diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 858b012074bd..7adeb91bd368 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/xdp.h>
+#include <net/ip_tunnels.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/skb_array.h>
@@ -1351,6 +1352,7 @@ static void tun_net_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	switch (tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) {
 	case IFF_TUN:
 		dev->netdev_ops = &tun_netdev_ops;
+		dev->header_ops = &ip_tunnel_header_ops;
 
 		/* Point-to-Point TUN Device */
 		dev->hard_header_len = 0;