diff --git a/ip/Makefile b/ip/Makefile
index 8424b1f6..572604d5 100644
--- a/ip/Makefile
+++ b/ip/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ ifeq ($(IP_CONFIG_SETNS),y)
 	CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SETNS
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(HAVE_MNL),y)
+	CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBMNL $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) libmnl --cflags)
+	LDLIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) libmnl --libs)
+endif
+
 ALLOBJ=$(IPOBJ) $(RTMONOBJ)
 SCRIPTS=ifcfg rtpr routel routef
 TARGETS=ip rtmon
diff --git a/tc/Makefile b/tc/Makefile
index 678b3029..c364a053 100644
--- a/tc/Makefile
+++ b/tc/Makefile
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ endif
 TCOBJ += $(TCMODULES)
 LDLIBS += -L. -lm
 
+ifeq ($(HAVE_MNL),y)
+	CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBMNL $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) libmnl --cflags)
+	LDLIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) libmnl --libs)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
 LDLIBS += -ldl
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-export-dynamic