diff --git a/include/netutils/ifc.h b/include/netutils/ifc.h
index 36827ee..575e72e 100644
--- a/include/netutils/ifc.h
+++ b/include/netutils/ifc.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 extern int ifc_enable(const char *ifname);
 extern int ifc_disable(const char *ifname);
 
-extern int ifc_reset_connections(const char *ifname);
+extern int ifc_reset_connections(const char *ifname, const int reset_mask);
 
 extern int ifc_get_addr(const char *name, in_addr_t *addr);
 extern int ifc_set_addr(const char *name, in_addr_t addr);
diff --git a/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c b/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
index 208402c..04b0dfa 100644
--- a/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
+++ b/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
@@ -394,7 +394,11 @@
     return result;
 }
 
-int ifc_reset_connections(const char *ifname)
+#define RESET_IPV4_ADDRESSES 0x01
+#define RESET_IPV6_ADDRESSES 0x02
+#define RESET_ALL_ADDRESSES  (RESET_IPV4_ADDRESSES | RESET_IPV6_ADDRESSES)
+
+int ifc_reset_connections(const char *ifname, const int reset_mask)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_ANDROID_OS
     int result, success;
@@ -402,28 +406,34 @@
     struct ifreq ifr;
     struct in6_ifreq ifr6;
 
-    /* IPv4. Clear connections on the IP address. */
-    ifc_init();
-    ifc_get_info(ifname, &myaddr, NULL, NULL);
-    ifc_init_ifr(ifname, &ifr);
-    init_sockaddr_in(&ifr.ifr_addr, myaddr);
-    result = ioctl(ifc_ctl_sock, SIOCKILLADDR,  &ifr);
-    ifc_close();
-
-    /*
-     * IPv6. On Linux, when an interface goes down it loses all its IPv6
-     * addresses, so we don't know which connections belonged to that interface
-     * So we clear all unused IPv6 connections on the device by specifying an
-     * empty IPv6 address.
-     */
-    ifc_init6();
-    // This implicitly specifies an address of ::, i.e., kill all IPv6 sockets.
-    memset(&ifr6, 0, sizeof(ifr6));
-    success = ioctl(ifc_ctl_sock6, SIOCKILLADDR,  &ifr6);
-    if (result == 0) {
-        result = success;
+    if (reset_mask & RESET_IPV4_ADDRESSES) {
+        /* IPv4. Clear connections on the IP address. */
+        ifc_init();
+        ifc_get_info(ifname, &myaddr, NULL, NULL);
+        ifc_init_ifr(ifname, &ifr);
+        init_sockaddr_in(&ifr.ifr_addr, myaddr);
+        result = ioctl(ifc_ctl_sock, SIOCKILLADDR,  &ifr);
+        ifc_close();
+    } else {
+        result = 0;
     }
-    ifc_close6();
+
+    if (reset_mask & RESET_IPV6_ADDRESSES) {
+        /*
+         * IPv6. On Linux, when an interface goes down it loses all its IPv6
+         * addresses, so we don't know which connections belonged to that interface
+         * So we clear all unused IPv6 connections on the device by specifying an
+         * empty IPv6 address.
+         */
+        ifc_init6();
+        // This implicitly specifies an address of ::, i.e., kill all IPv6 sockets.
+        memset(&ifr6, 0, sizeof(ifr6));
+        success = ioctl(ifc_ctl_sock6, SIOCKILLADDR,  &ifr6);
+        if (result == 0) {
+            result = success;
+        }
+        ifc_close6();
+    }
 
     return result;
 #else