diff --git a/iptables/xtables-multi.c b/iptables/xtables-multi.c
index 8014d5f..5a57375 100644
--- a/iptables/xtables-multi.c
+++ b/iptables/xtables-multi.c
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "xshared.h"
 
+#include "xtables.h"
 #include "xtables-multi.h"
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_IPV4
@@ -35,7 +39,31 @@ static const struct subcommand multi_subcommands[] = {
 	{NULL},
 };
 
+#define XTMSOCKET_NAME "xtables_multi"
+#define XTMSOCKET_LEN 14
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	int i = 0, ret, xtm_socket;
+	struct sockaddr_un xtm_addr;
+
+	memset(&xtm_addr, 0, sizeof(xtm_addr));
+	xtm_addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strcpy(xtm_addr.sun_path+1, XTMSOCKET_NAME);
+	xtm_socket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	/* If we can't even create a socket, just revert to prior (lockless) behavior */
+	if (xtm_socket < 0)
+		return subcmd_main(argc, argv, multi_subcommands);
+
+	while (1) {
+		ret = bind(xtm_socket, (struct sockaddr*)&xtm_addr,
+			   offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path)+XTMSOCKET_LEN);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			break;
+		if (++i % 5 == 0)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Waiting for lock, standby...\n");
+		sleep(1);
+	}
+
 	return subcmd_main(argc, argv, multi_subcommands);
 }