diff --git a/link_linux.go b/link_linux.go
index 56ace6b..28e9ec2 100644
--- a/link_linux.go
+++ b/link_linux.go
@@ -2035,7 +2035,11 @@ func addSittunAttrs(sittun *Sittun, linkInfo *nl.RtAttr) {
 		nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_IPTUN_REMOTE, []byte(ip))
 	}
 
-	nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_IPTUN_TTL, nl.Uint8Attr(sittun.Ttl))
+	if sittun.Ttl > 0 {
+		// Would otherwise fail on 3.10 kernel
+		nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_IPTUN_TTL, nl.Uint8Attr(sittun.Ttl))
+	}
+
 	nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_IPTUN_TOS, nl.Uint8Attr(sittun.Tos))
 	nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_IPTUN_PMTUDISC, nl.Uint8Attr(sittun.PMtuDisc))
 	nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_IPTUN_ENCAP_TYPE, nl.Uint16Attr(sittun.EncapType))
diff --git a/link_test.go b/link_test.go
index 07d61ff..3bf4b8e 100644
--- a/link_test.go
+++ b/link_test.go
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ func TestLinkAddDelVeth(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLinkAddDelBond(t *testing.T) {
+	minKernelRequired(t, 3, 13)
+
 	tearDown := setUpNetlinkTest(t)
 	defer tearDown()
 
diff --git a/neigh_test.go b/neigh_test.go
index dc1d4ab..ddbd99c 100644
--- a/neigh_test.go
+++ b/neigh_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ func dumpContainsProxy(dump []Neigh, p proxyEntry) bool {
 }
 
 func TestNeighAddDelLLIPAddr(t *testing.T) {
+	setUpNetlinkTestWithKModule(t, "ipip")
+
 	tearDown := setUpNetlinkTest(t)
 	defer tearDown()