--- a/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/vyos/vpp/control_vpp.py
+++ b/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/vyos/vpp/control_vpp.py
@@ -723,6 +723,39 @@ def disable_icmpv6_ra_punt(self, ifname: str) -> None:
                 feature_name='ip6-icmp-ra-punt',
             )
 
+    @_Decorators.api_call
+    def mpls_enabled_interfaces(self) -> list[int]:
+        """List the interfaces with MPLS enabled
+
+        Returns:
+            list[int]: interface indexes
+        """
+        return [
+            iface.sw_if_index
+            for iface in self.__vpp_api_client.api.mpls_interface_dump()
+        ]
+
+    @_Decorators.api_call
+    def set_interface_mpls(self, ifname: str, enable: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Enable or disable MPLS on an interface
+
+        linux-cp mirrors the state to the kernel interface of the pair. VPP
+        refuses to enable MPLS while the default MPLS table does not exist,
+        it is created here.
+
+        Args:
+            ifname (str): name of an interface in VPP
+            enable (bool): enable or disable MPLS
+        """
+        if enable:
+            self.__vpp_api_client.api.mpls_table_add_del(
+                mt_is_add=True, mt_table={'mt_table_id': 0}
+            )
+        self.__vpp_api_client.api.sw_interface_set_mpls_enable(
+            sw_if_index=self.get_sw_if_index(ifname),
+            enable=enable,
+        )
+
     @_Decorators.api_call
     def set_promisc(self, ifname: str, enable: bool = True) -> None:
         """Set promiscuous mode for interface
--- a/usr/libexec/vyos/conf_mode/protocols_mpls.py
+++ b/usr/libexec/vyos/conf_mode/protocols_mpls.py
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 from vyos.frrender import get_frrender_dict
 from vyos.utils.dict import dict_search
 from vyos.utils.file import read_file
+from vyos.utils.process import is_systemd_service_active
 from vyos.utils.system import sysctl_write
 from vyos.configverify import verify_interface_exists
+from vyos.vpp.control_vpp import VPPControl
 from vyos import ConfigError
 from vyos import airbag
 airbag.enable()
@@ -117,6 +119,20 @@ def apply(config_dict):
         for system_interface in system_interfaces:
             sysctl_write(['net', 'mpls', 'conf', system_interface, 'input'], 0)
 
+    # VPP drops labeled packets on an interface that has MPLS disabled,
+    # whatever the kernel setting is. linux-cp copies the state to the kernel
+    # interface of the pair.
+    if is_systemd_service_active('vpp.service'):
+        vpp = VPPControl()
+        enabled = vpp.mpls_enabled_interfaces()
+        configured = mpls.get('interface', {})
+        for pair in vpp.lcp_pairs_list():
+            if pair['kernel_name'] in configured:
+                if pair['vpp_index_hw'] not in enabled:
+                    vpp.set_interface_mpls(pair['vpp_name_hw'], True)
+            elif pair['vpp_index_hw'] in enabled:
+                vpp.set_interface_mpls(pair['vpp_name_hw'], False)
+
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/usr/libexec/vyos/conf_mode/vpp.py
+++ b/usr/libexec/vyos/conf_mode/vpp.py
@@ -618,6 +618,10 @@ def get_config(config=None):
         set_dependents('pppoe_server', conf)
     config['changed_pppoe_ifaces'] = changed_pppoe_ifaces
 
+    # MPLS dependency, a VPP restart drops the MPLS state of the interfaces
+    if conf.exists(['protocols', 'mpls', 'interface']):
+        set_dependents('mpls', conf)
+
     return config