diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index b60d2dfe4e699a817a9d9b2b6093ee33c2bf4229..cf343a852534bee2f3ed02ffd9cce21210caac8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ extern const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops;
  */
 enum kobj_ns_type {
 	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE = 0,
+	KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET,
 	KOBJ_NS_TYPES
 };
 
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 0d68b40fc0e625d79aece260f08952c1ac374987..f49532053a980a44d8d72fd3435ce21dcdea18fc 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 
 menu "Networking options"
 
+config NET_NS
+	bool "Network namespace support"
+	default n
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NAMESPACES
+	help
+	  Allow user space to create what appear to be multiple instances
+	  of the network stack.
+
 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index c57c4b228bb5b849599124e058322aabe8d203d8..b388cdab9316accc4fff2b994a2f593de7548b10 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/wireless.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -766,6 +768,38 @@ static void rx_queue_remove_kobjects(struct net_device *net)
 	kset_unregister(net->queues_kset);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_RPS */
+
+static const void *net_current_ns(void)
+{
+	return current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+}
+
+static const void *net_initial_ns(void)
+{
+	return &init_net;
+}
+
+static const void *net_netlink_ns(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return sock_net(sk);
+}
+
+static struct kobj_ns_type_operations net_ns_type_operations = {
+	.type = KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET,
+	.current_ns = net_current_ns,
+	.netlink_ns = net_netlink_ns,
+	.initial_ns = net_initial_ns,
+};
+
+static void net_kobj_ns_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+	kobj_ns_exit(KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET, net);
+}
+
+static struct pernet_operations sysfs_net_ops = {
+	.exit = net_kobj_ns_exit,
+};
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
@@ -806,6 +840,13 @@ static void netdev_release(struct device *d)
 	kfree((char *)dev - dev->padded);
 }
 
+static const void *net_namespace(struct device *d)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	dev = container_of(d, struct net_device, dev);
+	return dev_net(dev);
+}
+
 static struct class net_class = {
 	.name = "net",
 	.dev_release = netdev_release,
@@ -815,6 +856,8 @@ static struct class net_class = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 	.dev_uevent = netdev_uevent,
 #endif
+	.ns_type = &net_ns_type_operations,
+	.namespace = net_namespace,
 };
 
 /* Delete sysfs entries but hold kobject reference until after all
@@ -904,5 +947,9 @@ void netdev_initialize_kobject(struct net_device *net)
 
 int netdev_kobject_init(void)
 {
+	kobj_ns_type_register(&net_ns_type_operations);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+	register_pernet_subsys(&sysfs_net_ops);
+#endif
 	return class_register(&net_class);
 }