diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index bf65703..42bb3e8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ daregod <daregod@yandex.ru>
 Lucus Lee <lixin9311@gmail.com>
 Arroyo Networks, LLC <open.source@arroyonetworks.com>
 Tony Lu <tonyluj@gmail.com>
+ajee cai <ajee.cai@gmail.com>
 yinheli <hi@yinheli.com>
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diff --git a/syscalls_linux.go b/syscalls_linux.go
index cda8074..502c5a2 100644
--- a/syscalls_linux.go
+++ b/syscalls_linux.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func newTAP(config Config) (ifce *Interface, err error) {
 	}
 
 	var flags uint16
-	flags = cIFF_TUN | cIFF_NO_PI
+	flags = cIFF_TAP | cIFF_NO_PI
 	if config.PlatformSpecificParams.MultiQueue {
 		flags |= cIFF_MULTI_QUEUE
 	}