Preparing amine-amide-functional siloxane, comprises reacting silicon hydroxide-functional siloxane (I) with amino-functional silane (II) in the presence of carboxylic acid and optionally in the presence of alcohols, amines and/or alkanolamines at 40-180[deg] C. Preparing amine-amide-functional siloxane, comprises reacting silicon hydroxide-functional siloxane of formula (M aD1 bT cQ d) (I) with amino-functional silane of formula (R1 e(R2O) fSiR3) (II) in the presence of carboxylic acid and optionally in the presence of alcohols, amines and/or alkanolamines at 40-180[deg] C. M : [HO-SiR1 2O 1 / 2]; D1 : [SiR1 2O 2 / 2]; T : [SiR1O 3 / 2]; Q : [SiO 4 / 2]; a : 2-10; b : 5-150; c : 0-10; d : 0-10; R1 : 1-30C, 6-30C aryl, 7-30C alkaryl; either e : 0-2; and f : 1-3; or e+f : 3; R2 : 1-30C alkyl, 6-30C aryl or 7-30C alkaryl; and R3 : organic groups which carry one amino function. An independent claim is also included for a composition obtained by the above mentioned method, comprising amide-amine siloxane of formula (M1 jM2 kD1T mQ nM3 oD2 pT1 q) (IV). M1 : [R6OSiR1 2O 1 / 2]; M2 : [R1 3SiO 1 / 2]; M3 : [R7SiR1 2O 1 / 2]; D2 : [SiR1R7O 2 / 2]; T1 : [SiR7O 3 / 2]; R6 : R2 or H; R7 : organic residues, where each molecule (IV) statistically carries one amine group of formula (-(CR5 2) g[NR8-(CR5 2) i] hNR8 2) (III) and one amide group of formula -(CR5 2) g[NR8-(CR5 2) i] hNR8 2) (V); R8 : R5 or carboxylate, where one of the two R8 residues in (V) is carboxylate; either j, k : 0-10; or j+k : >;= 2; l : 10-3000; m, n : 0-20; either o : 0-10; and p : 0-20; or o+p : >;= 2; and q : 0-20.