diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 2e8756b8..36faf49 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 	struct list_head	exit_list;	/* Use only net_mutex */
 
 	struct user_namespace   *user_ns;	/* Owning user namespace */
+	struct idr		netns_ids;
 
 	struct ns_common	ns;
 
@@ -290,6 +291,9 @@
 #define __net_initconst	__initconst
 #endif
 
+int peernet2id(struct net *net, struct net *peer);
+struct net *get_net_ns_by_id(struct net *net, int id);
+
 struct pernet_operations {
 	struct list_head list;
 	int (*init)(struct net *net);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
index 00b10002..14b7b6e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
 header-y += netlink_diag.h
 header-y += netlink.h
 header-y += netrom.h
+header-y += net_namespace.h
 header-y += net_tstamp.h
 header-y += nfc.h
 header-y += nfs2.h
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h b/include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..778cd2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2015 6WIND S.A.
+ * Author: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_NET_NAMESPACE_H_
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_NET_NAMESPACE_H_
+
+/* Attributes of RTM_NEWNSID/RTM_GETNSID messages */
+enum {
+	NETNSA_NONE,
+#define NETNSA_NSID_NOT_ASSIGNED -1
+	NETNSA_NSID,
+	NETNSA_PID,
+	NETNSA_FD,
+	__NETNSA_MAX,
+};
+
+#define NETNSA_MAX		(__NETNSA_MAX - 1)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_NET_NAMESPACE_H_ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index a1d1859..5cc5d66 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@
 	RTM_GETMDB = 86,
 #define RTM_GETMDB RTM_GETMDB
 
+	RTM_NEWNSID = 88,
+#define RTM_NEWNSID RTM_NEWNSID
+	RTM_GETNSID = 90,
+#define RTM_GETNSID RTM_GETNSID
+
 	__RTM_MAX,
 #define RTM_MAX		(((__RTM_MAX + 3) & ~3) - 1)
 };