diff --git a/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtils.java b/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtils.java
index 31d0729..40fc59f 100644
--- a/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtils.java
+++ b/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtils.java
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 package com.android.net.module.util;
 
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.os.Parcel;
+import android.util.Log;
+
 
 import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@
  */
 public class InetAddressUtils {
 
+    private static final String TAG = InetAddressUtils.class.getSimpleName();
     private static final int INET6_ADDR_LENGTH = 16;
 
     /**
@@ -71,5 +75,23 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a Inet6Address with scope id if it is a link local address. Otherwise, returns the
+     * original address.
+     */
+    public static Inet6Address withScopeId(@NonNull final Inet6Address addr, int scopeid) {
+        if (!addr.isLinkLocalAddress()) {
+            return addr;
+        }
+        try {
+            return Inet6Address.getByAddress(null /* host */, addr.getAddress(),
+                    scopeid);
+        } catch (UnknownHostException impossible) {
+            Log.wtf(TAG, "Cannot construct scoped Inet6Address with Inet6Address.getAddress("
+                    + addr.getHostAddress() + "): ", impossible);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     private InetAddressUtils() {}
 }
diff --git a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtilsTest.java b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtilsTest.java
index 2736c53..bb2b933 100644
--- a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtilsTest.java
+++ b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/InetAddressUtilsTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import android.net.InetAddresses;
 import android.os.Parcel;
 
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
@@ -67,4 +71,25 @@
         assertEquals(ipv6, out);
         assertEquals(42, out.getScopeId());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithScopeId() {
+        final int scopeId = 999;
+
+        final String globalAddrStr = "2401:fa00:49c:484:dc41:e6ff:fefd:f180";
+        final Inet6Address globalAddr = (Inet6Address) InetAddresses
+                .parseNumericAddress(globalAddrStr);
+        final Inet6Address updatedGlobalAddr = InetAddressUtils.withScopeId(globalAddr, scopeId);
+        assertFalse(updatedGlobalAddr.isLinkLocalAddress());
+        assertEquals(globalAddrStr, updatedGlobalAddr.getHostAddress());
+        assertEquals(0, updatedGlobalAddr.getScopeId());
+
+        final String localAddrStr = "fe80::4735:9628:d038:2087";
+        final Inet6Address localAddr = (Inet6Address) InetAddresses
+                .parseNumericAddress(localAddrStr);
+        final Inet6Address updatedLocalAddr = InetAddressUtils.withScopeId(localAddr, scopeId);
+        assertTrue(updatedLocalAddr.isLinkLocalAddress());
+        assertEquals(localAddrStr + "%" + scopeId, updatedLocalAddr.getHostAddress());
+        assertEquals(scopeId, updatedLocalAddr.getScopeId());
+    }
 }