diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/50-gbmc-ncsi.rules.in b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/50-gbmc-ncsi.rules.in
index 303dbca..6a41c66 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/50-gbmc-ncsi.rules.in
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/50-gbmc-ncsi.rules.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         reject
     }
     chain gbmc_br_pub_input {
+      ip6 nexthdr icmpv6 accept
     }
     chain ncsi_legacy_input {
         jump ncsi_any_input