diff --git a/expr/exthdr.go b/expr/exthdr.go
index e47f268..9a3ed8c 100644
--- a/expr/exthdr.go
+++ b/expr/exthdr.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package expr
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"encoding/binary"
 
 	"github.com/google/nftables/binaryutil"
 	"github.com/mdlayher/netlink"
@@ -40,16 +40,24 @@ type Exthdr struct {
 }
 
 func (e *Exthdr) marshal() ([]byte, error) {
-	data, err := netlink.MarshalAttributes([]netlink.Attribute{
-		{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_SREG, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.SourceRegister)},
+	// Operations are differentiated by the Op and whether the SourceRegister
+	// or DestRegister is set. Mixing them results in EINVAL.
+	attr := []netlink.Attribute{
 		{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_TYPE, Data: []byte{e.Type}},
 		{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_OFFSET, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.Offset)},
 		{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_LEN, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.Len)},
-		// TODO: these fields seem to be conditional?
-		//{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_DREG, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.DestRegister)},
-		//{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_FLAGS, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.Flags)},
 		{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_OP, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(uint32(e.Op))},
-	})
+	}
+	if e.SourceRegister != 0 {
+		attr = append(attr,
+			netlink.Attribute{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_SREG, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.SourceRegister)})
+	} else {
+		attr = append(attr,
+			netlink.Attribute{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_DREG, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.DestRegister)},
+			netlink.Attribute{Type: unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_FLAGS, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint32(e.Flags)})
+	}
+
+	data, err := netlink.MarshalAttributes(attr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -60,5 +68,28 @@ func (e *Exthdr) marshal() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (e *Exthdr) unmarshal(data []byte) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("not yet implemented")
+	ad, err := netlink.NewAttributeDecoder(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	ad.ByteOrder = binary.BigEndian
+	for ad.Next() {
+		switch ad.Type() {
+		case unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_DREG:
+			e.DestRegister = ad.Uint32()
+		case unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_TYPE:
+			e.Type = ad.Uint8()
+		case unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_OFFSET:
+			e.Offset = ad.Uint32()
+		case unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_LEN:
+			e.Len = ad.Uint32()
+		case unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_FLAGS:
+			e.Flags = ad.Uint32()
+		case unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_OP:
+			e.Op = ExthdrOp(ad.Uint32())
+		case unix.NFTA_EXTHDR_SREG:
+			e.SourceRegister = ad.Uint32()
+		}
+	}
+	return ad.Err()
 }
diff --git a/expr/exthdr_test.go b/expr/exthdr_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a573436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expr/exthdr_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package expr
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mdlayher/netlink"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func TestExthdr(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		eh   Exthdr
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Unmarshal Exthdr DestRegister case",
+			eh: Exthdr{
+				DestRegister:   1,
+				Type:           2,
+				Offset:         3,
+				Len:            4,
+				Flags:          5,
+				Op:             ExthdrOpTcpopt,
+				SourceRegister: 0,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Unmarshal Exthdr SourceRegister case",
+			eh: Exthdr{
+				SourceRegister: 1,
+				Type:           2,
+				Offset:         3,
+				Len:            4,
+				Op:             ExthdrOpTcpopt,
+				DestRegister:   0,
+				Flags:          0,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			neh := Exthdr{}
+			data, err := tt.eh.marshal()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("marshal error: %+v", err)
+
+			}
+			ad, err := netlink.NewAttributeDecoder(data)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("NewAttributeDecoder() error: %+v", err)
+			}
+			ad.ByteOrder = binary.BigEndian
+			for ad.Next() {
+				if ad.Type() == unix.NFTA_EXPR_DATA {
+					if err := neh.unmarshal(ad.Bytes()); err != nil {
+						t.Errorf("unmarshal error: %+v", err)
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.eh, neh) {
+				t.Fatalf("original %+v and recovered %+v Exthdr structs are different", tt.eh, neh)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/rule.go b/rule.go
index a29d4b9..be5473f 100644
--- a/rule.go
+++ b/rule.go
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ func exprsFromMsg(b []byte) ([]expr.Any, error) {
 						e = &expr.Dynset{}
 					case "log":
 						e = &expr.Log{}
+					case "exthdr":
+						e = &expr.Exthdr{}
 					}
 					if e == nil {
 						// TODO: introduce an opaque expression type so that users know