diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f397383f6..ea34c78fd0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ set(BASIC_TESTS
   munmap_discontinuous
   nanosleep
   netfilter
+  netlink_mmap_disable
   no_mask_timeslice
   nscd
   numa
diff --git a/src/record_syscall.cc b/src/record_syscall.cc
index de288ff46e..c04e635a4e 100644
--- a/src/record_syscall.cc
+++ b/src/record_syscall.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
 #include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/prctl.h>
@@ -914,6 +915,14 @@ static bool block_sock_opt(int level, int optname,
           return true;
       }
       break;
+    case SOL_NETLINK:
+      switch (optname) {
+        case NETLINK_RX_RING:
+        case NETLINK_TX_RING:
+          syscall_state.emulate_result(-ENOPROTOOPT);
+          return true;
+      }
+      break;
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/netlink_mmap_disable.c b/src/test/netlink_mmap_disable.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51118e2e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/netlink_mmap_disable.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*- */
+
+#include "util.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+  int sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+  int ret;
+  unsigned int block_size = 16 * getpagesize();
+  struct nl_mmap_req req = {
+    .nm_block_size = block_size,
+    .nm_block_nr = 64,
+    .nm_frame_size = 16384,
+    .nm_frame_nr = 64 * block_size / 16384,
+  };
+
+  if (sock < 0) {
+    atomic_puts("Can't create netlink socket");
+    atomic_puts("EXIT-SUCCESS");
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  ret = setsockopt(sock, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_RX_RING, &req, sizeof(req));
+  test_assert(ret < 0 && errno == ENOPROTOOPT);
+  ret = setsockopt(sock, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_TX_RING, &req, sizeof(req));
+  test_assert(ret < 0 && errno == ENOPROTOOPT);
+
+  atomic_puts("EXIT-SUCCESS");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/test/util.h b/src/test/util.h
index 4387a478b4..632996363a 100644
--- a/src/test/util.h
+++ b/src/test/util.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_tun.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/mtio.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>