diff --git a/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/InfraInterfaceController.java b/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/InfraInterfaceController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7c49a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/InfraInterfaceController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 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 com.android.server.thread;
+
+import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/** Controller for the infrastructure network interface. */
+public class InfraInterfaceController {
+    private static final String TAG = "InfraIfController";
+
+    static {
+        System.loadLibrary("service-thread-jni");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a socket on the infrastructure network interface for sending/receiving ICMPv6
+     * Neighbor Discovery messages.
+     *
+     * @param infraInterfaceName the infrastructure network interface name.
+     * @return an ICMPv6 socket file descriptor on the Infrastructure network interface.
+     * @throws IOException when fails to create the socket.
+     */
+    public static ParcelFileDescriptor createIcmp6Socket(String infraInterfaceName)
+            throws IOException {
+        return ParcelFileDescriptor.adoptFd(nativeCreateIcmp6Socket(infraInterfaceName));
+    }
+
+    private static native int nativeCreateIcmp6Socket(String interfaceName) throws IOException;
+}
diff --git a/thread/service/jni/com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController.cpp b/thread/service/jni/com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d24eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thread/service/jni/com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "jniThreadInfra"
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <linux/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <netinet/icmp6.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <spawn.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "jni.h"
+#include "nativehelper/JNIHelp.h"
+#include "nativehelper/scoped_utf_chars.h"
+
+namespace android {
+static jint
+com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController_createIcmp6Socket(JNIEnv *env, jobject clazz,
+                                                                     jstring interfaceName) {
+  ScopedUtfChars ifName(env, interfaceName);
+
+  struct icmp6_filter filter;
+  constexpr int kEnable = 1;
+  constexpr int kIpv6ChecksumOffset = 2;
+  constexpr int kHopLimit = 255;
+
+  // Initializes the ICMPv6 socket.
+  int sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
+  if (sock == -1) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException", "failed to create the socket (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // Only accept Router Advertisements, Router Solicitations and Neighbor
+  // Advertisements.
+  ICMP6_FILTER_SETBLOCKALL(&filter);
+  ICMP6_FILTER_SETPASS(ND_ROUTER_SOLICIT, &filter);
+  ICMP6_FILTER_SETPASS(ND_ROUTER_ADVERT, &filter);
+  ICMP6_FILTER_SETPASS(ND_NEIGHBOR_ADVERT, &filter);
+
+  if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, ICMP6_FILTER, &filter, sizeof(filter)) != 0) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException", "failed to setsockopt ICMP6_FILTER (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    close(sock);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // We want a source address and interface index.
+
+  if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_RECVPKTINFO, &kEnable, sizeof(kEnable)) != 0) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException", "failed to setsockopt IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    close(sock);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_RAW, IPV6_CHECKSUM, &kIpv6ChecksumOffset,
+                 sizeof(kIpv6ChecksumOffset)) != 0) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException", "failed to setsockopt IPV6_CHECKSUM (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    close(sock);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // We need to be able to reject RAs arriving from off-link.
+  if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT, &kEnable, sizeof(kEnable)) != 0) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException", "failed to setsockopt IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    close(sock);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS, &kHopLimit, sizeof(kHopLimit)) != 0) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException", "failed to setsockopt IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    close(sock);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS, &kHopLimit, sizeof(kHopLimit)) != 0) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException",
+                         "failed to create the setsockopt IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    close(sock);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, ifName.c_str(), strlen(ifName.c_str()))) {
+    jniThrowExceptionFmt(env, "java/io/IOException", "failed to setsockopt SO_BINDTODEVICE (%s)",
+                         strerror(errno));
+    close(sock);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return sock;
+}
+
+/*
+ * JNI registration.
+ */
+
+static const JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
+    /* name, signature, funcPtr */
+    {"nativeCreateIcmp6Socket", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I",
+     (void *)com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController_createIcmp6Socket},
+};
+
+int register_com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController(JNIEnv *env) {
+  return jniRegisterNativeMethods(env, "com/android/server/thread/InfraInterfaceController",
+                                  gMethods, NELEM(gMethods));
+}
+
+}; // namespace android
diff --git a/thread/service/jni/onload.cpp b/thread/service/jni/onload.cpp
index 5081664..66add74 100644
--- a/thread/service/jni/onload.cpp
+++ b/thread/service/jni/onload.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 namespace android {
 int register_com_android_server_thread_TunInterfaceController(JNIEnv* env);
+int register_com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController(JNIEnv* env);
 }
 
 using namespace android;
@@ -33,5 +34,6 @@
     ALOG_ASSERT(env != NULL, "Could not retrieve the env!");
 
     register_com_android_server_thread_TunInterfaceController(env);
+    register_com_android_server_thread_InfraInterfaceController(env);
     return JNI_VERSION_1_4;
 }