diff --git a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/IpSecSysctlTest.java b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/IpSecSysctlTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b362282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/IpSecSysctlTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.net.cts;
+
+import android.system.ErrnoException;
+import android.system.Os;
+import android.system.OsConstants;
+import android.system.StructStat;
+import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for multinetwork sysctl functionality.
+ */
+public class IpSecSysctlTest extends SysctlBaseTest {
+
+    // SPI expiration sysctls. Must be present and set greater than 1h.
+    private static final String SPI_TIMEOUT_SYSCTL = "/proc/sys/net/core/xfrm_acq_expires";
+    private static final int MIN_ACQ_EXPIRES = 3600;
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that SPI default timeouts are overridden, and set to a reasonable length of time
+     */
+    public void testProcFiles() throws ErrnoException, IOException, NumberFormatException {
+        int value = getIntValue(SPI_TIMEOUT_SYSCTL);
+        assertAtLeast(SPI_TIMEOUT_SYSCTL, value, MIN_ACQ_EXPIRES);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/MultinetworkSysctlTest.java b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/MultinetworkSysctlTest.java
index c091a13..1d0c111 100644
--- a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/MultinetworkSysctlTest.java
+++ b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/MultinetworkSysctlTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 /**
  * Tests for multinetwork sysctl functionality.
  */
-public class MultinetworkSysctlTest extends AndroidTestCase {
+public class MultinetworkSysctlTest extends SysctlBaseTest {
 
     // Global sysctls. Must be present and set to 1.
     private static final String[] GLOBAL_SYSCTLS = {
@@ -42,30 +42,6 @@
     private static final String IPV6_SYSCTL_DIR = "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf";
     private static final String AUTOCONF_SYSCTL = "accept_ra_rt_table";
 
-    // Expected mode, UID, and GID of sysctl files.
-    private static final int SYSCTL_MODE = 0100644;
-    private static final int SYSCTL_UID = 0;
-    private static final int SYSCTL_GID = 0;
-
-    private void checkSysctlPermissions(String fileName) throws ErrnoException {
-        StructStat stat = Os.stat(fileName);
-        assertEquals("mode of " + fileName + ":", SYSCTL_MODE, stat.st_mode);
-        assertEquals("UID of " + fileName + ":", SYSCTL_UID, stat.st_uid);
-        assertEquals("GID of " + fileName + ":", SYSCTL_GID, stat.st_gid);
-    }
-
-    private void assertLess(String what, int a, int b) {
-        assertTrue(what + " expected < " + b + " but was: " + a, a < b);
-    }
-
-    private String readFile(String fileName) throws ErrnoException, IOException {
-        byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
-        FileDescriptor fd = Os.open(fileName, 0, OsConstants.O_RDONLY);
-        int bytesRead = Os.read(fd, buf, 0, buf.length);
-        assertLess("length of " + fileName + ":", bytesRead, buf.length);
-        return new String(buf);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Checks that the sysctls for multinetwork kernel features are present and
      * enabled. The necessary kernel commits are:
@@ -80,9 +56,8 @@
      */
      public void testProcFiles() throws ErrnoException, IOException, NumberFormatException {
          for (String sysctl : GLOBAL_SYSCTLS) {
-             checkSysctlPermissions(sysctl);
-             int value = Integer.parseInt(readFile(sysctl).trim());
-             assertEquals("value of " + sysctl + ":", 1, value);
+             int value = getIntValue(sysctl);
+             assertEquals(sysctl, 1, value);
          }
 
          File[] interfaceDirs = new File(IPV6_SYSCTL_DIR).listFiles();
@@ -91,9 +66,8 @@
                  continue;
              }
              String sysctl = new File(interfaceDir, AUTOCONF_SYSCTL).getAbsolutePath();
-             checkSysctlPermissions(sysctl);
-             int value = Integer.parseInt(readFile(sysctl).trim());
-             assertLess("value of " + sysctl + ":", value, 0);
+             int value = getIntValue(sysctl);
+             assertLess(sysctl, value, 0);
          }
      }
 }
diff --git a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/SysctlBaseTest.java b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/SysctlBaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5966d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/SysctlBaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.net.cts;
+
+import android.system.ErrnoException;
+import android.system.Os;
+import android.system.OsConstants;
+import android.system.StructStat;
+import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for multinetwork sysctl functionality.
+ */
+public class SysctlBaseTest extends AndroidTestCase {
+
+    // Expected mode, UID, and GID of sysctl files.
+    private static final int SYSCTL_MODE = 0100644;
+    private static final int SYSCTL_UID = 0;
+    private static final int SYSCTL_GID = 0;
+
+    private void checkSysctlPermissions(String fileName) throws ErrnoException {
+        StructStat stat = Os.stat(fileName);
+        assertEquals("mode of " + fileName + ":", SYSCTL_MODE, stat.st_mode);
+        assertEquals("UID of " + fileName + ":", SYSCTL_UID, stat.st_uid);
+        assertEquals("GID of " + fileName + ":", SYSCTL_GID, stat.st_gid);
+    }
+
+    protected void assertLess(String sysctl, int a, int b) {
+        assertTrue("value of " + sysctl + ": expected < " + b + " but was: " + a, a < b);
+    }
+
+    protected void assertAtLeast(String sysctl, int a, int b) {
+        assertTrue("value of " + sysctl + ": expected >= " + b + " but was: " + a, a >= b);
+    }
+
+    private String readFile(String fileName) throws ErrnoException, IOException {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
+        FileDescriptor fd = Os.open(fileName, 0, OsConstants.O_RDONLY);
+        int bytesRead = Os.read(fd, buf, 0, buf.length);
+        assertLess("length of " + fileName + ":", bytesRead, buf.length);
+        return new String(buf);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Checks permissions and retrieves the sysctl's value. Retrieval of value should always use
+     * this method
+     */
+    protected int getIntValue(String filename) throws ErrnoException, IOException {
+        checkSysctlPermissions(filename);
+        return Integer.parseInt(readFile(filename).trim());
+    }
+}