diff --git a/include/netlink/utils.h b/include/netlink/utils.h
index 4e5adcf..74b167b 100644
--- a/include/netlink/utils.h
+++ b/include/netlink/utils.h
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ enum {
 	NL_CAPABILITY_NL_RECV_FAIL_TRUNC_NO_PEEK = 8,
 #define NL_CAPABILITY_NL_RECV_FAIL_TRUNC_NO_PEEK NL_CAPABILITY_NL_RECV_FAIL_TRUNC_NO_PEEK
 
+	/**
+	 * rtnl_link_build_change_request() and rtnl_link_change() would set ifi.ifi_flags but leave
+	 * ifi.ifi_change at zero. This was later fixed to set ifi.ifi_change to the flags that are actually
+	 * set in changes.
+	 */
+	NL_CAPABILITY_LINK_BUILD_CHANGE_REQUEST_SET_CHANGE = 9,
+#define NL_CAPABILITY_LINK_BUILD_CHANGE_REQUEST_SET_CHANGE NL_CAPABILITY_LINK_BUILD_CHANGE_REQUEST_SET_CHANGE
+
 	__NL_CAPABILITY_MAX,
 	NL_CAPABILITY_MAX = (__NL_CAPABILITY_MAX - 1),
 #define NL_CAPABILITY_MAX NL_CAPABILITY_MAX
diff --git a/lib/route/link.c b/lib/route/link.c
index d66a798..35946bd 100644
--- a/lib/route/link.c
+++ b/lib/route/link.c
@@ -1465,6 +1465,7 @@ int rtnl_link_build_change_request(struct rtnl_link *orig,
 	if (changes->ce_mask & LINK_ATTR_FLAGS) {
 		ifi.ifi_flags = orig->l_flags & ~changes->l_flag_mask;
 		ifi.ifi_flags |= changes->l_flags;
+		ifi.ifi_change = changes->l_flag_mask;
 	}
 
 	if (changes->l_family && changes->l_family != orig->l_family) {
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 56eb556..bde176b 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,15 @@ int nl_has_capability (int capability)
 			NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_ADDR_COMPARE_CACHEINFO,
 			NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_26,
 			NL_CAPABILITY_NL_RECV_FAIL_TRUNC_NO_PEEK),
+		_NL_SET(1,
+			NL_CAPABILITY_LINK_BUILD_CHANGE_REQUEST_SET_CHANGE,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0),
 		/* IMPORTANT: these capability numbers are intended to be universal and stable
 		 * for libnl3. Don't allocate new numbers on your own that differ from upstream
 		 * libnl3.