diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/rpath.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/rpath.sh
index 5289c8447a41..0c969ffd36f7 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/rpath.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/rpath.sh
@@ -61,14 +61,26 @@ ip -net "$ns2" a a 192.168.42.1/24 dev d0
 ip -net "$ns1" a a fec0:42::2/64 dev v0 nodad
 ip -net "$ns2" a a fec0:42::1/64 dev d0 nodad
 
+# avoid neighbor lookups and enable martian IPv6 pings
+ns2_hwaddr=$(ip -net "$ns2" link show dev v0 | \
+	     sed -n 's, *link/ether \([^ ]*\) .*,\1,p')
+ns1_hwaddr=$(ip -net "$ns1" link show dev v0 | \
+	     sed -n 's, *link/ether \([^ ]*\) .*,\1,p')
+ip -net "$ns1" neigh add fec0:42::1 lladdr "$ns2_hwaddr" nud permanent dev v0
+ip -net "$ns1" neigh add fec0:23::1 lladdr "$ns2_hwaddr" nud permanent dev v0
+ip -net "$ns2" neigh add fec0:42::2 lladdr "$ns1_hwaddr" nud permanent dev d0
+ip -net "$ns2" neigh add fec0:23::2 lladdr "$ns1_hwaddr" nud permanent dev v0
+
 # firewall matches to test
 [ -n "$iptables" ] && {
 	common='-t raw -A PREROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/16'
+	common+=' -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request'
 	ip netns exec "$ns2" "$iptables" $common -m rpfilter
 	ip netns exec "$ns2" "$iptables" $common -m rpfilter --invert
 }
 [ -n "$ip6tables" ] && {
 	common='-t raw -A PREROUTING -s fec0::/16'
+	common+=' -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type echo-request'
 	ip netns exec "$ns2" "$ip6tables" $common -m rpfilter
 	ip netns exec "$ns2" "$ip6tables" $common -m rpfilter --invert
 }
@@ -76,8 +88,10 @@ ip -net "$ns2" a a fec0:42::1/64 dev d0 nodad
 table inet t {
 	chain c {
 		type filter hook prerouting priority raw;
-		ip saddr 192.168.0.0/16 fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
-		ip6 saddr fec0::/16 fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
+		ip saddr 192.168.0.0/16 icmp type echo-request \
+			fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
+		ip6 saddr fec0::/16 icmpv6 type echo-request \
+			fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
 	}
 }
 EOF