diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index 725fb2f347..60f35398ca 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -779,6 +779,31 @@ nm_platform_link_uses_arp (int ifindex)
 	return klass->link_uses_arp (platform, ifindex);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nm_platform_link_get_ipv6_token:
+ * @ifindex: Interface index
+ * @iid: Tokenized interface identifier
+ *
+ * Returns IPv6 tokenized interface identifier. If the platform or OS doesn't
+ * support IPv6 tokenized interface identifiers, or the token is not set
+ * this call will fail and return %FALSE.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE a tokenized identifier was available
+ */
+gboolean
+nm_platform_link_get_ipv6_token (int ifindex, NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId *iid)
+{
+	reset_error ();
+
+	g_return_val_if_fail (ifindex >= 0, FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (iid, FALSE);
+
+	if (klass->link_get_ipv6_token)
+		return klass->link_get_ipv6_token (platform, ifindex, iid);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * nm_platform_link_get_user_ip6vll_enabled:
  * @ifindex: Interface index
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index a49e0f11ba..76773afc22 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	gboolean (*link_is_connected) (NMPlatform *, int ifindex);
 	gboolean (*link_uses_arp) (NMPlatform *, int ifindex);
 
+	gboolean (*link_get_ipv6_token) (NMPlatform *, int ifindex, NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId *iid);
+
 	gboolean (*link_get_user_ipv6ll_enabled) (NMPlatform *, int ifindex);
 	gboolean (*link_set_user_ipv6ll_enabled) (NMPlatform *, int ifindex, gboolean enabled);
 
@@ -528,6 +530,8 @@ gboolean nm_platform_link_is_up (int ifindex);
 gboolean nm_platform_link_is_connected (int ifindex);
 gboolean nm_platform_link_uses_arp (int ifindex);
 
+gboolean nm_platform_link_get_ipv6_token (int ifindex, NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId *iid);
+
 gboolean nm_platform_link_get_user_ipv6ll_enabled (int ifindex);
 gboolean nm_platform_link_set_user_ipv6ll_enabled (int ifindex, gboolean enabled);