diff --git a/src/network/meson.build b/src/network/meson.build
index 3d692abf44..5f06948752 100644
--- a/src/network/meson.build
+++ b/src/network/meson.build
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ sources = files(
         'networkd-link.c',
         'networkd-lldp-rx.c',
         'networkd-lldp-tx.c',
-        'networkd-manager-bus.c',
         'networkd-manager.c',
+        'networkd-manager-bus.c',
+        'networkd-manager-varlink.c',
         'networkd-ndisc.c',
         'networkd-neighbor.c',
         'networkd-netlabel.c',
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-manager-varlink.c b/src/network/networkd-manager-varlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9750d9b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/networkd-manager-varlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "networkd-manager-varlink.h"
+#include "varlink.h"
+#include "varlink-io.systemd.Network.h"
+
+static int vl_method_get_states(Varlink *link, JsonVariant *parameters, VarlinkMethodFlags flags, void *userdata) {
+        Manager *m = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
+
+        assert(link);
+
+        if (json_variant_elements(parameters) > 0)
+                return varlink_error_invalid_parameter(link, parameters);
+
+        return varlink_replyb(link,
+                              JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
+                                              JSON_BUILD_PAIR_STRING("AddressState", link_address_state_to_string(m->address_state)),
+                                              JSON_BUILD_PAIR_STRING("IPv4AddressState", link_address_state_to_string(m->ipv4_address_state)),
+                                              JSON_BUILD_PAIR_STRING("IPv6AddressState", link_address_state_to_string(m->ipv6_address_state)),
+                                              JSON_BUILD_PAIR_STRING("CarrierState", link_carrier_state_to_string(m->carrier_state)),
+                                              JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(m->online_state >= 0, "OnlineState", JSON_BUILD_STRING(link_online_state_to_string(m->online_state))),
+                                              JSON_BUILD_PAIR_STRING("OperationalState", link_operstate_to_string(m->operational_state))));
+}
+
+static int vl_method_get_namespace_id(Varlink *link, JsonVariant *parameters, VarlinkMethodFlags flags, void *userdata) {
+        uint64_t id;
+
+        assert(link);
+
+        if (json_variant_elements(parameters) > 0)
+                return varlink_error_invalid_parameter(link, parameters);
+
+        struct stat st;
+        if (stat("/proc/self/ns/net", &st) < 0) {
+                log_warning_errno(errno, "Failed to stat network namespace, ignoring: %m");
+                id = 0;
+        } else
+                id = st.st_ino;
+
+        return varlink_replyb(link,
+                              JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
+                                              JSON_BUILD_PAIR_UNSIGNED("NamespaceId", id)));
+}
+
+int manager_connect_varlink(Manager *m) {
+        _cleanup_(varlink_server_unrefp) VarlinkServer *s = NULL;
+        int r;
+
+        assert(m);
+
+        if (m->varlink_server)
+                return 0;
+
+        r = varlink_server_new(&s, VARLINK_SERVER_ACCOUNT_UID|VARLINK_SERVER_INHERIT_USERDATA);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to allocate varlink server object: %m");
+
+        varlink_server_set_userdata(s, m);
+
+        r = varlink_server_add_interface(s, &vl_interface_io_systemd_Network);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to add Network interface to varlink server: %m");
+
+        r = varlink_server_bind_method_many(
+                        s,
+                        "io.systemd.Network.GetStates", vl_method_get_states,
+                        "io.systemd.Network.GetNamespaceId", vl_method_get_namespace_id);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to register varlink methods: %m");
+
+        r = varlink_server_listen_address(s, "/run/systemd/netif/io.systemd.Network", 0666);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to bind to varlink socket: %m");
+
+        r = varlink_server_attach_event(s, m->event, SD_EVENT_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to attach varlink connection to event loop: %m");
+
+        m->varlink_server = TAKE_PTR(s);
+        return 0;
+}
+
+void manager_varlink_done(Manager *m) {
+        assert(m);
+
+        m->varlink_server = varlink_server_unref(m->varlink_server);
+        (void) unlink("/run/systemd/netif/io.systemd.Network");
+}
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-manager-varlink.h b/src/network/networkd-manager-varlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46078a81d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/networkd-manager-varlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "networkd-manager.h"
+
+int manager_connect_varlink(Manager *m);
+void manager_varlink_done(Manager *m);
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-manager.c b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
index 51f8b0cc74..3319cbe086 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-manager.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
 #include "networkd-dhcp-server-bus.h"
 #include "networkd-dhcp6.h"
 #include "networkd-link-bus.h"
-#include "networkd-manager-bus.h"
 #include "networkd-manager.h"
+#include "networkd-manager-bus.h"
+#include "networkd-manager-varlink.h"
 #include "networkd-neighbor.h"
 #include "networkd-network-bus.h"
 #include "networkd-nexthop.h"
@@ -529,6 +530,10 @@ int manager_setup(Manager *m) {
         if (m->test_mode)
                 return 0;
 
