diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 4c9fe224d73b..b7673065c074 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -940,4 +940,12 @@ int ipv6_sysctl_register(void);
 void ipv6_sysctl_unregister(void);
 #endif
 
+int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex,
+		      const struct in6_addr *addr);
+int __ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex,
+			const struct in6_addr *addr);
+int ipv6_sock_mc_drop(struct sock *sk, int ifindex,
+		      const struct in6_addr *addr);
+int __ipv6_sock_mc_drop(struct sock *sk, int ifindex,
+			const struct in6_addr *addr);
 #endif /* _NET_IPV6_H */
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index dbe225478adb..1b26c6c3fd7c 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
 	struct sock		*fibnl;
 
 	struct sock  * __percpu	*icmp_sk;
+	struct sock		*mc_autojoin_sk;
 
 	struct inet_peer_base	*peers;
 	struct tcpm_hash_bucket	*tcp_metrics_hash;
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
index 69ae41f2098c..ca0db12cd089 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct netns_ipv6 {
 	struct sock             *ndisc_sk;
 	struct sock             *tcp_sk;
 	struct sock             *igmp_sk;
+	struct sock		*mc_autojoin_sk;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
 #ifndef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
 	struct mr6_table	*mrt6;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
index dea10a87dfd1..40fdfea39714 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ enum {
 #define IFA_F_PERMANENT		0x80
 #define IFA_F_MANAGETEMPADDR	0x100
 #define IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE	0x200
+#define IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN	0x400
 
 struct ifa_cacheinfo {
 	__u32	ifa_prefered;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 3a8985c94581..5105759e4e00 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -548,6 +548,26 @@ struct in_ifaddr *inet_ifa_byprefix(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 prefix,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int ip_mc_config(struct sock *sk, bool join, const struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
+{
+	struct ip_mreqn mreq = {
+		.imr_multiaddr.s_addr = ifa->ifa_address,
+		.imr_ifindex = ifa->ifa_dev->dev->ifindex,
+	};
+	int ret;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	if (join)
+		ret = __ip_mc_join_group(sk, &mreq);
+	else
+		ret = __ip_mc_leave_group(sk, &mreq);
+	release_sock(sk);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int inet_rtm_deladdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
@@ -584,6 +604,8 @@ static int inet_rtm_deladdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 		    !inet_ifa_match(nla_get_be32(tb[IFA_ADDRESS]), ifa)))
 			continue;
 
+		if (ipv4_is_multicast(ifa->ifa_address))
+			ip_mc_config(net->ipv4.mc_autojoin_sk, false, ifa);
 		__inet_del_ifa(in_dev, ifap, 1, nlh, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -838,6 +860,15 @@ static int inet_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 		 * userspace already relies on not having to provide this.
 		 */
 		set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, valid_lft, prefered_lft);
+		if (ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN) {
+			int ret = ip_mc_config(net->ipv4.mc_autojoin_sk,
+					       true, ifa);
+
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				inet_free_ifa(ifa);
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
 		return __inet_insert_ifa(ifa, nlh, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
 	} else {
 		inet_free_ifa(ifa);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index 4b1172d73e03..5cb1ef4ce292 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/checksum.h>
+#include <net/inet_common.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MROUTE
 #include <linux/mroute.h>
@@ -2740,6 +2741,7 @@ static const struct file_operations igmp_mcf_seq_fops = {
 static int __net_init igmp_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
+	int err;
 
 	pde = proc_create("igmp", S_IRUGO, net->proc_net, &igmp_mc_seq_fops);
 	if (!pde)
@@ -2748,8 +2750,18 @@ static int __net_init igmp_net_init(struct net *net)
 			  &igmp_mcf_seq_fops);
 	if (!pde)
 		goto out_mcfilter;
+	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&net->ipv4.mc_autojoin_sk, AF_INET,
+				   SOCK_DGRAM, 0, net);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to initialize the IGMP autojoin socket (err %d)\n",
+		       err);
+		goto out_sock;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
+out_sock:
+	remove_proc_entry("mcfilter", net->proc_net);
 out_mcfilter:
 	remove_proc_entry("igmp", net->proc_net);
 out_igmp:
@@ -2760,6 +2772,7 @@ static void __net_exit igmp_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	remove_proc_entry("mcfilter", net->proc_net);
 	remove_proc_entry("igmp", net->proc_net);
+	inet_ctl_sock_destroy(net->ipv4.mc_autojoin_sk);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations igmp_net_ops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 98e4a63d72bb..783bccfcc060 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2464,6 +2464,23 @@ err_exit:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int ipv6_mc_config(struct sock *sk, bool join,
+			  const struct in6_addr *addr, int ifindex)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	if (join)
+		ret = __ipv6_sock_mc_join(sk, ifindex, addr);
+	else
+		ret = __ipv6_sock_mc_drop(sk, ifindex, addr);
+	release_sock(sk);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Manual configuration of address on an interface
  */
@@ -2476,10 +2493,10 @@ static int inet6_addr_add(struct net *net, int ifindex,
 	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 	struct net_device *dev;
+	unsigned long timeout;
+	clock_t expires;
 	int scope;
 	u32 flags;
-	clock_t expires;
-	unsigned long timeout;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
@@ -2501,6 +2518,14 @@ static int inet6_addr_add(struct net *net, int ifindex,
 	if (IS_ERR(idev))
 		return PTR_ERR(idev);
 
