diff --git a/docs/src/misc.rst b/docs/src/misc.rst
index 87a29a845bd..f00855c00a2 100644
--- a/docs/src/misc.rst
+++ b/docs/src/misc.rst
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ API
     and :man:`inet_pton(3)`. On success they return 0. In case of error
     the target `dst` pointer is unmodified.
 
+.. c:function:: char* uv_if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char* ifname)
+
+    Cross-platform IPv6-capable implementation of :man:`if_indextoname(3)`.
+    Writes the result to `ifname`, which must be at least `IFNAMSIZ` long.
+    On success returns the generated string.  In case of error returns `NULL`.
+
 .. c:function:: int uv_exepath(char* buffer, size_t* size)
 
     Gets the executable path.
diff --git a/include/uv-unix.h b/include/uv-unix.h
index 54b3123a0c8..0bff2512967 100644
--- a/include/uv-unix.h
+++ b/include/uv-unix.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
 
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
diff --git a/include/uv.h b/include/uv.h
index c0442c6a437..37b8705c5a8 100644
--- a/include/uv.h
+++ b/include/uv.h
@@ -1442,6 +1442,8 @@ UV_EXTERN int uv_ip6_name(const struct sockaddr_in6* src, char* dst, size_t size
 UV_EXTERN int uv_inet_ntop(int af, const void* src, char* dst, size_t size);
 UV_EXTERN int uv_inet_pton(int af, const char* src, void* dst);
 
+UV_EXTERN char* uv_if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char* ifname);
+
 UV_EXTERN int uv_exepath(char* buffer, size_t* size);
 
 UV_EXTERN int uv_cwd(char* buffer, size_t* size);
diff --git a/src/inet.c b/src/inet.c
index d76f63d2dda..dabdfe4e1bf 100644
--- a/src/inet.c
+++ b/src/inet.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ int uv_inet_ntop(int af, const void* src, char* dst, size_t size) {
   /* NOTREACHED */
 }
 
+char* uv_if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char* ifname) {
+    return if_indextoname(ifindex, ifname);
+}
 
 static int inet_ntop4(const unsigned char *src, char *dst, size_t size) {
   static const char fmt[] = "%u.%u.%u.%u";