diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index 68aa9ff..5871537 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -321,4 +321,7 @@
 #define l2tp_dbg(ptr, type, fmt, ...)					\
 	l2tp_printk(ptr, type, pr_debug, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define MODULE_ALIAS_L2TP_PWTYPE(type) \
+	MODULE_ALIAS("net-l2tp-type-" __stringify(type))
+
 #endif /* _L2TP_CORE_H_ */
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index 4b55287..e253c26 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -358,3 +358,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("L2TP ethernet pseudowire driver");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_ALIAS_L2TP_PWTYPE(5);
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 9e13c2f..f93c5be 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -576,6 +576,13 @@
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_MRU])
 		cfg.mru = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_MRU]);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	if (l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type] == NULL) {
+		genl_unlock();
+		request_module("net-l2tp-type-%u", cfg.pw_type);
+		genl_lock();
+	}
+#endif
 	if ((l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type] == NULL) ||
 	    (l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type]->session_create == NULL)) {
 		ret = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index f56c9f6..1ad18c5 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -1863,3 +1863,4 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(PPPOL2TP_DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_ALIAS("pppox-proto-" __stringify(PX_PROTO_OL2TP));
+MODULE_ALIAS_L2TP_PWTYPE(11);