diff --git a/include/netlink/route/classifier.h b/include/netlink/route/classifier.h
index 01a26a9..b434000 100644
--- a/include/netlink/route/classifier.h
+++ b/include/netlink/route/classifier.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ extern int	rtnl_cls_delete(struct nl_sock *, struct rtnl_cls *, int);
 extern void rtnl_cls_set_ifindex(struct rtnl_cls *, int);
 extern void rtnl_cls_set_handle(struct rtnl_cls *, uint32_t);
 extern void rtnl_cls_set_parent(struct rtnl_cls *, uint32_t);
-extern void rtnl_cls_set_kind(struct rtnl_cls *, const char *);
+extern int rtnl_cls_set_kind(struct rtnl_cls *, const char *);
+extern struct rtnl_cls_ops *rtnl_cls_get_ops(struct rtnl_cls *);
 
 extern void rtnl_cls_set_prio(struct rtnl_cls *, uint16_t);
 extern uint16_t rtnl_cls_get_prio(struct rtnl_cls *);
diff --git a/lib/route/cls_obj.c b/lib/route/cls_obj.c
index 6c92572..217b6d0 100644
--- a/lib/route/cls_obj.c
+++ b/lib/route/cls_obj.c
@@ -143,10 +143,20 @@ void rtnl_cls_set_parent(struct rtnl_cls *f, uint32_t parent)
 	tca_set_parent((struct rtnl_tca *) f, parent);
 }
 
-void rtnl_cls_set_kind(struct rtnl_cls *f, const char *kind)
+int rtnl_cls_set_kind(struct rtnl_cls *f, const char *kind)
 {
 	tca_set_kind((struct rtnl_tca *) f, kind);
+
 	f->c_ops = __rtnl_cls_lookup_ops(kind);
+	if (f->c_ops == NULL)
+		return -NLE_OBJ_NOTFOUND;
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct rtnl_cls_ops *rtnl_cls_get_ops(struct rtnl_cls *cls)
+{
+	return cls->c_ops;
 }
 
 void rtnl_cls_set_prio(struct rtnl_cls *cls, uint16_t prio)