diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index efdc125a58d6..c2eccf1c19e2 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -221,3 +221,5 @@
   should be changed to using *runner authentication tokens* by configuring
   {option}`services.gitlab-runner.services.<name>.authenticationTokenConfigFile` instead of the former
   {option}`services.gitlab-runner.services.<name>.registrationConfigFile` option.
+
+- `iproute2` now has libbpf support.
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
index 15b8987b8cc0..0c00eea0e275 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl
 , buildPackages, bison, flex, pkg-config
-, db, iptables, elfutils, libmnl
+, db, iptables, elfutils, libmnl ,libbpf
 , gitUpdater
 }:
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ]; # netem requires $HOSTCC
   nativeBuildInputs = [ bison flex pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ db iptables libmnl ]
+  buildInputs = [ db iptables libmnl libbpf ]
     # needed to uploaded bpf programs
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) [ elfutils ];