diff --git a/Tethering/src/android/net/ip/IpServer.java b/Tethering/src/android/net/ip/IpServer.java
index 52d59fc..bcabc0f 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/android/net/ip/IpServer.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/android/net/ip/IpServer.java
@@ -1111,9 +1111,19 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private void startConntrackMonitoring() {
+        mBpfCoordinator.startMonitoring(this);
+    }
+
+    private void stopConntrackMonitoring() {
+        mBpfCoordinator.stopMonitoring(this);
+    }
+
     class BaseServingState extends State {
         @Override
         public void enter() {
+            startConntrackMonitoring();
+
             if (!startIPv4()) {
                 mLastError = TetheringManager.TETHER_ERROR_IFACE_CFG_ERROR;
                 return;
@@ -1149,6 +1159,7 @@
             }
 
             stopIPv4();
+            stopConntrackMonitoring();
 
             resetLinkProperties();
         }
diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
index f9a819e..ea360b4 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 import android.net.NetworkStats;
 import android.net.NetworkStats.Entry;
 import android.net.TetherOffloadRuleParcel;
+import android.net.ip.ConntrackMonitor;
+import android.net.ip.ConntrackMonitor.ConntrackEventConsumer;
 import android.net.ip.IpServer;
 import android.net.netstats.provider.NetworkStatsProvider;
 import android.net.util.SharedLog;
@@ -57,9 +59,11 @@
 import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  *  This coordinator is responsible for providing BPF offload relevant functionality.
@@ -74,11 +78,11 @@
     private static final String TAG = BpfCoordinator.class.getSimpleName();
     private static final int DUMP_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
     private static final String TETHER_DOWNSTREAM6_FS_PATH =
-            "/sys/fs/bpf/map_offload_tether_downstream6_map";
+            "/sys/fs/bpf/tethering/map_offload_tether_downstream6_map";
     private static final String TETHER_STATS_MAP_PATH =
-            "/sys/fs/bpf/map_offload_tether_stats_map";
+            "/sys/fs/bpf/tethering/map_offload_tether_stats_map";
     private static final String TETHER_LIMIT_MAP_PATH =
-            "/sys/fs/bpf/map_offload_tether_limit_map";
+            "/sys/fs/bpf/tethering/map_offload_tether_limit_map";
 
     @VisibleForTesting
     enum StatsType {
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@
     private final SharedLog mLog;
     @NonNull
     private final Dependencies mDeps;
+    @NonNull
+    private final ConntrackMonitor mConntrackMonitor;
     @Nullable
     private final BpfTetherStatsProvider mStatsProvider;
     @NonNull
@@ -156,6 +162,9 @@
     private final HashMap<IpServer, LinkedHashMap<Inet6Address, Ipv6ForwardingRule>>
             mIpv6ForwardingRules = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
+    // Set for which downstream is monitoring the conntrack netlink message.
+    private final Set<IpServer> mMonitoringIpServers = new HashSet<>();
+
     // Runnable that used by scheduling next polling of stats.
     private final Runnable mScheduledPollingTask = () -> {
         updateForwardedStats();
@@ -179,6 +188,11 @@
         /** Get tethering configuration. */
         @Nullable public abstract TetheringConfiguration getTetherConfig();
 
