diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 119aa6c..fea27c6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCTRL, libosmoctrl >= 1.5.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGTLV, libosmo-gtlv >= 0.1.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOPFCP, libosmo-pfcp >= 0.1.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGTPNL, libgtpnl >= 1.2.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBNFTNL, libnftnl >= 1.2.1)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBNFTABLES, libnftables >= 1.0.2)
 
 dnl checks for header files
 AC_HEADER_STDC
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index 253d0b8..beb74dc 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,30 @@ osmo-build-dep.sh libosmocore "" --disable-doxygen
 osmo-build-dep.sh libosmo-pfcp
 osmo-build-dep.sh libgtpnl
 
+# build libnftnl and libnftables from git.netfilter.org
+build_from_netfilter() {
+###  TODO: enable osmo-build-dep.sh to build from git.netfilter.org URL?
+	project="$1"
+	set +x
+	echo
+	echo
+	echo
+	echo " =============================== $project ==============================="
+	echo
+	set -x
+	if [ -d "./$project" ]; then
+		rm -rf "./$project"
+	fi
+	git clone "git://git.netfilter.org/$project" "$project"
+	cd "$project"
+	autoreconf --install --force
+	./configure --prefix="$inst/stow/$project" --without-cli --disable-man-doc
+	$MAKE install
+	STOW_DIR="$inst/stow" stow --restow $project
+}
+build_from_netfilter libnftnl
+build_from_netfilter nftables
+
 # Additional configure options and depends
 CONFIG=""
 if [ "$WITH_MANUALS" = "1" ]; then
diff --git a/src/osmo-upf/Makefile.am b/src/osmo-upf/Makefile.am
index d8aa5a0..37a8543 100644
--- a/src/osmo-upf/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/osmo-upf/Makefile.am
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ AM_CFLAGS = \
 	$(LIBOSMOGTLV_CFLAGS) \
 	$(LIBOSMOPFCP_CFLAGS) \
 	$(LIBGTPNL_CFLAGS) \
+	$(LIBNFTNL_CFLAGS) \
+	$(LIBNFTABLES_CFLAGS) \
 	$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS) \
 	$(NULL)
 
 AM_LDFLAGS = \
 	$(LIBGTPNL_LDFLAGS) \
+	$(LIBNFTNL_LDFLAGS) \
+	$(LIBNFTABLES_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(COVERAGE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(NULL)
 
@@ -43,5 +47,7 @@ osmo_upf_LDADD = \
 	$(LIBOSMOGTLV_LIBS) \
 	$(LIBOSMOPFCP_LIBS) \
 	$(LIBGTPNL_LIBS) \
+	$(LIBNFTNL_LIBS) \
+	$(LIBNFTABLES_LIBS) \
 	$(COVERAGE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(NULL)