+        r = manager_connect_varlink(m);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         r = manager_connect_bus(m);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -640,6 +645,8 @@ Manager* manager_free(Manager *m) {
 
         sd_device_monitor_unref(m->device_monitor);
 
+        manager_varlink_done(m);
+
         bus_verify_polkit_async_registry_free(m->polkit_registry);
         sd_bus_flush_close_unref(m->bus);
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-manager.h b/src/network/networkd-manager.h
index a9827d8a4b..fc6d1903fa 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-manager.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-manager.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "ordered-set.h"
 #include "set.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
+#include "varlink.h"
 
 struct Manager {
         sd_netlink *rtnl;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ struct Manager {
         sd_event *event;
         sd_resolve *resolve;
         sd_bus *bus;
+        VarlinkServer *varlink_server;
         sd_device_monitor *device_monitor;
         Hashmap *polkit_registry;
         int ethtool_fd;
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index bcd02d4cfb..b2cee6fa2c 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -176,9 +176,10 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'varlink-io.systemd.Credentials.c',
         'varlink-io.systemd.Journal.c',
         'varlink-io.systemd.ManagedOOM.c',
+        'varlink-io.systemd.Network.c',
         'varlink-io.systemd.PCRExtend.c',
-        'varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor.c',
         'varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.c',
+        'varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor.c',
         'varlink-io.systemd.UserDatabase.c',
         'varlink-io.systemd.oom.c',
         'varlink-io.systemd.service.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Network.c b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Network.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec25e26e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Network.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#include "varlink-io.systemd.Network.h"
+
+static VARLINK_DEFINE_METHOD(GetStates,
+                             VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(AddressState, VARLINK_STRING, 0),
+                             VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(IPv4AddressState, VARLINK_STRING, 0),
+                             VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(IPv6AddressState, VARLINK_STRING, 0),
+                             VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(CarrierState, VARLINK_STRING, 0),
+                             VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(OnlineState, VARLINK_STRING, 0),
+                             VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(OperationalState, VARLINK_STRING, 0));
+
+static VARLINK_DEFINE_METHOD(GetNamespaceId,
+                             VARLINK_DEFINE_OUTPUT(NamespaceId, VARLINK_INT, 0));
+
+VARLINK_DEFINE_INTERFACE(
+                io_systemd_Network,
+                "io.systemd.Network",
+                &vl_method_GetStates,
+                &vl_method_GetNamespaceId);
diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Network.h b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Network.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12d532ab32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Network.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "varlink-idl.h"
+
+extern const VarlinkInterface vl_interface_io_systemd_Network;
diff --git a/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c b/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c
index 6aa1fa6b1d..1770cb3c03 100644
--- a/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c
+++ b/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "varlink-io.systemd.Credentials.h"
 #include "varlink-io.systemd.Journal.h"
 #include "varlink-io.systemd.ManagedOOM.h"
+#include "varlink-io.systemd.Network.h"
 #include "varlink-io.systemd.PCRExtend.h"
 #include "varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor.h"
 #include "varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.h"
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ TEST(parse_format) {
         print_separator();
         test_parse_format_one(&vl_interface_io_systemd_ManagedOOM);
         print_separator();
+        test_parse_format_one(&vl_interface_io_systemd_Network);
+        print_separator();
         test_parse_format_one(&vl_interface_io_systemd_oom);
         print_separator();
         test_parse_format_one(&vl_interface_io_systemd);