diff --git a/src/sockets/base-sockets.lisp b/src/sockets/base-sockets.lisp
index 41ecf855fa543623476339fbed4887e059af4332..7b3641a47fe2a57d12904f4eaceaa89438553343 100644
--- a/src/sockets/base-sockets.lisp
+++ b/src/sockets/base-sockets.lisp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   (:documentation "Create an instance of a subclass of SOCKET. ADDRESS-FAMILY, TYPE, CONNECT and IPV6
 are used to specify the kind of socket to create.
 
-* ADDRESS-FAMILY - :INTERNET or :LOCAL (or :FILE as synonim)
+* ADDRESS-FAMILY - :INTERNET, :LOCAL (or :FILE as synonim), or :NETLINK(on Linux)
 * TYPE - :STREAM, :DATAGRAM or :RAW
 * CONNECT - :ACTIVE or :PASSIVE
 * IPV6 - if NIL, create an IPv4 socket, otherwise an IPv6 socket.
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ To initialize the socket, the following keyword arguments can be used depending
 * :interface - a string. set option SO_BINDTODEVICE to this interface
 * :input-buffer-size - a positive integer. Create the stream input buffer of this size
 * :output-buffer-size - a positive integer. Create the stream output buffer of this size
+* :multicast-groups - a non-negative integer. Accept messages sent to those multicast groups
 
 Glossary:
 * hostname designator: an instance of INET-ADDRESS or any object accepted by LOOKUP-HOST. IPV6 is passed to LOOKUP-HOST as is
@@ -65,7 +66,10 @@ Glossary:
 * Valid keyword args: :LOCAL-FILENAME and :REMOTE-FILENAME
 
 :address-family :INTERNET :type :RAW
-* Valid keyword args: :INCLUDE-HEADERS"))
+* Valid keyword args: :INCLUDE-HEADERS
+
+:address-family :NETLINK :type :RAW
+* Valid keyword args: :LOCAL-PORT and :MULTICAST-GROUPS"))
 
 (defgeneric make-socket-from-fd (fd &key dup connect external-format
                                     input-buffer-size output-buffer-size)
diff --git a/src/sockets/make-socket.lisp b/src/sockets/make-socket.lisp
index 3efa8d2ace15366963a63196451bda4b347310f1..8ffde629f8ae7e57e2594673ff422439fd209623 100644
--- a/src/sockets/make-socket.lisp
+++ b/src/sockets/make-socket.lisp
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
       ((:local :datagram nil)      . socket-datagram-local)
       ((:ipv4  :datagram nil)      . socket-datagram-internet)
       ((:ipv6  :datagram nil)      . socket-datagram-internet)
-      ((:ipv4  :raw      nil)      . socket-raw-internet)))
+      ((:ipv4  :raw      nil)      . socket-raw-internet)
+      ((:netlink :raw    nil)      . socket-raw-netlink)))
 
   (defun select-socket-class (address-family type connect)
     (or (loop :for ((sock-family sock-type sock-connect) . class)
@@ -252,12 +253,29 @@ call CLOSE with :ABORT T on `VAR'."
     (%%init-socket/internet-raw socket include-headers)))
 
 
+;;; Netlink Socket creation
+
+(defun %%init-socket/netlink-raw (socket local-port multicast-groups)
+  (when local-port
+    (bind-address socket
+                  (make-instance 'netlink-address
+                                 :multicast-groups multicast-groups)
+                  :port local-port))
+  (values socket))
+
+(define-socket-creator (:netlink :raw)
+    (family protocol &key (local-port 0) (multicast-groups 0))
+  (with-close-on-error (socket (create-socket family :raw protocol))
+    (%%init-socket/netlink-raw socket local-port multicast-groups)))
+
+
 ;;; MAKE-SOCKET
 
 (defmethod make-socket (&rest args &key (address-family :internet) (type :stream) (protocol :default)
                         (connect :active) (ipv6 *ipv6*) &allow-other-keys)
   (when (eql :file address-family) (setf address-family :local))
-  (check-type address-family (member :internet :local :ipv4 :ipv6) "one of :INTERNET, :LOCAL(or :FILE), :IPV4 or :IPV6")
+  (check-type address-family (member :internet :local :ipv4 :ipv6 :netlink)
+              "one of :INTERNET, :LOCAL(or :FILE), :IPV4, :IPV6 or :NETLINK")
   (check-type type (member :stream :datagram :raw) "either :STREAM, :DATAGRAM or :RAW")
   (check-type connect (member :active :passive) "either :ACTIVE or :PASSIVE")
   (let ((args (remove-from-plist args :address-family :type :protocol :connect :ipv6)))
@@ -284,7 +302,9 @@ call CLOSE with :ABORT T on `VAR'."
         ((:local :datagram)
          (%make-socket/local-datagram           args :local :default))
         ((:ipv4 :raw)
-         (%make-socket/internet-raw             args :ipv4  protocol))))))
+         (%make-socket/internet-raw             args :ipv4  protocol))
+        ((:netlink :raw)
+         (%make-socket/netlink-raw              args :netlink protocol))))))
 
 (define-compiler-macro make-socket (&whole form &environment env &rest args
                                     &key (address-family :internet) (type :stream) (protocol :default)
@@ -292,7 +312,8 @@ call CLOSE with :ABORT T on `VAR'."
   (when (eql :file address-family) (setf address-family :local))
   (cond
     ((and (constantp address-family env) (constantp type env) (constantp connect env))
-     (check-type address-family (member :internet :local :ipv4 :ipv6) "one of :INTERNET, :LOCAL(or :FILE), :IPV4 or :IPV6")
+     (check-type address-family (member :internet :local :ipv4 :ipv6 :netlink)
+                 "one of :INTERNET, :LOCAL(or :FILE), :IPV4, :IPV6 or :NETLINK")
      (check-type type (member :stream :datagram :raw) "either :STREAM, :DATAGRAM or :RAW")
      (check-type connect (member :active :passive) "either :ACTIVE or :PASSIVE")
      (let* ((family (if (member address-family '(:ipv4 :ipv6)) :internet address-family))