diff --git a/include/netlink-private/genl.h b/include/netlink-private/genl.h
index 0aca6d7..5b93db3 100644
--- a/include/netlink-private/genl.h
+++ b/include/netlink-private/genl.h
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@
 
 #define GENL_HDRSIZE(hdrlen) (GENL_HDRLEN + (hdrlen))
 
+extern int		genl_resolve_id(struct genl_ops *ops);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/genl/mngt.c b/lib/genl/mngt.c
index a3faaf2..35bbb12 100644
--- a/lib/genl/mngt.c
+++ b/lib/genl/mngt.c
@@ -302,6 +302,32 @@ static int __genl_ops_resolve(struct nl_cache *ctrl, struct genl_ops *ops)
 
 	return -NLE_OBJ_NOTFOUND;
 }
+
+int genl_resolve_id(struct genl_ops *ops)
+{
+	struct nl_sock *sk;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/* Check if resolved already */
+	if (ops->o_id != GENL_ID_GENERATE)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!ops->o_name)
+		return -NLE_INVAL;
+
+	if (!(sk = nl_socket_alloc()))
+		return -NLE_NOMEM;
+
+	if ((err = genl_connect(sk)) < 0)
+		goto errout_free;
+
+	err = genl_ops_resolve(sk, ops);
+
+errout_free:
+	nl_socket_free(sk);
+
+	return err;
+}
 /** @endcond */
 
 /**