diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13b173d93890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+============
+bpftool-iter
+============
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+tool to create BPF iterators
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+:Manual section: 8
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+	**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **iter** *COMMAND*
+
+	*COMMANDS* := { **pin** | **help** }
+
+ITER COMMANDS
+===================
+
+|	**bpftool** **iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH*
+|	**bpftool** **iter help**
+|
+|	*OBJ* := /a/file/of/bpf_iter_target.o
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+	**bpftool iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH*
+		  A bpf iterator combines a kernel iterating of
+		  particular kernel data (e.g., tasks, bpf_maps, etc.)
+		  and a bpf program called for each kernel data object
+		  (e.g., one task, one bpf_map, etc.). User space can
+		  *read* kernel iterator output through *read()* syscall.
+
+		  The *pin* command creates a bpf iterator from *OBJ*,
+		  and pin it to *PATH*. The *PATH* should be located
+		  in *bpffs* mount. It must not contain a dot
+		  character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions
+		  of *bpffs*.
+
+		  User can then *cat PATH* to see the bpf iterator output.
+
+	**bpftool iter help**
+		  Print short help message.
+
+OPTIONS
+=======
+	-h, --help
+		  Print short generic help message (similar to **bpftool help**).
+
+	-V, --version
+		  Print version number (similar to **bpftool version**).
+
+	-d, --debug
+		  Print all logs available, even debug-level information. This
+		  includes logs from libbpf as well as from the verifier, when
+		  attempting to load programs.
+
+EXAMPLES
+========
+**# bpftool iter pin bpf_iter_netlink.o /sys/fs/bpf/my_netlink**
+
+::
+
+   Create a file-based bpf iterator from bpf_iter_netlink.o and pin it
+   to /sys/fs/bpf/my_netlink
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+========
+	**bpf**\ (2),
+	**bpf-helpers**\ (7),
+	**bpftool**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-prog**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-map**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-link**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-cgroup**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-feature**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-net**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-perf**\ (8),
+	**bpftool-btf**\ (8)
+	**bpftool-gen**\ (8)
+	**bpftool-struct_ops**\ (8)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
index fc989ead7313..9f0f20e73b87 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
@@ -610,6 +610,19 @@ _bpftool()
                     ;;
             esac
             ;;
+        iter)
+            case $command in
+                pin)
+                    _filedir
+                    return 0
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    [[ $prev == $object ]] && \
+                        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'pin help' \
+                            -- "$cur" ) )
+                    ;;
+            esac
+            ;;
         map)
             local MAP_TYPE='id pinned name'
             case $command in
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/iter.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/iter.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8fb1349c103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/iter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+// Copyright (C) 2020 Facebook
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+
+#include "main.h"
+
+static int do_pin(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	const char *objfile, *path;
+	struct bpf_program *prog;
+	struct bpf_object *obj;
+	struct bpf_link *link;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!REQ_ARGS(2))
+		usage();
+
+	objfile = GET_ARG();
+	path = GET_ARG();
+
+	obj = bpf_object__open(objfile);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj)) {
+		p_err("can't open objfile %s", objfile);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	err = bpf_object__load(obj);
+	if (err) {
+		p_err("can't load objfile %s", objfile);
+		goto close_obj;
+	}
+
+	prog = bpf_program__next(NULL, obj);
+	link = bpf_program__attach_iter(prog, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(link)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(link);
+		p_err("attach_iter failed for program %s",
+		      bpf_program__name(prog));
+		goto close_obj;
+	}
+
+	err = mount_bpffs_for_pin(path);
+	if (err)
+		goto close_link;
+
+	err = bpf_link__pin(link, path);
+	if (err) {
+		p_err("pin_iter failed for program %s to path %s",
+		      bpf_program__name(prog), path);
+		goto close_link;
+	}
+
+close_link:
+	bpf_link__disconnect(link);
+	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+close_obj:
+	bpf_object__close(obj);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"Usage: %s %s pin OBJ PATH\n"
+		"       %s %s help\n"
+		"\n",
+		bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct cmd cmds[] = {
+	{ "help",	do_help },
+	{ "pin",	do_pin },
+	{ 0 }
+};
+
+int do_iter(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	return cmd_select(cmds, argc, argv, do_help);
+}
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/link.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/link.c
index adc7dc431ed8..b6a0b35c78ae 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/link.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/link.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ static const char * const link_type_name[] = {
 	[BPF_LINK_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT]		= "raw_tracepoint",
 	[BPF_LINK_TYPE_TRACING]			= "tracing",
 	[BPF_LINK_TYPE_CGROUP]			= "cgroup",
+	[BPF_LINK_TYPE_ITER]			= "iter",
 };
 
 static int link_parse_fd(int *argc, char ***argv)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
index 1413a154806e..46bd716a9d86 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
 		"       %s batch file FILE\n"
 		"       %s version\n"
 		"\n"
-		"       OBJECT := { prog | map | link | cgroup | perf | net | feature | btf | gen | struct_ops }\n"
+		"       OBJECT := { prog | map | link | cgroup | perf | net | feature | btf | gen | struct_ops | iter }\n"
 		"       " HELP_SPEC_OPTIONS "\n"
 		"",
 		bin_name, bin_name, bin_name);
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static const struct cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "btf",	do_btf },
 	{ "gen",	do_gen },
 	{ "struct_ops",	do_struct_ops },
+	{ "iter",	do_iter },
 	{ "version",	do_version },
 	{ 0 }
 };
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
index 9b1fb81a8331..a41cefabccaf 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ int do_feature(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_btf(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_gen(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_struct_ops(int argc, char **argv);
+int do_iter(int argc, char **argv);
 
 int parse_u32_arg(int *argc, char ***argv, __u32 *val, const char *what);
 int prog_parse_fd(int *argc, char ***argv);
