diff --git a/cmd/derper/depaware.txt b/cmd/derper/depaware.txt
index 6b1aba2c7..5ee7a81ca 100644
--- a/cmd/derper/depaware.txt
+++ b/cmd/derper/depaware.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/derper dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawa
         tailscale.com/net/packet                                     from tailscale.com/wgengine/filter
         tailscale.com/net/sockstats                                  from tailscale.com/derp/derphttp
         tailscale.com/net/stun                                       from tailscale.com/cmd/derper
+   L    tailscale.com/net/tcpinfo                                    from tailscale.com/derp
         tailscale.com/net/tlsdial                                    from tailscale.com/derp/derphttp
         tailscale.com/net/tsaddr                                     from tailscale.com/ipn+
      💣 tailscale.com/net/tshttpproxy                                from tailscale.com/derp/derphttp+
diff --git a/cmd/tailscale/depaware.txt b/cmd/tailscale/depaware.txt
index 720e129a6..9a443042c 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscale/depaware.txt
+++ b/cmd/tailscale/depaware.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/tailscale dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/dep
         tailscale.com/net/portmapper                                 from tailscale.com/net/netcheck+
         tailscale.com/net/sockstats                                  from tailscale.com/control/controlhttp+
         tailscale.com/net/stun                                       from tailscale.com/net/netcheck
+   L    tailscale.com/net/tcpinfo                                    from tailscale.com/derp
         tailscale.com/net/tlsdial                                    from tailscale.com/derp/derphttp+
         tailscale.com/net/tsaddr                                     from tailscale.com/net/interfaces+
      💣 tailscale.com/net/tshttpproxy                                from tailscale.com/derp/derphttp+
diff --git a/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt b/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt
index 8219faa21..f16a8c555 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt
+++ b/cmd/tailscaled/depaware.txt
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/tailscaled dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/de
         tailscale.com/net/socks5                                     from tailscale.com/cmd/tailscaled
         tailscale.com/net/sockstats                                  from tailscale.com/control/controlclient+
         tailscale.com/net/stun                                       from tailscale.com/net/netcheck+
+   L    tailscale.com/net/tcpinfo                                    from tailscale.com/derp
         tailscale.com/net/tlsdial                                    from tailscale.com/control/controlclient+
         tailscale.com/net/tsaddr                                     from tailscale.com/ipn+
         tailscale.com/net/tsdial                                     from tailscale.com/control/controlclient+
diff --git a/derp/derp_server_linux.go b/derp/derp_server_linux.go
index 1029226a6..03bb204ca 100644
--- a/derp/derp_server_linux.go
+++ b/derp/derp_server_linux.go
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+	"tailscale.com/net/tcpinfo"
 )
 
 func (c *sclient) statsLoop(ctx context.Context) error {
-	// If we can't get a TCP socket, then we can't send stats.
-	tcpConn := c.tcpConn()
-	if tcpConn == nil {
+	// Get the RTT initially to verify it's supported.
+	conn := c.tcpConn()
+	if conn == nil {
 		c.s.tcpRtt.Add("non-tcp", 1)
 		return nil
 	}
-	rawConn, err := tcpConn.SyscallConn()
-	if err != nil {
-		c.logf("error getting SyscallConn: %v", err)
+	if _, err := tcpinfo.RTT(conn); err != nil {
+		c.logf("error fetching initial RTT: %v", err)
 		c.s.tcpRtt.Add("error", 1)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -31,23 +30,16 @@ func (c *sclient) statsLoop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(statsInterval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
-	var (
-		tcpInfo *unix.TCPInfo
-		sysErr  error
-	)
 statsLoop:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			err = rawConn.Control(func(fd uintptr) {
-				tcpInfo, sysErr = unix.GetsockoptTCPInfo(int(fd), unix.IPPROTO_TCP, unix.TCP_INFO)
-			})
-			if err != nil || sysErr != nil {
+			rtt, err := tcpinfo.RTT(conn)
+			if err != nil {
 				continue statsLoop
 			}
 
 			// TODO(andrew): more metrics?
-			rtt := time.Duration(tcpInfo.Rtt) * time.Microsecond
 			c.s.tcpRtt.Add(durationToLabel(rtt), 1)
 
 		case <-ctx.Done():