diff --git a/net/ipv4/gre.c b/net/ipv4/gre.c
index 8b9a373..1cbc465 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/gre.c
@@ -61,6 +61,38 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gre_del_protocol);
 
+void gre_build_header(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
+		      int hdr_len)
+{
+	struct gre_base_hdr *greh;
+
+	skb_push(skb, hdr_len);
+
+	greh = (struct gre_base_hdr *)skb->data;
+	greh->flags = tnl_flags_to_gre_flags(tpi->flags);
+	greh->protocol = tpi->proto;
+
+	if (tpi->flags&(TUNNEL_KEY|TUNNEL_CSUM|TUNNEL_SEQ)) {
+		__be32 *ptr = (__be32 *)(((u8 *)greh) + hdr_len - 4);
+
+		if (tpi->flags&TUNNEL_SEQ) {
+			*ptr = tpi->seq;
+			ptr--;
+		}
+		if (tpi->flags&TUNNEL_KEY) {
+			*ptr = tpi->key;
+			ptr--;
+		}
+		if (tpi->flags&TUNNEL_CSUM &&
+		    !(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_GRE)) {
+			*ptr = 0;
+			*(__sum16 *)ptr = csum_fold(skb_checksum(skb, 0,
+								 skb->len, 0));
+		}
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gre_build_header);
+
 static __sum16 check_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__sum16 csum = 0;