diff --git a/input/packet/Makefile.am b/input/packet/Makefile.am
index 1c3151d..0f9c316 100644
--- a/input/packet/Makefile.am
+++ b/input/packet/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include ${LIBNETFILTER_LOG_CFLAGS}
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include ${LIBNETFILTER_LOG_CFLAGS} ${LIBNETFILTER_CONNTRACK_CFLAGS}
 AM_CFLAGS = ${regular_CFLAGS}
 
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = ulogd_inppkt_UNIXSOCK.la
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ pkglib_LTLIBRARIES += ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG.la
 endif
 
 ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG_la_SOURCES = ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG.c
-ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -module $(LIBNETFILTER_LOG_LIBS)
+ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -module $(LIBNETFILTER_LOG_LIBS) \
+                                 $(LIBNETFILTER_CONNTRACK_LIBS)
 
 ulogd_inppkt_ULOG_la_SOURCES = ulogd_inppkt_ULOG.c
 ulogd_inppkt_ULOG_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -module
diff --git a/input/packet/ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG.c b/input/packet/ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG.c
index ea6fb0e..c8b1836 100644
--- a/input/packet/ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG.c
+++ b/input/packet/ulogd_inppkt_NFLOG.c
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 #include <ulogd/ulogd.h>
 #include <libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.h>
 #include <libnetfilter_log/libnetfilter_log.h>
+#ifdef BUILD_NFCT
+#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
+#include <libnetfilter_conntrack/libnetfilter_conntrack.h>
+#endif
+
 
 #ifndef NFLOG_GROUP_DEFAULT
 #define NFLOG_GROUP_DEFAULT	0
@@ -148,6 +153,7 @@ enum nflog_keys {
 	NFLOG_KEY_RAW_MAC_SADDR,
 	NFLOG_KEY_RAW_MAC_ADDRLEN,
 	NFLOG_KEY_RAW,
+	NFLOG_KEY_RAW_CT,
 };
 
 static struct ulogd_key output_keys[] = {
@@ -319,11 +325,53 @@ static struct ulogd_key output_keys[] = {
 		.flags = ULOGD_RETF_NONE,
 		.name = "raw",
 	},
+	[NFLOG_KEY_RAW_CT] = {
+		.type = ULOGD_RET_RAW,
+		.flags = ULOGD_RETF_NONE,
+		.name = "ct",
+	},
 };
 
+#ifdef BUILD_NFCT
+struct nf_conntrack *build_ct(struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg) {
+        struct nlattr *attr, *ctattr = NULL;
+        struct nf_conntrack *ct = NULL;
+        struct nlmsghdr *nlh
+                = (struct nlmsghdr *)((void *)nfmsg - sizeof(*nlh));
+
+        mnl_attr_for_each(attr, nlh, sizeof(struct nfgenmsg)) {
+                if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == NFULA_CT) {
+                        ctattr = attr;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (ctattr == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+
+        ct = nfct_new();
+        if (ct == NULL) {
+                ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "failed to allocate nfct\n");
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        if (nfct_payload_parse(mnl_attr_get_payload(ctattr),
+                               mnl_attr_get_payload_len(ctattr),
+                               nfmsg->nfgen_family, ct) < 0) {
+                ulogd_log(ULOGD_ERROR, "failed to parse nfct payload\n");
+                nfct_destroy(ct);
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        return ct;
+}
+#else
+void *build_ct(struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg) {
+        return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline int
 interp_packet(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi, uint8_t pf_family,
-	      struct nflog_data *ldata)
+	      struct nflog_data *ldata, void *ct)
 {
 	struct ulogd_key *ret = upi->output.keys;
 
@@ -404,6 +452,9 @@ interp_packet(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi, uint8_t pf_family,
 
 	okey_set_ptr(&ret[NFLOG_KEY_RAW], ldata);
 
+        if (ct != NULL)
+                okey_set_ptr(&ret[NFLOG_KEY_RAW_CT], ct);
+
 	ulogd_propagate_results(upi);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -479,15 +530,24 @@ static int msg_cb(struct nflog_g_handle *gh, struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg,
 	struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi = data;
 	struct ulogd_pluginstance *npi = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
+        void *ct = build_ct(nfmsg);
 
 	/* since we support the re-use of one instance in several 
 	 * different stacks, we duplicate the message to let them know */
 	llist_for_each_entry(npi, &upi->plist, plist) {
-		ret = interp_packet(npi, nfmsg->nfgen_family, nfa);
+		ret = interp_packet(npi, nfmsg->nfgen_family, nfa, ct);
 		if (ret != 0)
-			return ret;
+                        goto release_ct;
 	}
-	return interp_packet(upi, nfmsg->nfgen_family, nfa);
+        ret = interp_packet(upi, nfmsg->nfgen_family, nfa, ct);
+
+release_ct:
+#ifdef BUILD_NFCT
+        if (ct != NULL)
+                nfct_destroy(ct);
+#endif
+
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static int configure(struct ulogd_pluginstance *upi,
