diff --git a/src/rtnlutil.c b/src/rtnlutil.c
index b1d6450e..0cee5ff5 100644
--- a/src/rtnlutil.c
+++ b/src/rtnlutil.c
@@ -448,3 +448,24 @@ void rtnl_ifaddr_ipv6_extract(const struct ifaddrmsg *ifa, int len, char **ip)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+uint32_t rtnl_ifaddr_ipv6_get(struct l_netlink *rtnl,
+				l_netlink_command_func_t cb, void *user_data,
+				l_netlink_destroy_func_t destroy)
+{
+	struct ifaddrmsg *rtmmsg;
+	uint32_t id;
+
+	rtmmsg = l_malloc(sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg));
+	memset(rtmmsg, 0, sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg));
+
+	rtmmsg->ifa_family = AF_INET6;
+
+	id = l_netlink_send(rtnl, RTM_GETADDR, NLM_F_DUMP, rtmmsg,
+				sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg), cb, user_data,
+				destroy);
+
+	l_free(rtmmsg);
+
+	return id;
+}
diff --git a/src/rtnlutil.h b/src/rtnlutil.h
index 8c0a923d..ff1427c5 100644
--- a/src/rtnlutil.h
+++ b/src/rtnlutil.h
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ uint32_t rtnl_route_ipv4_add_gateway(struct l_netlink *rtnl, int ifindex,
 
 void rtnl_ifaddr_ipv6_extract(const struct ifaddrmsg *ifa, int bytes,
 								char **ip);
+uint32_t rtnl_ifaddr_ipv6_get(struct l_netlink *rtnl,
+				l_netlink_command_func_t cb,
+				void *user_data,
+				l_netlink_destroy_func_t destroy);