/route/capi.i
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ extern int rtnl_link_vxlan_disable_l3miss(struct rtnl_link *);
 
 /* <netlink/route/link/bridge.h> */
 
+enum rtnl_link_bridge_flags {
+	RTNL_BRIDGE_HAIRPIN_MODE	= 0x0001,
+	RTNL_BRIDGE_BPDU_GUARD		= 0x0002,
+	RTNL_BRIDGE_ROOT_BLOCK		= 0x0004,
+	RTNL_BRIDGE_FAST_LEAVE		= 0x0008,
+};
+
 extern int	rtnl_link_is_bridge(struct rtnl_link *);
 extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_has_ext_info(struct rtnl_link *);
 
@@ -270,6 +277,9 @@ extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_unset_flags(struct rtnl_link *, unsigned int);
 extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_set_flags(struct rtnl_link *, unsigned int);
 extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_get_flags(struct rtnl_link *);
 
+extern char * rtnl_link_bridge_flags2str(int, char *, size_t);
+extern int	rtnl_link_bridge_str2flags(const char *);
+
 /* <netlink/route/link/inet.h> */
 %cstring_output_maxsize(char *buf, size_t len)
 extern const char *rtnl_link_inet_devconf2str(int, char *buf, size_t len);
diff --git a/python/netlink/route/links/bridge.py b/python/netlink/route/links/bridge.py
index 09d9334..549b092 100644
--- a/python/netlink/route/links/bridge.py
+++ b/python/netlink/route/links/bridge.py
@@ -76,6 +76,41 @@ class BRIDGELink(object):
             raise ValueError()
         capi.rtnl_link_bridge_set_cost(self._link, int(cost))
 
+    @property
+    @netlink.nlattr(type=str)
+    def flags(self):
+        """ BRIDGE flags
+        Setting this property will *Not* reset flags to value you supply in
+        Examples:
+        link.flags = '+xxx' # add xxx flag
+        link.flags = 'xxx'  # exactly the same
+        link.flags = '-xxx' # remove xxx flag
+        link.flags = [ '+xxx', '-yyy' ] # list operation
+        """
+        self.bridge_assert_ext_info()
+        flags = capi.rtnl_link_bridge_get_flags(self._link)
+        return capi.rtnl_link_bridge_flags2str(flags, 256)[0].split(',')
+
+    def _set_flag(self, flag):
+        if flag.startswith('-'):
+            i = capi.rtnl_link_bridge_str2flags(flag[1:])
+            capi.rtnl_link_bridge_unset_flags(self._link, i)
+        elif flag.startswith('+'):
+            i = capi.rtnl_link_bridge_str2flags(flag[1:])
+            capi.rtnl_link_bridge_set_flags(self._link, i)
+        else:
+            i = capi.rtnl_link_bridge_str2flags(flag)
+            capi.rtnl_link_bridge_set_flags(self._link, i)
+
+    @flags.setter
+    def flags(self, value):
+        self.bridge_assert_ext_info()
+        if type(value) is list:
+            for flag in value:
+                self._set_flag(flag)
+        else:
+            self._set_flag(value)
+
     def brief(self):
         return 'bridge-has-ext-info {0}'.format(self._has_ext_info)