diff --git a/src/gtp-rtnl.c b/src/gtp-rtnl.c
index 256de43..1dfd125 100644
--- a/src/gtp-rtnl.c
+++ b/src/gtp-rtnl.c
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
 	mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, IFLA_GTP_FD0, fd0);
 	mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, IFLA_GTP_FD1, fd1);
 	mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, IFLA_GTP_PDP_HASHSIZE, 131072);
+	if (role != GTP_ROLE_GGSN)
+		mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh, IFLA_GTP_ROLE, role);
 	mnl_attr_nest_end(nlh, nest2);
 	mnl_attr_nest_end(nlh, nest);
 
diff --git a/src/libgtpnl.map b/src/libgtpnl.map
index 9ca83c7..9ce465d 100644
--- a/src/libgtpnl.map
+++ b/src/libgtpnl.map
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   genl_lookup_family;
 
   gtp_dev_create;
+  gtp_dev_create_sgsn;
   gtp_dev_config;
   gtp_dev_destroy;