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"])
diff --git a/network_config.cpp b/network_config.cpp
index e83b16c..94c8eae 100644
--- a/network_config.cpp
+++ b/network_config.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
     std::ofstream filestream;
 
     filestream.open(filename);
+    // Add the following line to your phosphor-network bbappend file
+    // to control IPV6_ACCEPT_RA
+    //   EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --enable-ipv6-accept-ra=yes"
+    // If this switch is not present or set to 'no'
+    // ENABLE_IPV6_ACCEPT_RA will be undefined.
+    // The new value is only assigned on first boot, when the default
+    // file is not present, or after the default file has been
+    // manually removed.
     filestream << "[Match]\nName=" << interface <<
                 "\n[Network]\nDHCP=true\n"
 #ifdef LINK_LOCAL_AUTOCONFIGURATION
@@ -24,7 +32,12 @@
 #else
                 "LinkLocalAddressing=no\n"
 #endif
+#ifdef ENABLE_IPV6_ACCEPT_RA
+                "IPv6AcceptRA=true\n"
+#else
                 "IPv6AcceptRA=false\n"
+
+#endif
                 "[DHCP]\nClientIdentifier=mac\n";
     filestream.close();
 }