diff --git a/tools/etc/iproute2/rt_protos.d/frr.conf b/tools/etc/iproute2/rt_protos.d/frr.conf
index 3f55b11268..b9824a4f2a 100644
--- a/tools/etc/iproute2/rt_protos.d/frr.conf
+++ b/tools/etc/iproute2/rt_protos.d/frr.conf
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 189  rip
 190  ripng
 191  static
+194  babel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index f22f4acb08..4121ed5df8 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static inline int is_selfroute(int proto)
 {
   if ((proto == RTPROT_BGP) || (proto == RTPROT_OSPF) ||
       (proto == RTPROT_STATIC) || (proto == RTPROT_ZEBRA) ||
-      (proto == RTPROT_ISIS) || (proto == RTPROT_RIPNG)) {
+      (proto == RTPROT_ISIS) || (proto == RTPROT_RIPNG) ||
+      (proto == RTPROT_BABEL)) {
     return 1;
   }
 
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ static inline int is_selfroute(int proto)
 static inline int get_rt_proto(int proto)
 {
   switch (proto) {
+  case ZEBRA_ROUTE_BABEL:
+    proto = RTPROT_BABEL;
+    break;
   case ZEBRA_ROUTE_BGP:
     proto = RTPROT_BGP;
     break;