diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index 8031bc0e0b..5703e4f53b 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@
           <row><entry><varname>xfrm</varname></entry>
           <entry>A virtual tunnel interface like vti/vti6 but with several advantages.</entry></row>
 
+          <row><entry><varname>ifb</varname></entry>
+          <entry> The Intermediate Functional Block (ifb) pseudo network interface acts as a QoS concentrator for multiple different sources of traffic.</entry></row>
+
         </tbody>
       </tgroup>
     </table>
diff --git a/src/network/meson.build b/src/network/meson.build
index e2324a01b3..8a09078315 100644
--- a/src/network/meson.build
+++ b/src/network/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ sources = files('''
         netdev/bridge.h
         netdev/dummy.c
         netdev/dummy.h
+        netdev/ifb.c
+        netdev/ifb.h
         netdev/ipvlan.c
         netdev/ipvlan.h
         netdev/macvlan.c
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/ifb.c b/src/network/netdev/ifb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7736a162f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/netdev/ifb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+ * Copyright © 2019 VMware, Inc. */
+
+#include "ifb.h"
+
+const NetDevVTable ifb_vtable = {
+        .object_size = sizeof(IntermediateFunctionalBlock),
+        .sections = NETDEV_COMMON_SECTIONS,
+        .create_type = NETDEV_CREATE_INDEPENDENT,
+        .generate_mac = true,
+};
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/ifb.h b/src/network/netdev/ifb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..761d215894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/netdev/ifb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+ * Copyright © 2019 VMware, Inc. */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "netdev.h"
+
+typedef struct IntermediateFunctionalBlock {
+        NetDev meta;
+} IntermediateFunctionalBlock;
+
+DEFINE_NETDEV_CAST(IFB, IntermediateFunctionalBlock);
+extern const NetDevVTable ifb_vtable;
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
index 423750a6a0..f8121a48ed 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fou-tunnel.h"
 #include "geneve.h"
+#include "ifb.h"
 #include "ipvlan.h"
 #include "l2tp-tunnel.h"
 #include "list.h"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ const NetDevVTable * const netdev_vtable[_NETDEV_KIND_MAX] = {
         [NETDEV_KIND_MACSEC] = &macsec_vtable,
         [NETDEV_KIND_NLMON] = &nlmon_vtable,
         [NETDEV_KIND_XFRM] = &xfrm_vtable,
+        [NETDEV_KIND_IFB] = &ifb_vtable,
 };
 
 static const char* const netdev_kind_table[_NETDEV_KIND_MAX] = {
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ static const char* const netdev_kind_table[_NETDEV_KIND_MAX] = {
         [NETDEV_KIND_MACSEC] = "macsec",
         [NETDEV_KIND_NLMON] = "nlmon",
         [NETDEV_KIND_XFRM] = "xfrm",
+        [NETDEV_KIND_IFB] = "ifb",
 };
 
 DEFINE_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP(netdev_kind, NetDevKind);
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/netdev.h b/src/network/netdev/netdev.h
index 078d0aca4f..cc530022c1 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/netdev.h
+++ b/src/network/netdev/netdev.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ typedef enum NetDevKind {
         NETDEV_KIND_MACSEC,
         NETDEV_KIND_NLMON,
         NETDEV_KIND_XFRM,
+        NETDEV_KIND_IFB,
         _NETDEV_KIND_MAX,
         _NETDEV_KIND_TUNNEL, /* Used by config_parse_stacked_netdev() */
         _NETDEV_KIND_INVALID = -1