diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 3353634..6b9c1f12 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@
 	if (tunnel != NULL) {
 		struct pcpu_tstats *tstats;
 
+		if (tunnel->parms.iph.protocol != IPPROTO_IPV6 &&
+		    tunnel->parms.iph.protocol != 0)
+			goto out;
+
 		secpath_reset(skb);
 		skb->mac_header = skb->network_header;
 		skb_reset_network_header(skb);
@@ -629,6 +633,35 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct tnl_ptk_info tpi = {
+	/* no tunnel info required for ipip. */
+	.proto = htons(ETH_P_IP),
+};
+
+static int ipip_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
+	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel;
+
+	tunnel = ipip6_tunnel_lookup(dev_net(skb->dev), skb->dev,
+				     iph->saddr, iph->daddr);
+	if (tunnel != NULL) {
+		if (tunnel->parms.iph.protocol != IPPROTO_IPIP &&
+		    tunnel->parms.iph.protocol != 0)
+			goto drop;
+
+		if (!xfrm4_policy_check(NULL, XFRM_POLICY_IN, skb))
+			goto drop;
+		return ip_tunnel_rcv(tunnel, skb, &tpi, log_ecn_error);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+
+drop:
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * If the IPv6 address comes from 6rd / 6to4 (RFC 3056) addr space this function
  * stores the embedded IPv4 address in v4dst and returns true.
@@ -877,6 +910,43 @@
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
+static netdev_tx_t ipip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
+	const struct iphdr  *tiph = &tunnel->parms.iph;
+
+	if (likely(!skb->encapsulation)) {
+		skb_reset_inner_headers(skb);
+		skb->encapsulation = 1;
+	}
+
+	ip_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev, tiph, IPPROTO_IPIP);
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+}
+
+static netdev_tx_t sit_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				   struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	switch (skb->protocol) {
+	case htons(ETH_P_IP):
+		ipip_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev);
+		break;
+	case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
+		ipip6_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev);
+		break;
+	default:
+		goto tx_err;
+	}
+
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+tx_err:
+	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
+	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+}
+
 static void ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_device *tdev = NULL;
@@ -1027,7 +1097,11 @@
 			goto done;
 
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		if (p.iph.version != 4 || p.iph.protocol != IPPROTO_IPV6 ||
+		if (p.iph.protocol != IPPROTO_IPV6 &&
+		    p.iph.protocol != IPPROTO_IPIP &&
+		    p.iph.protocol != 0)
+			goto done;
+		if (p.iph.version != 4 ||
 		    p.iph.ihl != 5 || (p.iph.frag_off&htons(~IP_DF)))
 			goto done;
 		if (p.iph.ttl)
@@ -1164,7 +1238,7 @@
 
 static const struct net_device_ops ipip6_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_uninit	= ipip6_tunnel_uninit,
-	.ndo_start_xmit	= ipip6_tunnel_xmit,
+	.ndo_start_xmit	= sit_tunnel_xmit,
 	.ndo_do_ioctl	= ipip6_tunnel_ioctl,
 	.ndo_change_mtu	= ipip6_tunnel_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_get_stats64 = ip_tunnel_get_stats64,
@@ -1232,6 +1306,22 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ipip6_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
+{
+	u8 proto;
+
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
+
+	proto = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO]);
+	if (proto != IPPROTO_IPV6 &&
+	    proto != IPPROTO_IPIP &&
+	    proto != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void ipip6_netlink_parms(struct nlattr *data[],
 				struct ip_tunnel_parm *parms)
 {
@@ -1268,6 +1358,10 @@
 
 	if (data[IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS])
 		parms->i_flags = nla_get_be16(data[IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS]);
+
+	if (data[IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO])
+		parms->iph.protocol = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO]);
+
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
@@ -1391,6 +1485,8 @@
 		nla_total_size(1) +
 		/* IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS */
 		nla_total_size(2) +
+		/* IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO */
+		nla_total_size(1) +
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
 		/* IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_PREFIX */
 		nla_total_size(sizeof(struct in6_addr)) +
@@ -1416,6 +1512,7 @@
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_TOS, parm->iph.tos) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_PMTUDISC,
 		       !!(parm->iph.frag_off & htons(IP_DF))) ||
+	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO, parm->iph.protocol) ||
 	    nla_put_be16(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS, parm->i_flags))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
@@ -1445,6 +1542,7 @@
 	[IFLA_IPTUN_TOS]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_IPTUN_PMTUDISC]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_IPTUN_FLAGS]		= { .type = NLA_U16 },
+	[IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
 	[IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_PREFIX]		= { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
 	[IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_RELAY_PREFIX]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
@@ -1459,6 +1557,7 @@
 	.policy		= ipip6_policy,
 	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct ip_tunnel),
 	.setup		= ipip6_tunnel_setup,
+	.validate	= ipip6_validate,
 	.newlink	= ipip6_newlink,
 	.changelink	= ipip6_changelink,
 	.get_size	= ipip6_get_size,
@@ -1471,6 +1570,12 @@
 	.priority	=	1,
 };
 
+static struct xfrm_tunnel ipip_handler __read_mostly = {
+	.handler	=	ipip_rcv,
+	.err_handler	=	ipip6_err,
+	.priority	=	2,
+};
+
 static void __net_exit sit_destroy_tunnels(struct sit_net *sitn, struct list_head *head)
 {
 	int prio;
@@ -1553,6 +1658,7 @@
 {
 	rtnl_link_unregister(&sit_link_ops);
 	xfrm4_tunnel_deregister(&sit_handler, AF_INET6);
+	xfrm4_tunnel_deregister(&ipip_handler, AF_INET);
 
 	unregister_pernet_device(&sit_net_ops);
 	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s */
@@ -1569,9 +1675,14 @@
 		return err;
 	err = xfrm4_tunnel_register(&sit_handler, AF_INET6);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		pr_info("%s: can't add protocol\n", __func__);
+		pr_info("%s: can't register ip6ip4\n", __func__);
 		goto xfrm_tunnel_failed;
 	}
+	err = xfrm4_tunnel_register(&ipip_handler, AF_INET);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_info("%s: can't register ip4ip4\n", __func__);
+		goto xfrm_tunnel4_failed;
+	}
 	err = rtnl_link_register(&sit_link_ops);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto rtnl_link_failed;
@@ -1580,6 +1691,8 @@
 	return err;
 
 rtnl_link_failed:
+	xfrm4_tunnel_deregister(&ipip_handler, AF_INET);
+xfrm_tunnel4_failed:
 	xfrm4_tunnel_deregister(&sit_handler, AF_INET6);
 xfrm_tunnel_failed:
 	unregister_pernet_device(&sit_net_ops);