diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.sh
index 3c741abe034e..7fb06c854852 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+. "$(dirname "${0}")/mptcp_lib.sh"
+
 ksft_skip=4
 ret=0
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ cleanup()
 	ip netns del $ns1
 }
 
+mptcp_lib_check_mptcp
+
 ip -Version > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	echo "SKIP: Could not run test without ip tool"