diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 96a090e7f47e..7330e32bb9ab 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+. "$(dirname "${0}")/mptcp_lib.sh"
+
 ret=0
 sin=""
 sinfail=""
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ reset_with_allow_join_id0()
 	ip netns exec $ns2 sysctl -q net.mptcp.allow_join_initial_addr_port=$ns2_enable
 }
 
+mptcp_lib_check_mptcp
+
 ip -Version > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	echo "SKIP: Could not run test without ip tool"