diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 7bde518..92eb0ba 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func unpackMessages(msgs []netlink.Message) ([]Message, error) {
 		var m Message
 		switch nm.Header.Type {
 		case unix.RTM_GETLINK, unix.RTM_NEWLINK, unix.RTM_DELLINK:
-			m = &LinkMessage{}
+			m = &LinkMessage{filtered: (nm.Header.Flags&netlink.DumpFiltered != 0)}
 		case unix.RTM_GETADDR, unix.RTM_NEWADDR, unix.RTM_DELADDR:
 			m = &AddressMessage{}
 		case unix.RTM_GETROUTE, unix.RTM_NEWROUTE, unix.RTM_DELROUTE:
diff --git a/link.go b/link.go
index 4400d5a..d689a0c 100644
--- a/link.go
+++ b/link.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ type LinkMessage struct {
 
 	// Attributes List
 	Attributes *LinkAttributes
+
+	// A response was filtered as requested, see NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED
+	filtered bool
 }
 
 // MarshalBinary marshals a LinkMessage into a byte slice.
@@ -184,14 +187,26 @@ func (l *LinkService) Set(req *LinkMessage) error {
 
 func (l *LinkService) list(kind string) ([]LinkMessage, error) {
 	req := &LinkMessage{}
-	if kind != "" {
-		req.Attributes = &LinkAttributes{
-			Info: &LinkInfo{Kind: kind},
-		}
+	flags := netlink.Request | netlink.Dump
+
+	if kind == "" {
+		return l.execute(req, unix.RTM_GETLINK, flags)
 	}
 
-	flags := netlink.Request | netlink.Dump
-	return l.execute(req, unix.RTM_GETLINK, flags)
+	req.Attributes = &LinkAttributes{
+		Info: &LinkInfo{Kind: kind},
+	}
+
+	msgs, err := l.execute(req, unix.RTM_GETLINK, flags)
+
+	// All filtered links are marked by a NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED flag
+	// no other links present in a response, so just check the first one
+	if err == nil && len(msgs) > 0 && !msgs[0].filtered {
+		msgs = []LinkMessage{}
+	}
+
+	return msgs, err
+
 }
 
 // ListByKind retrieves all interfaces of a specific kind.