diff --git a/src/gtp-rtnl.c b/src/gtp-rtnl.c
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+++ b/src/gtp-rtnl.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <linux/if_link.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+
+#include <libgtpnl/gtpnl.h>
+
+#include <linux/gtp_nl.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+int gtp_dev_create(const char *ifname)
+{
+	struct mnl_socket *nl;
+	char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int seq, portid;
+	struct nlattr *nest, *nest2;
+
+	nlh = mnl_nlmsg_put_header(buf);
+	nlh->nlmsg_type	= RTM_NEWLINK;
+	nlh->nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_ACK;
+	nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq = time(NULL);
+	ifm = mnl_nlmsg_put_extra_header(nlh, sizeof(*ifm));
+	ifm->ifi_family = AF_INET;
+	ifm->ifi_change |= IFF_UP;
+	ifm->ifi_flags |= IFF_UP;
+
+	mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, IFLA_LINK, if_nametoindex(ifname));
+	nest = mnl_attr_nest_start(nlh, IFLA_LINKINFO);
+	mnl_attr_put_str(nlh, IFLA_INFO_KIND, "gtp");
+	nest2 = mnl_attr_nest_start(nlh, IFLA_INFO_DATA);
+	mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, IFLA_GTP_LOCAL_ADDR_IPV4, 0);
+	mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, IFLA_GTP_HASHSIZE, 131072);
+	mnl_attr_nest_end(nlh, nest2);
+	mnl_attr_nest_end(nlh, nest);
+
+	nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_ROUTE);
+	if (nl == NULL) {
+		perror("mnl_socket_open");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (mnl_socket_bind(nl, 0, MNL_SOCKET_AUTOPID) < 0) {
+		perror("mnl_socket_bind");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	portid = mnl_socket_get_portid(nl);
+
+	mnl_nlmsg_fprintf(stdout, nlh, nlh->nlmsg_len,
+			  sizeof(struct ifinfomsg));
+
+	if (mnl_socket_sendto(nl, nlh, nlh->nlmsg_len) < 0) {
+		perror("mnl_socket_send");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (ret == -1) {
+		perror("read");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = mnl_cb_run(buf, ret, seq, portid, NULL, NULL);
+	if (ret == -1){
+		perror("callback");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	mnl_socket_close(nl);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(gtp_dev_create);