The invention relates to an underbody cladding for a two-track motor vehicle with wheel-controlling links as part of a rear axle for cladding the underbody, and to a two-track motor vehicle with such an underbody cladding. The underbody cladding at least partially extends in a substantially horizontal plane and reaches in the direction of the outside of the vehicle to close to an inner side of a rear wheel. The underbody cladding is divided into three sections, a front section, a middle section and a rear section, wherein the middle section extends at least over a region below the wheel-controlling links and is connected at least over part of the width thereof to the front section and/or the rear section. The middle section is designed in such a manner that said section can at least partially follow and/or yield to a vertical movement of the wheel-controlling links, wherein the front and the rear section of the underbody cladding can in each case be arranged in a positionally fixed manner on the motor vehicle and cannot follow and/or yield to a vertical movement of the wheel-controlling links.