diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h
index 66ca3ece951a..52ed9a9151c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h
@@ -46,6 +46,66 @@ xdrgen_encode_bool(struct xdr_stream *xdr, bool val)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * De facto (non-standard but commonly implemented) signed short type:
+ *  - Wire sends sign-extended 32-bit value (e.g., 0xFFFFFFFF)
+ *  - be32_to_cpup() returns u32 (0xFFFFFFFF)
+ *  - Explicit (s16) cast truncates to 16 bits (0xFFFF = -1)
+ */
+static inline bool
+xdrgen_decode_short(struct xdr_stream *xdr, s16 *ptr)
+{
+	__be32 *p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, XDR_UNIT);
+
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return false;
+	*ptr = (s16)be32_to_cpup(p);
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * De facto (non-standard but commonly implemented) signed short type:
+ *  - C integer promotion sign-extends s16 val to int before passing to
+ *    cpu_to_be32()
+ *  - This is well-defined: -1 as s16 -1 as int 0xFFFFFFFF on wire
+ */
+static inline bool
+xdrgen_encode_short(struct xdr_stream *xdr, s16 val)
+{
+	__be32 *p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, XDR_UNIT);
+
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return false;
+	*p = cpu_to_be32(val);
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * De facto (non-standard but commonly implemented) unsigned short type:
+ * 16-bit integer zero-extended to fill one XDR_UNIT.
+ */
+static inline bool
+xdrgen_decode_unsigned_short(struct xdr_stream *xdr, u16 *ptr)
+{
+	__be32 *p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, XDR_UNIT);
+
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return false;
+	*ptr = (u16)be32_to_cpup(p);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+xdrgen_encode_unsigned_short(struct xdr_stream *xdr, u16 val)
+{
+	__be32 *p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, XDR_UNIT);
+
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return false;
+	*p = cpu_to_be32(val);
+	return true;
+}
+
 static inline bool
 xdrgen_decode_int(struct xdr_stream *xdr, s32 *ptr)
 {
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/generators/__init__.py b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/generators/__init__.py
index 1d577a986c6c..5c3a4a47ded8 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/generators/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/generators/__init__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ def kernel_c_type(spec: _XdrTypeSpecifier) -> str:
     """Return name of C type"""
     builtin_native_c_type = {
         "bool": "bool",
+        "short": "s16",
+        "unsigned_short": "u16",
         "int": "s32",
         "unsigned_int": "u32",
         "long": "s32",
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/grammars/xdr.lark b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/grammars/xdr.lark
index 7c2c1b8c86d1..b7c664f2acb7 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/grammars/xdr.lark
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/grammars/xdr.lark
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ constant                : decimal_constant | hexadecimal_constant | octal_consta
 type_specifier          : unsigned_hyper
                         | unsigned_long
                         | unsigned_int
+                        | unsigned_short
                         | hyper
                         | long
                         | int
+                        | short
                         | float
                         | double
                         | quadruple
@@ -35,9 +37,11 @@ type_specifier          : unsigned_hyper
 unsigned_hyper          : "unsigned" "hyper"
 unsigned_long           : "unsigned" "long"
 unsigned_int            : "unsigned" "int"
+unsigned_short          : "unsigned" "short"
 hyper                   : "hyper"
 long                    : "long"
 int                     : "int"
+short                   : "short"
 float                   : "float"
 double                  : "double"
 quadruple               : "quadruple"
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/xdr_ast.py b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/xdr_ast.py
index 5233e73c7046..2b5d160a0a60 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/xdr_ast.py
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/xdr_ast.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ def xdr_quadlen(val: str) -> int:
 symbolic_widths = {
     "void": ["XDR_void"],
     "bool": ["XDR_bool"],
+    "short": ["XDR_short"],
+    "unsigned_short": ["XDR_unsigned_short"],
     "int": ["XDR_int"],
     "unsigned_int": ["XDR_unsigned_int"],
     "long": ["XDR_long"],
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ symbolic_widths = {
 max_widths = {
     "void": 0,
     "bool": 1,
+    "short": 1,
+    "unsigned_short": 1,
     "int": 1,
     "unsigned_int": 1,
     "long": 1,