diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
index 0faaccd21447..419e71560fd1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@ CONFIG_NFT_COUNTER=m
 CONFIG_NFT_COMPAT=m
 CONFIG_NETFILTER_XTABLES=m
 CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_BPF=m
-CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV4=y
-CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV6=y
+CONFIG_NF_TABLES_INET=y
+CONFIG_NFT_TPROXY=m
+CONFIG_NFT_SOCKET=m
+CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
+CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
+CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
index 95e81d557b08..ada9b80774d4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ struct cfg_cmsg_types {
 	unsigned int timestampns:1;
 };
 
+struct cfg_sockopt_types {
+	unsigned int transparent:1;
+};
+
 static struct cfg_cmsg_types cfg_cmsg_types;
+static struct cfg_sockopt_types cfg_sockopt_types;
 
 static void die_usage(void)
 {
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ static void die_usage(void)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-u -- check mptcp ulp\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-w num -- wait num sec before closing the socket\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-c cmsg -- test cmsg type <cmsg>\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t-o option -- test sockopt <option>\n");
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"\t-P [saveWithPeek|saveAfterPeek] -- save data with/after MSG_PEEK form tcp socket\n");
 	exit(1);
@@ -185,6 +191,22 @@ static void set_mark(int fd, uint32_t mark)
 	}
 }
 
+static void set_transparent(int fd, int pf)
+{
+	int one = 1;
+
+	switch (pf) {
+	case AF_INET:
+		if (-1 == setsockopt(fd, SOL_IP, IP_TRANSPARENT, &one, sizeof(one)))
+			perror("IP_TRANSPARENT");
+		break;
+	case AF_INET6:
+		if (-1 == setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_TRANSPARENT, &one, sizeof(one)))
+			perror("IPV6_TRANSPARENT");
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static int sock_listen_mptcp(const char * const listenaddr,
 			     const char * const port)
 {
@@ -212,6 +234,9 @@ static int sock_listen_mptcp(const char * const listenaddr,
 				     sizeof(one)))
 			perror("setsockopt");
 
+		if (cfg_sockopt_types.transparent)
+			set_transparent(sock, pf);
+
 		if (bind(sock, a->ai_addr, a->ai_addrlen) == 0)
 			break; /* success */
 
@@ -944,6 +969,27 @@ static void parse_cmsg_types(const char *type)
 	exit(1);
 }
 
+static void parse_setsock_options(const char *name)
+{
+	char *next = strchr(name, ',');
+	unsigned int len = 0;
+
+	if (next) {
+		parse_setsock_options(next + 1);
+		len = next - name;
+	} else {
+		len = strlen(name);
+	}
+
+	if (strncmp(name, "TRANSPARENT", len) == 0) {
+		cfg_sockopt_types.transparent = 1;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognized setsockopt option %s\n", name);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
 int main_loop(void)
 {
 	int fd;
@@ -1047,7 +1093,7 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int c;
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "6jr:lp:s:hut:T:m:S:R:w:M:P:c:")) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "6jr:lp:s:hut:T:m:S:R:w:M:P:c:o:")) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'j':
 			cfg_join = true;
@@ -1108,6 +1154,9 @@ static void parse_opts(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'c':
 			parse_cmsg_types(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'o':
+			parse_setsock_options(optarg);
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
index 559173a8e387..a4226b608c68 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
@@ -671,6 +671,82 @@ run_tests()
 	run_tests_lo $1 $2 $3 0
 }
 
+run_test_transparent()
+{
+	local connect_addr="$1"
+	local msg="$2"
+
+	local connector_ns="$ns1"
+	local listener_ns="$ns2"
+	local lret=0
+	local r6flag=""
+
+	# skip if we don't want v6
+	if ! $ipv6 && is_v6 "${connect_addr}"; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft -f /dev/stdin <<"EOF"
+flush ruleset
+table inet mangle {
+	chain divert {
+		type filter hook prerouting priority -150;
+
+		meta l4proto tcp socket transparent 1 meta mark set 1 accept
+		tcp dport 20000 tproxy to :20000 meta mark set 1 accept
+	}
+}
+EOF
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "SKIP: $msg, could not load nft ruleset"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	local local_addr
+	if is_v6 "${connect_addr}"; then
+		local_addr="::"
+		r6flag="-6"
+	else
+		local_addr="0.0.0.0"
+	fi
+
+	ip -net "$listener_ns" $r6flag rule add fwmark 1 lookup 100
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft flush ruleset
+		echo "SKIP: $msg, ip $r6flag rule failed"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	ip -net "$listener_ns" route add local $local_addr/0 dev lo table 100
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft flush ruleset
+		ip -net "$listener_ns" $r6flag rule del fwmark 1 lookup 100
+		echo "SKIP: $msg, ip route add local $local_addr failed"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	echo "INFO: test $msg"
+
+	TEST_COUNT=10000
+	local extra_args="-o TRANSPARENT"
+	do_transfer ${listener_ns} ${connector_ns} MPTCP MPTCP \
+		    ${connect_addr} ${local_addr} "${extra_args}"
+	lret=$?
+
+	ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft flush ruleset
+	ip -net "$listener_ns" $r6flag rule del fwmark 1 lookup 100
+	ip -net "$listener_ns" route del local $local_addr/0 dev lo table 100
+
+	if [ $lret -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "FAIL: $msg, mptcp connection error" 1>&2
+		ret=$lret
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "PASS: $msg"
+	return 0
+}
+
 run_tests_peekmode()
 {
 	local peekmode="$1"
@@ -794,5 +870,9 @@ run_tests_peekmode "saveWithPeek"
 run_tests_peekmode "saveAfterPeek"
 stop_if_error "Tests with peek mode have failed"
 
+# connect to ns4 ip address, ns2 should intercept/proxy
+run_test_transparent 10.0.3.1 "tproxy ipv4"
+run_test_transparent dead:beef:3::1 "tproxy ipv6"
+
 display_time
 exit $ret