diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 3861c05..8218288 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
 extern int	rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
 extern void	rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
 
+extern struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(char *ifname,
+		const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, struct nlattr *tb[]);
+extern const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1];
+
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(kind) MODULE_ALIAS("rtnl-link-" kind)
 
 #endif