diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f528af4..f1325df8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -218,23 +218,6 @@ EOF
     rm -f $TMPDIR/setnstest.c $TMPDIR/setnstest
 }
 
-check_netnsid()
-{
-    cat >$TMPDIR/netnsid.c <<EOF
-#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
-int test_def = RTM_GETNSID;
-EOF
-    $CC -I$INCLUDE -c $TMPDIR/netnsid.c >/dev/null 2>&1
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ]
-    then
-	echo "IP_CONFIG_NETNSID:=y" >> Config
-	echo "yes"
-    else
-	echo "no"
-    fi
-    rm -f $TMPDIR/netnsid.c $TMPDIR/netnsid.o
-}
-
 check_ipset()
 {
     cat >$TMPDIR/ipsettest.c <<EOF
@@ -323,8 +306,6 @@ check_ipt_lib_dir
 
 echo -n "libc has setns: "
 check_setns
-echo -n "netns has peer id suport: "
-check_netnsid
 
 echo -n "SELinux support: "
 check_selinux
diff --git a/include/SNAPSHOT.h b/include/SNAPSHOT.h
index 35bda66a..8bd0c561 100644
--- a/include/SNAPSHOT.h
+++ b/include/SNAPSHOT.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "150210";
+static const char SNAPSHOT[] = "150413";
diff --git a/ip/Makefile b/ip/Makefile
index 5637bcfe..2c742f30 100644
--- a/ip/Makefile
+++ b/ip/Makefile
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ ifeq ($(IP_CONFIG_SETNS),y)
 	CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SETNS
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(IP_CONFIG_NETNSID),y)
-	CFLAGS += -DHAVE_NETNSID
-endif
-
 ALLOBJ=$(IPOBJ) $(RTMONOBJ)
 SCRIPTS=ifcfg rtpr routel routef
 TARGETS=ip rtmon
diff --git a/ip/ipnetns.c b/ip/ipnetns.c
index 45e234a4..24df167e 100644
--- a/ip/ipnetns.c
+++ b/ip/ipnetns.c
@@ -34,7 +34,56 @@ static int usage(void)
 	exit(-1);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NETNSID
+static int have_rtnl_getnsid = -1;
+
+static int ipnetns_accept_msg(const struct sockaddr_nl *who,
+			      struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
+{
+	struct nlmsgerr *err = (struct nlmsgerr *)NLMSG_DATA(n);
+
+	if (n->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR &&
+	    (err->error == -EOPNOTSUPP || err->error == -EINVAL))
+		have_rtnl_getnsid = 0;
+	else
+		have_rtnl_getnsid = 1;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int ipnetns_have_nsid(void)
+{
+	struct {
+		struct nlmsghdr n;
+		struct rtgenmsg g;
+		char            buf[1024];
+	} req;
+	int fd;
+
+	if (have_rtnl_getnsid < 0) {
+		memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
+		req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct rtgenmsg));
+		req.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST;
+		req.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_GETNSID;
+		req.g.rtgen_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+
+		fd = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			perror("open(\"/proc/self/ns/net\")");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		addattr32(&req.n, 1024, NETNSA_FD, fd);
+
+		if (rtnl_send(&rth, &req.n, req.n.nlmsg_len) < 0) {
+			perror("request send failed");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		rtnl_listen(&rth, ipnetns_accept_msg, NULL);
+		close(fd);
+	}
+
+	return have_rtnl_getnsid;
+}
+
 static int get_netnsid_from_name(const char *name)
 {
 	struct {
@@ -79,12 +128,6 @@ static int get_netnsid_from_name(const char *name)
 
 	return -1;
 }
-#else
-static int get_netnsid_from_name(const char *name)
-{
-	return -1;
-}
-#endif /* HAVE_NETNSID */
 
 static int netns_list(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -102,9 +145,11 @@ static int netns_list(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (strcmp(entry->d_name, "..") == 0)
 			continue;
 		printf("%s", entry->d_name);
-		id = get_netnsid_from_name(entry->d_name);
-		if (id >= 0)
-			printf(" (id: %d)", id);
+		if (ipnetns_have_nsid()) {
+			id = get_netnsid_from_name(entry->d_name);
+			if (id >= 0)
+				printf(" (id: %d)", id);
+		}
 		printf("\n");
 	}
 	closedir(dir);