+	if (ifa_flags & IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN) {
+		int ret = ipv6_mc_config(net->ipv6.mc_autojoin_sk,
+					 true, pfx, ifindex);
+
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	scope = ipv6_addr_scope(pfx);
 
 	timeout = addrconf_timeout_fixup(valid_lft, HZ);
@@ -2542,6 +2567,9 @@ static int inet6_addr_add(struct net *net, int ifindex,
 		in6_ifa_put(ifp);
 		addrconf_verify_rtnl();
 		return 0;
+	} else if (ifa_flags & IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN) {
+		ipv6_mc_config(net->ipv6.mc_autojoin_sk,
+			       false, pfx, ifindex);
 	}
 
 	return PTR_ERR(ifp);
@@ -2578,6 +2606,10 @@ static int inet6_addr_del(struct net *net, int ifindex, u32 ifa_flags,
 						 jiffies);
 			ipv6_del_addr(ifp);
 			addrconf_verify_rtnl();
+			if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(pfx)) {
+				ipv6_mc_config(net->ipv6.mc_autojoin_sk,
+					       false, pfx, dev->ifindex);
+			}
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3945,7 +3977,7 @@ inet6_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	/* We ignore other flags so far. */
 	ifa_flags &= IFA_F_NODAD | IFA_F_HOMEADDRESS | IFA_F_MANAGETEMPADDR |
-		     IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE;
+		     IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE | IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN;
 
 	ifa = ipv6_get_ifaddr(net, pfx, dev, 1);
 	if (ifa == NULL) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index 5ce107c8aab3..1dd1fedff9f4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int unsolicited_report_interval(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 	return iv > 0 ? iv : 1;
 }
 
-int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
+int __ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	struct ipv6_mc_socklist *mc_lst;
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	int err;
 
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
 	if (!ipv6_addr_is_multicast(addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -161,7 +163,6 @@ int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 	mc_lst->next = NULL;
 	mc_lst->addr = *addr;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
 	if (ifindex == 0) {
 		struct rt6_info *rt;
 		rt = rt6_lookup(net, addr, NULL, 0, 0);
@@ -173,7 +174,6 @@ int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex);
 
 	if (dev == NULL) {
-		rtnl_unlock();
 		sock_kfree_s(sk, mc_lst, sizeof(*mc_lst));
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 	err = ipv6_dev_mc_inc(dev, addr);
 
 	if (err) {
-		rtnl_unlock();
 		sock_kfree_s(sk, mc_lst, sizeof(*mc_lst));
 		return err;
 	}
@@ -198,25 +197,37 @@ int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 	mc_lst->next = np->ipv6_mc_list;
 	rcu_assign_pointer(np->ipv6_mc_list, mc_lst);
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ipv6_sock_mc_join);
+
+int ipv6_sock_mc_join(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	ret = __ipv6_sock_mc_join(sk, ifindex, addr);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_sock_mc_join);
 
 /*
  *	socket leave on multicast group
  */
-int ipv6_sock_mc_drop(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
+int __ipv6_sock_mc_drop(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 {
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
 	struct ipv6_mc_socklist *mc_lst;
 	struct ipv6_mc_socklist __rcu **lnk;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
 	if (!ipv6_addr_is_multicast(addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
 	for (lnk = &np->ipv6_mc_list;
 	     (mc_lst = rtnl_dereference(*lnk)) != NULL;
 	      lnk = &mc_lst->next) {
@@ -235,17 +246,28 @@ int ipv6_sock_mc_drop(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 					__ipv6_dev_mc_dec(idev, &mc_lst->addr);
 			} else
 				(void) ip6_mc_leave_src(sk, mc_lst, NULL);
-			rtnl_unlock();
 
 			atomic_sub(sizeof(*mc_lst), &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
 			kfree_rcu(mc_lst, rcu);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ipv6_sock_mc_drop);
+
+int ipv6_sock_mc_drop(struct sock *sk, int ifindex, const struct in6_addr *addr)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	ret = __ipv6_sock_mc_drop(sk, ifindex, addr);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_sock_mc_drop);
 
 /* called with rcu_read_lock() */
 static struct inet6_dev *ip6_mc_find_dev_rcu(struct net *net,
@@ -2907,20 +2929,32 @@ static int __net_init igmp6_net_init(struct net *net)
 
 	inet6_sk(net->ipv6.igmp_sk)->hop_limit = 1;
 
+	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&net->ipv6.mc_autojoin_sk, PF_INET6,
+				   SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, net);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to initialize the IGMP6 autojoin socket (err %d)\n",
+		       err);
+		goto out_sock_create;
+	}
+
 	err = igmp6_proc_init(net);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_sock_create;
-out:
-	return err;
+		goto out_sock_create_autojoin;
 
+	return 0;
+
+out_sock_create_autojoin:
+	inet_ctl_sock_destroy(net->ipv6.mc_autojoin_sk);
 out_sock_create:
 	inet_ctl_sock_destroy(net->ipv6.igmp_sk);
-	goto out;
+out:
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void __net_exit igmp6_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	inet_ctl_sock_destroy(net->ipv6.igmp_sk);
+	inet_ctl_sock_destroy(net->ipv6.mc_autojoin_sk);
 	igmp6_proc_exit(net);
 }