diff --git a/modules/luci-base/root/usr/share/rpcd/ucode/luci b/modules/luci-base/root/usr/share/rpcd/ucode/luci
index 26fd3b0e5b..de3ca20b8d 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/root/usr/share/rpcd/ucode/luci
+++ b/modules/luci-base/root/usr/share/rpcd/ucode/luci
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ const methods = {
 				firewall:   access('/sbin/fw3') == true,
 				firewall4:  access('/sbin/fw4') == true,
 				opkg:       access('/bin/opkg') == true,
+				bonding:    access('/sys/module/bonding'),
+				mii-tool:   access('/usr/sbin/mii-tool'),
 				offloading: access('/sys/module/xt_FLOWOFFLOAD/refcnt') == true || access('/sys/module/nft_flow_offload/refcnt') == true,
 				br2684ctl:  access('/usr/sbin/br2684ctl') == true,
 				swconfig:   access('/sbin/swconfig') == true,
diff --git a/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/tools/network.js b/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/tools/network.js
index 4e664a800e..e7bfd59fde 100644
--- a/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/tools/network.js
+++ b/modules/luci-mod-network/htdocs/luci-static/resources/tools/network.js
@@ -450,10 +450,14 @@ return baseclass.extend({
 		s.tab('brport', _('Bridge port specific options'));
 		s.tab('bridgevlan', _('Bridge VLAN filtering'));
 
-		o = this.replaceOption(s, 'devgeneral', form.ListValue, 'type', _('Device type'));
+		o = this.replaceOption(s, 'devgeneral', form.ListValue, 'type', _('Device type'),
+			!L.hasSystemFeature('bonding') && isNew ? '<a href="' + L.url("admin", "system", "package-manager", "?query=kmod-bonding") + '">'+
+			 _('For bonding, install %s').format('<code>kmod-bonding</code>') + '</a>' : null);
 		o.readonly = !isNew;
 		o.value('', _('Network device'));
-		o.value('bonding', _('Aggregation device'));
+		if (L.hasSystemFeature('bonding')) {
+			o.value('bonding', _('Bonding/Aggregation device'));
+		}
 		o.value('bridge', _('Bridge device'));
 		o.value('8021q', _('VLAN (802.1q)'));
 		o.value('8021ad', _('VLAN (802.1ad)'));
@@ -864,7 +868,9 @@ return baseclass.extend({
 		};
 		o.depends('type', 'bonding');
 
-		o = this.replaceOption(s, 'devadvanced', form.ListValue, 'monitor_mode', _('Link monitoring mode'));
+		o = this.replaceOption(s, 'devadvanced', form.ListValue, 'monitor_mode', _('Link monitoring mode'),
+			!L.hasSystemFeature('mii-tool') ? '<a href="' + L.url("admin", "system", "package-manager", "?query=mii-tool") + '">'+
+			 _('Install %s').format('<code>mii-tool</code>') + '</a>' : null);
 		o.default = '';
 		o.value('arp', _('ARP link monitoring'));
 		o.value('mii', _('MII link monitoring'));