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diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
index b125bbea5..f1e60911b 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ var IPv6EmptySubnet = func() tcpip.Subnet {
return subnet
}()
+// IPv6LinkLocalPrefix is the prefix for IPv6 link-local addresses, as defined
+// by RFC 4291 section 2.5.6.
+//
+// The prefix is fe80::/64
+var IPv6LinkLocalPrefix = tcpip.AddressWithPrefix{
+ Address: "\xfe\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
+ PrefixLen: 64,
+}
+
// PayloadLength returns the value of the "payload length" field of the ipv6
// header.
func (b IPv6) PayloadLength() uint16 {