diff --git a/include/rt_names.h b/include/rt_names.h
index 1835f3be..6358650d 100644
--- a/include/rt_names.h
+++ b/include/rt_names.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ int ll_addr_a2n(char *lladdr, int len, const char *arg);
 const char * ll_proto_n2a(unsigned short id, char *buf, int len);
 int ll_proto_a2n(unsigned short *id, const char *buf);
 
+const char *ppp_proto_n2a(unsigned short id, char *buf, int len);
+int ppp_proto_a2n(unsigned short *id, const char *buf);
+
 const char *nl_proto_n2a(int id, char *buf, int len);
 int nl_proto_a2n(__u32 *id, const char *arg);
 
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 6c98f9a6..ddedd37f 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CFLAGS += -fPIC
 
 UTILOBJ = utils.o utils_math.o rt_names.o ll_map.o ll_types.o ll_proto.o ll_addr.o \
 	inet_proto.o namespace.o json_writer.o json_print.o json_print_math.o \
-	names.o color.o bpf_legacy.o bpf_glue.o exec.o fs.o cg_map.o
+	names.o color.o bpf_legacy.o bpf_glue.o exec.o fs.o cg_map.o ppp_proto.o
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_ELF),y)
 ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBBPF),y)
diff --git a/lib/ppp_proto.c b/lib/ppp_proto.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6346643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ppp_proto.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Utilities for translating PPP protocols from strings
+ * and vice versa.
+ *
+ * Authors:     Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@intel.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/ppp_defs.h>
+#include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "rt_names.h"
+
+static const struct proto ppp_proto_names[] = {
+	{PPP_IP, "ip"},
+	{PPP_AT, "at"},
+	{PPP_IPX, "ipx"},
+	{PPP_VJC_COMP, "vjc_comp"},
+	{PPP_VJC_UNCOMP, "vjc_uncomp"},
+	{PPP_MP, "mp"},
+	{PPP_IPV6, "ipv6"},
+	{PPP_COMPFRAG, "compfrag"},
+	{PPP_COMP, "comp"},
+	{PPP_MPLS_UC, "mpls_uc"},
+	{PPP_MPLS_MC, "mpls_mc"},
+	{PPP_IPCP, "ipcp"},
+	{PPP_ATCP, "atcp"},
+	{PPP_IPXCP, "ipxcp"},
+	{PPP_IPV6CP, "ipv6cp"},
+	{PPP_CCPFRAG, "ccpfrag"},
+	{PPP_CCP, "ccp"},
+	{PPP_MPLSCP, "mplscp"},
+	{PPP_LCP, "lcp"},
+	{PPP_PAP, "pap"},
+	{PPP_LQR, "lqr"},
+	{PPP_CHAP, "chap"},
+	{PPP_CBCP, "cbcp"},
+};
+
+const char *ppp_proto_n2a(unsigned short id, char *buf, int len)
+{
+	size_t len_tb = ARRAY_SIZE(ppp_proto_names);
+
+	return proto_n2a(id, buf, len, ppp_proto_names, len_tb);
+}
+
+int ppp_proto_a2n(unsigned short *id, const char *buf)
+{
+	size_t len_tb = ARRAY_SIZE(ppp_proto_names);
+
+	return proto_a2n(id, buf, ppp_proto_names, len_tb);
+}