diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8dfe113..a8ef082 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@
     AC_DEFINE([LINK_LOCAL_AUTOCONFIGURATION], [1], [Enable link-local IP address autoconfiguration])
 fi
 
+# If set, enable the BMC to accept IPv6 Router Advertisement for IPv6 address
+# configuration.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([ipv6_accept_ra],
+    [  --enable-ipv6-accept-ra  Enable/disable the use of ETHTOOL features in the NIC driver],
+    [case "${enableval}" in
+      yes) enable_ipv6_accept_ra=true ;;
+      no) enable_ipv6_accept_ra=false ;;
+      *) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${ipv6_accept_ra} for --enable-ipv6-accept-ra]) ;;
+      esac],[enable_ipv6_accept_ra=false]
+      )
+if test "x$enable_ipv6_accept_ra" = "xtrue"; then
+    AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_IPV6_ACCEPT_RA], [1], [Enable IPv6 Router Advertisement])
+fi
+
 DEFAULT_BUSNAME='xyz.openbmc_project.Network'
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DEFAULT_BUSNAME], ["$DEFAULT_BUSNAME"], [The DBus busname to own])
 AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_BUSNAME, ["$DEFAULT_BUSNAME"])