diff --git a/src/netlink.rs b/src/netlink.rs
index 11dc905cb..b44a7b0a7 100644
--- a/src/netlink.rs
+++ b/src/netlink.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use libc::c_uchar;
 
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
 use std::ops;
-use std::path::Path;
 
 use crate::errors::*;
 use crate::util;
@@ -72,19 +71,16 @@ impl NetDevice {
             .await
             .error("Failed to read nameservers")?;
 
-        // TODO: use netlink for the these too
-        // I don't believe that this should ever change, so set it now:
-        let path = Path::new("/sys/class/net").join(&iface.name);
+        // Detect interface type using netlink link_type data
         let tun = iface.name.starts_with("tun")
             || iface.name.starts_with("tap")
-            || tokio::fs::try_exists(path.join("tun_flags"))
-                .await
-                .error("Unable to stat file")?;
-        let (wg, ppp) = util::read_file(path.join("uevent"))
-            .await
-            .map_or((false, false), |c| {
-                (c.contains("wireguard"), c.contains("ppp"))
-            });
+            || iface.link_type.as_deref() == Some("tun")
+            || iface.link_type.as_deref() == Some("tap");
+        let (wg, ppp) = match iface.link_type.as_deref() {
+            Some("wireguard") => (true, false),
+            Some("ppp") => (false, true),
+            _ => (false, false),
+        };
 
         let icon = if wifi_info.is_some() {
             "net_wireless"
@@ -256,6 +252,7 @@ pub struct Interface {
     pub operstate: Operstate,
     pub name: String,
     pub stats: Option<InterfaceStats>,
+    pub link_type: Option<String>,
 }
 
 macro_rules! recv_until_done {
@@ -275,6 +272,52 @@ macro_rules! recv_until_done {
     };
 }
 
+/// Extract link type (e.g., "tun", "wireguard", "ppp") from IFLA_LINKINFO attribute
+fn extract_link_type(linkinfo_bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<String> {
+    // Parse nested rtattrs in linkinfo to find IFLA_INFO_KIND (type 1)
+    const IFLA_INFO_KIND: u16 = 1; // type 1 for the kind/type of device we want
+    const RTATTR_HEADER_SIZE: usize = 4; // 2 bytes length + 2 bytes type
+    const RTATTR_TYPE_FIELD_SIZE: usize = 2; // size of u16 for length/type
+    const RTATTR_ALIGNMENT_STRIDE: usize = 4; // netlink attributes are 4-byte aligned
+    const RTATTR_MIN_PAYLOAD_SIZE: usize = 4; // minimum size for valid payload
+    
+    let mut offset = 0;
+
+    // Continue while we have at least the header size left
+    while offset + RTATTR_HEADER_SIZE <= linkinfo_bytes.len() { 
+
+        // Read the first 2 bytes to get the total length of this attribute (header + payload)
+        let len = u16::from_ne_bytes(
+            linkinfo_bytes[offset..offset + RTATTR_TYPE_FIELD_SIZE]
+                .try_into()
+                .ok()?,
+        ) as usize;
+        
+        // Read the next 2 bytes to get the attribute type identifier
+        let typ = u16::from_ne_bytes(
+            linkinfo_bytes[offset + RTATTR_TYPE_FIELD_SIZE..offset + RTATTR_HEADER_SIZE]
+                .try_into()
+                .ok()?,
+        );
+
+        // Check if this is the IFLA_INFO_KIND attribute (type 1) with valid payload
+        if typ == IFLA_INFO_KIND && len > RTATTR_MIN_PAYLOAD_SIZE {
+            let payload_len = len - RTATTR_HEADER_SIZE;
+            let payload = &linkinfo_bytes[offset + RTATTR_HEADER_SIZE..offset + RTATTR_HEADER_SIZE + payload_len];
+            let kind = String::from_utf8_lossy(payload)
+                .trim_end_matches('\0')
+                .to_string();
+            return Some(kind);
+        }
+
+        // Calculate the next attribute's offset by rounding current length up to 4-byte alignment
+        let aligned_len = (len + RTATTR_ALIGNMENT_STRIDE - 1) / RTATTR_ALIGNMENT_STRIDE * RTATTR_ALIGNMENT_STRIDE;
+        offset += aligned_len;
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
 async fn get_interfaces(
     sock: &mut NlSocket,
     filter: Option<&Regex>,
@@ -302,11 +345,13 @@ async fn get_interfaces(
         let mut name = None;
         let mut stats = None;
         let mut operstate = Operstate::Unknown;
+        let mut link_type = None;
         for attr in msg.rtattrs.iter() {
             match attr.rta_type {
                 Ifla::Ifname => name = Some(attr.get_payload_as_with_len()?),
                 Ifla::Stats64 => stats = Some(InterfaceStats::from_stats64(attr.payload().as_ref())),
                 Ifla::Operstate => operstate = attr.get_payload_as::<u8>()?.into(),
+                Ifla::Linkinfo => link_type = extract_link_type(attr.payload().as_ref()),
                 _ => (),
             }
         }
@@ -317,6 +362,7 @@ async fn get_interfaces(
                 operstate,
                 name,
                 stats,
+                link_type,
             });
         }
     });