diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
index c407ecbc5d46..b615729812e5 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/ip6_route.h>
+#include <net/ip_tunnels.h>
 #include <net/addrconf.h>
 #include <net/xfrm.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
@@ -581,6 +582,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops xfrmi_netdev_ops = {
 static void xfrmi_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->netdev_ops 	= &xfrmi_netdev_ops;
+	dev->header_ops		= &ip_tunnel_header_ops;
 	dev->type		= ARPHRD_NONE;
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
 	dev->min_mtu		= ETH_MIN_MTU;