diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db0e3f7..4b66d28 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ netlink-sys = { version = "0.8" }
 netlink-packet-utils = { version = "0.5" }
 netlink-packet-route = { version = "0.21" }
 netlink-packet-core = { version = "0.7" }
-netlink-proto = { default-features = false, version = "0.11" }
+netlink-proto = { default-features = false, version = "0.11.4" }
 nix = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false, features = ["fs", "mount", "sched", "signal"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["rt"], optional = true}
 async-global-executor = { version = "2.0.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/connection.rs b/src/connection.rs
index 097b8ba..c5230d4 100644
--- a/src/connection.rs
+++ b/src/connection.rs
@@ -33,3 +33,19 @@ where
         netlink_proto::new_connection_with_socket(NETLINK_ROUTE)?;
     Ok((conn, Handle::new(handle), messages))
 }
+
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+pub fn from_socket<S>(
+    socket: S,
+) -> (
+    Connection<RouteNetlinkMessage, S>,
+    Handle,
+    UnboundedReceiver<(NetlinkMessage<RouteNetlinkMessage>, SocketAddr)>,
+)
+where
+    S: AsyncSocket,
+{
+    let (conn, handle, messages) =
+        netlink_proto::from_socket_with_codec(socket);
+    (conn, Handle::new(handle), messages)
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5d830dc..8b3b562 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ mod traffic_control;
 pub use crate::addr::{
     AddressAddRequest, AddressDelRequest, AddressGetRequest, AddressHandle,
 };
+pub use crate::connection::from_socket;
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio_socket")]
 pub use crate::connection::new_connection;
 pub use crate::connection::new_connection_with_socket;