diff --git a/include/netfilter.mk b/include/netfilter.mk
index 65e8e3b8f0d..4602a1d4124 100644
--- a/include/netfilter.mk
+++ b/include/netfilter.mk
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_FIB,CONFIG_NFT_FIB_IPV6, $(P_V6)nft_fib
 
 $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_QUEUE,CONFIG_NFT_QUEUE, $(P_XT)nft_queue),))
 
+$(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_COMPAT,CONFIG_NFT_COMPAT, $(P_XT)nft_compat),))
+
 # userland only
 IPT_BUILTIN += $(NF_IPT-y) $(NF_IPT-m)
 IPT_BUILTIN += $(IPT_CORE-y) $(IPT_CORE-m)
diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
index f204b257d18..75a06fb651a 100644
--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
@@ -1179,3 +1179,14 @@ define KernelPackage/nft-queue
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call KernelPackage,nft-queue))
+
+define KernelPackage/nft-compat
+  SUBMENU:=$(NF_MENU)
+  TITLE:=Netfilter nf_tables compat support
+  DEPENDS:=+kmod-nft-core +kmod-nf-ipt
+  FILES:=$(foreach mod,$(NFT_COMPAT-m),$(LINUX_DIR)/net/$(mod).ko)
+  AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,$(notdir $(NFT_COMPAT-m)))
+  KCONFIG:=$(KCONFIG_NFT_COMPAT)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call KernelPackage,nft-compat))