diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index db784943add..640bc8dd8e5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #1657276: Make NETLINK_DNRTMSG conditional.
+
 - Bug #1653736: Complain about keyword arguments to time.isoformat.
 
 - operator.count() now raises an OverflowError when the count reaches sys.maxint.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index c9f0388a302..9f833271d85 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -4363,7 +4363,9 @@ init_socket(void)
 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "NETLINK_ROUTE6", NETLINK_ROUTE6);
 #endif
 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "NETLINK_IP6_FW", NETLINK_IP6_FW);
+#ifdef NETLINK_DNRTMSG
 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "NETLINK_DNRTMSG", NETLINK_DNRTMSG);
+#endif 
 #ifdef NETLINK_TAPBASE
 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "NETLINK_TAPBASE", NETLINK_TAPBASE);
 #endif