diff --git a/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go b/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
index 512c5884c..e5c2d8e65 100644
--- a/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
+++ b/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
@@ -1763,6 +1763,13 @@ func (b *LocalBackend) PeerCaps(src netip.Addr) tailcfg.PeerCapMap {
 	return b.currentNode().PeerCaps(src)
 }
 
+// PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned is like [LocalBackend.PeerCaps] but does not deny
+// capabilities to peers with UnsignedPeerAPIOnly set. It exists only for the
+// Funnel ingress path; see [nodeBackend.PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned].
+func (b *LocalBackend) PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned(src netip.Addr) tailcfg.PeerCapMap {
+	return b.currentNode().PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned(src)
+}
+
 // PeerCapsForIP returns the capabilities that remote src IP has when
 // talking to the given destination IP on this node.
 func (b *LocalBackend) PeerCapsForIP(src, dst netip.Addr) tailcfg.PeerCapMap {
diff --git a/ipn/ipnlocal/node_backend.go b/ipn/ipnlocal/node_backend.go
index 28c352766..ada72f80c 100644
--- a/ipn/ipnlocal/node_backend.go
+++ b/ipn/ipnlocal/node_backend.go
@@ -432,10 +432,32 @@ func (nb *nodeBackend) srcIsUnsignedPeerLocked(src netip.Addr) bool {
 	return ok && n.UnsignedPeerAPIOnly()
 }
 
+// PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned is like [nodeBackend.PeerCaps] but does not deny
+// capabilities to peers with UnsignedPeerAPIOnly set.
+//
+// Funnel ingress relays are delivered as UnsignedPeerAPIOnly nodes: per the
+// docs on [tailcfg.Node.UnsignedPeerAPIOnly] they get no network access at all
+// and exist solely to reach this node's peerapi. The ingress endpoint they need
+// is gated on [tailcfg.PeerCapabilityIngress], so denying them capabilities
+// wholesale — as peerCapsLocked does upstream as of 0eb38dc2e — makes Funnel
+// impossible. Callers must therefore be limited to the ingress path.
+//
+// This is a fork-local patch; drop it once upstream restores Funnel.
+// See webnet/tailscale#16.
+func (nb *nodeBackend) PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned(src netip.Addr) tailcfg.PeerCapMap {
+	nb.mu.Lock()
+	defer nb.mu.Unlock()
+	return nb.peerCapsIgnoringSignatureLocked(src)
+}
+
 func (nb *nodeBackend) peerCapsLocked(src netip.Addr) tailcfg.PeerCapMap {
 	if nb.srcIsUnsignedPeerLocked(src) {
 		return nil
 	}
+	return nb.peerCapsIgnoringSignatureLocked(src)
+}
+
+func (nb *nodeBackend) peerCapsIgnoringSignatureLocked(src netip.Addr) tailcfg.PeerCapMap {
 	if nb.netMap == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/ipn/ipnlocal/peerapi.go b/ipn/ipnlocal/peerapi.go
index 53d1e6d35..f1f1999a6 100644
--- a/ipn/ipnlocal/peerapi.go
+++ b/ipn/ipnlocal/peerapi.go
@@ -592,8 +592,14 @@ func (h *peerAPIHandler) canDebug() bool {
 var allowSelfIngress = envknob.RegisterBool("TS_ALLOW_SELF_INGRESS")
 
 // canIngress reports whether h can send ingress requests to this node.
+//
+// The ingress cap is resolved without the unsigned-peer denial that
+// [nodeBackend.PeerCaps] applies, because Funnel ingress relays are by design
+// UnsignedPeerAPIOnly nodes whose only permitted action is this endpoint.
+// See [nodeBackend.PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned].
 func (h *peerAPIHandler) canIngress() bool {
-	return h.peerHasCap(tailcfg.PeerCapabilityIngress) || (allowSelfIngress() && h.isSelf)
+	caps := h.ps.b.PeerCapsIncludingUnsigned(h.remoteAddr.Addr())
+	return caps.HasCapability(tailcfg.PeerCapabilityIngress) || (allowSelfIngress() && h.isSelf)
 }
 
 func (h *peerAPIHandler) peerHasCap(wantCap tailcfg.PeerCapability) bool {