+        /** Get conntrack monitor. */
+        @NonNull public ConntrackMonitor getConntrackMonitor(ConntrackEventConsumer consumer) {
+            return new ConntrackMonitor(getHandler(), getSharedLog(), consumer);
+        }
+
         /**
          * Check OS Build at least S.
          *
@@ -232,6 +246,7 @@
         mNetd = mDeps.getNetd();
         mLog = mDeps.getSharedLog().forSubComponent(TAG);
         mIsBpfEnabled = isBpfEnabled();
+        mConntrackMonitor = mDeps.getConntrackMonitor(new BpfConntrackEventConsumer());
         BpfTetherStatsProvider provider = new BpfTetherStatsProvider();
         try {
             mDeps.getNetworkStatsManager().registerNetworkStatsProvider(
@@ -296,6 +311,58 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Start conntrack message monitoring.
+     * Note that this can be only called on handler thread.
+     *
+     * TODO: figure out a better logging for non-interesting conntrack message.
+     * For example, the following logging is an IPCTNL_MSG_CT_GET message but looks scary.
+     * +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+     * | ERROR unparsable netlink msg: 1400000001010103000000000000000002000000    |
+     * +------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
+     * |                  | struct nlmsghdr                                        |
+     * | 14000000         | length = 20                                            |
+     * | 0101             | type = NFNL_SUBSYS_CTNETLINK << 8 | IPCTNL_MSG_CT_GET  |
+     * | 0103             | flags                                                  |
+     * | 00000000         | seqno = 0                                              |
+     * | 00000000         | pid = 0                                                |
+     * |                  | struct nfgenmsg                                        |
+     * | 02               | nfgen_family  = AF_INET                                |
+     * | 00               | version = NFNETLINK_V0                                 |
+     * | 0000             | res_id                                                 |
+     * +------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
+     * See NetlinkMonitor#handlePacket, NetlinkMessage#parseNfMessage.
+     */
+    public void startMonitoring(@NonNull final IpServer ipServer) {
+        if (!isUsingBpf()) return;
+
+        if (mMonitoringIpServers.contains(ipServer)) {
+            Log.wtf(TAG, "The same downstream " + ipServer.interfaceName()
+                    + " should not start monitoring twice.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (mMonitoringIpServers.isEmpty()) {
+            mConntrackMonitor.start();
+            mLog.i("Monitoring started");
+        }
+
+        mMonitoringIpServers.add(ipServer);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stop conntrack event monitoring.
+     * Note that this can be only called on handler thread.
+     */
+    public void stopMonitoring(@NonNull final IpServer ipServer) {
+        mMonitoringIpServers.remove(ipServer);
+
+        if (!mMonitoringIpServers.isEmpty()) return;
+
+        mConntrackMonitor.stop();
+        mLog.i("Monitoring stopped");
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Add forwarding rule. After adding the first rule on a given upstream, must add the data
      * limit on the given upstream.
      * Note that this can be only called on handler thread.
@@ -656,6 +723,10 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private class BpfConntrackEventConsumer implements ConntrackEventConsumer {
+        public void accept(ConntrackMonitor.ConntrackEvent e) { /* TODO */ }
+    }
+
     private boolean isBpfEnabled() {
         final TetheringConfiguration config = mDeps.getTetherConfig();
         return (config != null) ? config.isBpfOffloadEnabled() : true /* default value */;
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/android/net/ip/IpServerTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/android/net/ip/IpServerTest.java
index 6668402..e20e011 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/android/net/ip/IpServerTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/android/net/ip/IpServerTest.java
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
     @Mock private PrivateAddressCoordinator mAddressCoordinator;
     @Mock private NetworkStatsManager mStatsManager;
     @Mock private TetheringConfiguration mTetherConfig;
+    @Mock private ConntrackMonitor mConntrackMonitor;
     @Mock private BpfMap<TetherDownstream6Key, TetherDownstream6Value> mBpfDownstream6Map;
     @Mock private BpfMap<TetherStatsKey, TetherStatsValue> mBpfStatsMap;
     @Mock private BpfMap<TetherLimitKey, TetherLimitValue> mBpfLimitMap;
@@ -295,6 +296,12 @@
                         return mTetherConfig;
                     }
 
+                    @NonNull
+                    public ConntrackMonitor getConntrackMonitor(
+                            ConntrackMonitor.ConntrackEventConsumer consumer) {
+                        return mConntrackMonitor;
+                    }
+
                     @Nullable
                     public BpfMap<TetherDownstream6Key, TetherDownstream6Value>
                             getBpfDownstream6Map() {
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
index c934d07..764e651 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 import android.net.NetworkStats;
 import android.net.TetherOffloadRuleParcel;
 import android.net.TetherStatsParcel;
+import android.net.ip.ConntrackMonitor;
+import android.net.ip.ConntrackMonitor.ConntrackEventConsumer;
 import android.net.ip.IpServer;
 import android.net.util.SharedLog;
 import android.os.Build;
@@ -153,7 +155,9 @@
     @Mock private NetworkStatsManager mStatsManager;
     @Mock private INetd mNetd;
     @Mock private IpServer mIpServer;
+    @Mock private IpServer mIpServer2;
     @Mock private TetheringConfiguration mTetherConfig;
+    @Mock private ConntrackMonitor mConntrackMonitor;
     @Mock private BpfMap<TetherDownstream6Key, TetherDownstream6Value> mBpfDownstream6Map;
 
     // Late init since methods must be called by the thread that created this object.
@@ -193,6 +197,11 @@
                         return mTetherConfig;
                     }
 
+                    @NonNull
+                    public ConntrackMonitor getConntrackMonitor(ConntrackEventConsumer consumer) {
+                        return mConntrackMonitor;
+                    }
+
                     @Nullable
                     public BpfMap<TetherDownstream6Key, TetherDownstream6Value>
                             getBpfDownstream6Map() {
@@ -983,4 +992,48 @@
         waitForIdle();
         verifyTetherOffloadGetStats();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStartStopConntrackMonitoring() throws Exception {
+        setupFunctioningNetdInterface();
+
+        final BpfCoordinator coordinator = makeBpfCoordinator();
+
+        // [1] Don't stop monitoring if it has never started.
+        coordinator.stopMonitoring(mIpServer);
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor, never()).start();
+
+        // [2] Start monitoring.
+        coordinator.startMonitoring(mIpServer);
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor).start();
+        clearInvocations(mConntrackMonitor);
+
+        // [3] Stop monitoring.
+        coordinator.stopMonitoring(mIpServer);
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor).stop();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStartStopConntrackMonitoringWithTwoDownstreamIfaces() throws Exception {
+        setupFunctioningNetdInterface();
+
+        final BpfCoordinator coordinator = makeBpfCoordinator();
+
+        // [1] Start monitoring at the first IpServer adding.
+        coordinator.startMonitoring(mIpServer);
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor).start();
+        clearInvocations(mConntrackMonitor);
+
+        // [2] Don't start monitoring at the second IpServer adding.
+        coordinator.startMonitoring(mIpServer2);
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor, never()).start();
+
+        // [3] Don't stop monitoring if any downstream interface exists.
+        coordinator.stopMonitoring(mIpServer2);
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor, never()).stop();
+
+        // [4] Stop monitoring if no downstream exists.
+        coordinator.stopMonitoring(mIpServer);
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor).stop();
+    }
 }