diff --git a/lib/libnetlink.c b/lib/libnetlink.c
index 46cac34..8e3762c 100644
--- a/lib/libnetlink.c
+++ b/lib/libnetlink.c
@@ -191,6 +191,27 @@
 	return sendmsg(rth->fd, &msg, 0);
 }
 
+int rtnl_dump_request_n(struct rtnl_handle *rth, struct nlmsghdr *n)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_nl nladdr = { .nl_family = AF_NETLINK };
+	struct iovec iov = {
+		.iov_base = (void*) n,
+		.iov_len = n->nlmsg_len
+	};
+	struct msghdr msg = {
+		.msg_name = &nladdr,
+		.msg_namelen = sizeof(nladdr),
+		.msg_iov = &iov,
+		.msg_iovlen = 1,
+	};
+
+	n->nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_DUMP|NLM_F_REQUEST;
+	n->nlmsg_pid = 0;
+	n->nlmsg_seq = rth->dump = ++rth->seq;
+
+	return sendmsg(rth->fd, &msg, 0);
+}
+
 int rtnl_dump_filter_l(struct rtnl_handle *rth,
 		       const struct rtnl_dump_filter_arg *arg)
 {