diff --git a/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h b/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h
index 8250d6f0a462..b24ea2d9400b 100644
--- a/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h
+++ b/include/net/tc_act/tc_ct.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_labels.h>
 
 struct tcf_ct_params {
+	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
 	struct nf_conn *tmpl;
 	u16 zone;
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tc_act/tc_ct.h b/include/uapi/linux/tc_act/tc_ct.h
index 5fb1d7ac1027..6c5200f0ed38 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/tc_act/tc_ct.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tc_act/tc_ct.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ enum {
 	TCA_CT_NAT_PORT_MIN,	/* be16 */
 	TCA_CT_NAT_PORT_MAX,	/* be16 */
 	TCA_CT_PAD,
+	TCA_CT_HELPER_NAME,	/* string */
+	TCA_CT_HELPER_FAMILY,	/* u8 */
+	TCA_CT_HELPER_PROTO,	/* u8 */
 	__TCA_CT_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index 193a460a9d7f..85f4dc5650da 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_acct.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/ipv6/nf_defrag_ipv6.h>
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_act_ct.h>
+#include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_seqadj.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_nat.h>
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *act_ct_wq;
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ struct tc_ct_action_net {
 
 /* Determine whether skb->_nfct is equal to the result of conntrack lookup. */
 static bool tcf_ct_skb_nfct_cached(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
-				   u16 zone_id, bool force)
+				   struct tcf_ct_params *p, bool force)
 {
 	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
 	struct nf_conn *ct;
@@ -665,8 +666,15 @@ static bool tcf_ct_skb_nfct_cached(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return false;
 	if (!net_eq(net, read_pnet(&ct->ct_net)))
 		goto drop_ct;
-	if (nf_ct_zone(ct)->id != zone_id)
+	if (nf_ct_zone(ct)->id != p->zone)
 		goto drop_ct;
+	if (p->helper) {
+		struct nf_conn_help *help;
+
+		help = nf_ct_ext_find(ct, NF_CT_EXT_HELPER);
+		if (help && rcu_access_pointer(help->helper) != p->helper)
+			goto drop_ct;
+	}
 
 	/* Force conntrack entry direction. */
 	if (force && CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo) != IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL) {
@@ -832,6 +840,13 @@ static int tcf_ct_handle_fragments(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static void tcf_ct_params_free(struct tcf_ct_params *params)
 {
+	if (params->helper) {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)
+		if (params->ct_action & TCA_CT_ACT_NAT)
+			nf_nat_helper_put(params->helper);
+#endif
+		nf_conntrack_helper_put(params->helper);
+	}
 	if (params->ct_ft)
 		tcf_ct_flow_table_put(params->ct_ft);
 	if (params->tmpl)
@@ -1033,6 +1048,7 @@ static int tcf_ct_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	struct nf_hook_state state;
 	int nh_ofs, err, retval;
 	struct tcf_ct_params *p;
+	bool add_helper = false;
 	bool skip_add = false;
 	bool defrag = false;
 	struct nf_conn *ct;
@@ -1086,7 +1102,7 @@ static int tcf_ct_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	 * actually run the packet through conntrack twice unless it's for a
 	 * different zone.
 	 */
-	cached = tcf_ct_skb_nfct_cached(net, skb, p->zone, force);
+	cached = tcf_ct_skb_nfct_cached(net, skb, p, force);
 	if (!cached) {
 		if (tcf_ct_flow_table_lookup(p, skb, family)) {
 			skip_add = true;
@@ -1119,6 +1135,22 @@ static int tcf_ct_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	if (err != NF_ACCEPT)
 		goto drop;
 
+	if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) && commit && p->helper && !nfct_help(ct)) {
+		err = __nf_ct_try_assign_helper(ct, p->tmpl, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (err)
+			goto drop;
+		add_helper = true;
+		if (p->ct_action & TCA_CT_ACT_NAT && !nfct_seqadj(ct)) {
+			if (!nfct_seqadj_ext_add(ct))
+				goto drop;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ? ((!cached && !skip_add) || add_helper) : commit) {
+		if (nf_ct_helper(skb, family) != NF_ACCEPT)
+			goto drop;
+	}
+
 	if (commit) {
 		tcf_ct_act_set_mark(ct, p->mark, p->mark_mask);
 		tcf_ct_act_set_labels(ct, p->labels, p->labels_mask);
@@ -1167,6 +1199,9 @@ static const struct nla_policy ct_policy[TCA_CT_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TCA_CT_NAT_IPV6_MAX] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)),
 	[TCA_CT_NAT_PORT_MIN] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	[TCA_CT_NAT_PORT_MAX] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
+	[TCA_CT_HELPER_NAME] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN },
+	[TCA_CT_HELPER_FAMILY] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+	[TCA_CT_HELPER_PROTO] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static int tcf_ct_fill_params_nat(struct tcf_ct_params *p,
@@ -1256,8 +1291,9 @@ static int tcf_ct_fill_params(struct net *net,
 {
 	struct tc_ct_action_net *tn = net_generic(net, act_ct_ops.net_id);
 	struct nf_conntrack_zone zone;
+	int err, family, proto, len;
 	struct nf_conn *tmpl;
-	int err;
+	char *name;
 
 	p->zone = NF_CT_DEFAULT_ZONE_ID;
 
@@ -1318,10 +1354,31 @@ static int tcf_ct_fill_params(struct net *net,
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to allocate conntrack template");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	__set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &tmpl->status);
 	p->tmpl = tmpl;
+	if (tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_NAME]) {
+		name = nla_data(tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_NAME]);
+		len = nla_len(tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_NAME]);
+		if (len > 16 || name[len - 1] != '\0') {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to parse helper name.");
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err;
+		}
+		family = tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_FAMILY] ? nla_get_u8(tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_FAMILY]) : AF_INET;
+		proto = tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_PROTO] ? nla_get_u8(tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_PROTO]) : IPPROTO_TCP;
+		err = nf_ct_add_helper(tmpl, name, family, proto,
+				       p->ct_action & TCA_CT_ACT_NAT, &p->helper);
+		if (err) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to add helper");
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
 
+	__set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &tmpl->status);
 	return 0;
+err:
+	nf_ct_put(p->tmpl);
+	p->tmpl = NULL;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int tcf_ct_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
@@ -1490,6 +1547,19 @@ static int tcf_ct_dump_nat(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_ct_params *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int tcf_ct_dump_helper(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper)
+{
+	if (!helper)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (nla_put_string(skb, TCA_CT_HELPER_NAME, helper->name) ||
+	    nla_put_u8(skb, TCA_CT_HELPER_FAMILY, helper->tuple.src.l3num) ||
+	    nla_put_u8(skb, TCA_CT_HELPER_PROTO, helper->tuple.dst.protonum))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int tcf_ct_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,
 			      int bind, int ref)
 {
@@ -1542,6 +1612,9 @@ static inline int tcf_ct_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,
 	if (tcf_ct_dump_nat(skb, p))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	if (tcf_ct_dump_helper(skb, p->helper))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 skip_dump:
 	if (nla_put(skb, TCA_CT_PARMS, sizeof(opt), &opt))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
