diff --git a/net/packet/packet.go b/net/packet/packet.go
index 780349ddf..e3784a571 100644
--- a/net/packet/packet.go
+++ b/net/packet/packet.go
@@ -558,19 +558,42 @@ func withPort(ap netip.AddrPort, port uint16) netip.AddrPort {
 // Currently (2023-03-01) only TCP/UDP/ICMP over IPv4 is supported.
 // p is modified in place.
 // If p.IPProto is unknown, only the IP header checksum is updated.
-// TODO(maisem): more protocols (sctp, gre, dccp)
 func updateV4PacketChecksums(p *Parsed, old, new netip.Addr) {
+	if len(p.Buffer()) < 12 {
+		// Not enough space for an IPv4 header.
+		return
+	}
 	o4, n4 := old.As4(), new.As4()
-	updateV4Checksum(p.Buffer()[10:12], o4[:], n4[:]) // header
+
+	// First update the checksum in the IP header.
+	updateV4Checksum(p.Buffer()[10:12], o4[:], n4[:])
+
+	// Now update the transport layer checksums, where applicable.
+	tr := p.Transport()
 	switch p.IPProto {
-	case ipproto.UDP:
-		updateV4Checksum(p.Transport()[6:8], o4[:], n4[:])
+	case ipproto.UDP, ipproto.DCCP:
+		if len(tr) < 8 {
+			// Not enough space for a UDP header.
+			return
+		}
+		updateV4Checksum(tr[6:8], o4[:], n4[:])
 	case ipproto.TCP:
-		updateV4Checksum(p.Transport()[16:18], o4[:], n4[:])
-	case ipproto.ICMPv4:
-		// Nothing to do.
+		if len(tr) < 18 {
+			// Not enough space for a TCP header.
+			return
+		}
+		updateV4Checksum(tr[16:18], o4[:], n4[:])
+	case ipproto.GRE:
+		if len(tr) < 6 {
+			// Not enough space for a GRE header.
+			return
+		}
+		if tr[0] == 1 { // checksum present
+			updateV4Checksum(tr[4:6], o4[:], n4[:])
+		}
+	case ipproto.SCTP, ipproto.ICMPv4:
+		// No transport layer update required.
 	}
-	// TODO(maisem): more protocols (sctp, gre, dccp)
 }
 
 // updateV4Checksum calculates and updates the checksum in the packet buffer for
diff --git a/net/packet/packet_test.go b/net/packet/packet_test.go
index acf878296..4bc2be77a 100644
--- a/net/packet/packet_test.go
+++ b/net/packet/packet_test.go
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ func TestHeaderChecksums(t *testing.T) {
 				0x45, 0x00, 0x00, 0x74, 0xe2, 0x85, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x11, 0x96, 0xb5, 0x64, 0x64, 0x64, 0x64, 0x64, 0x42, 0xd4, 0x33, 0x00, 0x35, 0xec, 0x55, 0x00, 0x60, 0xd9, 0x19, 0xed, 0xfd, 0x81, 0x80, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0x63, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x73, 0x34, 0x06, 0x67, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x67, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x03, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x1e, 0x00, 0x0c, 0x07, 0x63, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x73, 0x01, 0x6c, 0xc0, 0x15, 0xc0, 0x31, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x1e, 0x00, 0x04, 0x8e, 0xfa, 0xbd, 0xce, 0x00, 0x00, 0x29, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "DCCP",
+			packet: []byte{
+				0x45, 0x00, 0x00, 0x28, 0x15, 0x06, 0x40, 0x00, 0x40, 0x21, 0x5f, 0x2f, 0xc0, 0xa8, 0x01, 0x1f, 0xc9, 0x0b, 0x3b, 0xad, 0x80, 0x04, 0x13, 0x89, 0x05, 0x00, 0x08, 0xdb, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x29, 0x01, 0x6d, 0xdc, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SCTP",
+			packet: []byte{
+				0x45, 0x00, 0x00, 0x30, 0x09, 0xd9, 0x40, 0x00, 0xff, 0x84, 0x50, 0xe2, 0x0a, 0x1c, 0x06, 0x2c, 0x0a, 0x1c, 0x06, 0x2b, 0x0b, 0x80, 0x40, 0x00, 0x21, 0x44, 0x15, 0x23, 0x2b, 0xf2, 0x02, 0x4e, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x28, 0x02, 0x43, 0x45, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			},
+		},
+		// TODO(maisem): add test for GRE.
 	}
 	var p Parsed
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/types/ipproto/ipproto.go b/types/ipproto/ipproto.go
index 66258f1ab..a6b1e0c48 100644
--- a/types/ipproto/ipproto.go
+++ b/types/ipproto/ipproto.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const (
 	ICMPv6 Proto = 0x3a
 	TCP    Proto = 0x06
 	UDP    Proto = 0x11
+	DCCP   Proto = 0x21
+	GRE    Proto = 0x2f
 	SCTP   Proto = 0x84
 
 	// TSMP is the Tailscale Message Protocol (our ICMP-ish
@@ -67,6 +69,10 @@ func (p Proto) String() string {
 		return "SCTP"
 	case TSMP:
 		return "TSMP"
+	case GRE:
+		return "GRE"
+	case DCCP:
+		return "DCCP"
 	default:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("IPProto-%d", int(p))
 	}