diff --git a/netlink/netlink_darwin.go b/netlink/netlink_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc60b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netlink/netlink_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package netlink
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+)
+
+func NetworkGetRoutes() ([]*net.IPNet, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
+func NetworkLinkAdd(name string, linkType string) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
+func NetworkLinkUp(iface *net.Interface) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
+func NetworkLinkAddIp(iface *net.Interface, ip net.IP, ipNet *net.IPNet) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
+func AddDefaultGw(ip net.IP) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+
+}
+
+func NetworkSetMTU(iface *net.Interface, mtu int) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
diff --git a/netlink/netlink_linux.go b/netlink/netlink_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4417f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netlink/netlink_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,578 @@
+package netlink
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+var nextSeqNr int
+
+func nativeEndian() binary.ByteOrder {
+	var x uint32 = 0x01020304
+	if *(*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&x)) == 0x01 {
+		return binary.BigEndian
+	}
+	return binary.LittleEndian
+}
+
+func getSeq() int {
+	nextSeqNr = nextSeqNr + 1
+	return nextSeqNr
+}
+
+func getIpFamily(ip net.IP) int {
+	if len(ip) <= net.IPv4len {
+		return syscall.AF_INET
+	}
+	if ip.To4() != nil {
+		return syscall.AF_INET
+	}
+	return syscall.AF_INET6
+}
+
+type NetlinkRequestData interface {
+	ToWireFormat() []byte
+}
+
+type IfInfomsg struct {
+	syscall.IfInfomsg
+}
+
+func newIfInfomsg(family int) *IfInfomsg {
+	msg := &IfInfomsg{}
+	msg.Family = uint8(family)
+	msg.Type = uint16(0)
+	msg.Index = int32(0)
+	msg.Flags = uint32(0)
+	msg.Change = uint32(0)
+
+	return msg
+}
+
+func (msg *IfInfomsg) ToWireFormat() []byte {
+	native := nativeEndian()
+
+	len := syscall.SizeofIfInfomsg
+	b := make([]byte, len)
+	b[0] = msg.Family
+	b[1] = 0
+	native.PutUint16(b[2:4], msg.Type)
+	native.PutUint32(b[4:8], uint32(msg.Index))
+	native.PutUint32(b[8:12], msg.Flags)
+	native.PutUint32(b[12:16], msg.Change)
+	return b
+}
+
+type IfAddrmsg struct {
+	syscall.IfAddrmsg
+}
+
+func newIfAddrmsg(family int) *IfAddrmsg {
+	msg := &IfAddrmsg{}
+	msg.Family = uint8(family)
+	msg.Prefixlen = uint8(0)
+	msg.Flags = uint8(0)
+	msg.Scope = uint8(0)
+	msg.Index = uint32(0)
+
+	return msg
+}
+
+func (msg *IfAddrmsg) ToWireFormat() []byte {
+	native := nativeEndian()
+
+	len := syscall.SizeofIfAddrmsg
+	b := make([]byte, len)
+	b[0] = msg.Family
+	b[1] = msg.Prefixlen
+	b[2] = msg.Flags
+	b[3] = msg.Scope
+	native.PutUint32(b[4:8], msg.Index)
+	return b
+}
+
+type RtMsg struct {
+	syscall.RtMsg
+}
+
+func newRtMsg(family int) *RtMsg {
+	msg := &RtMsg{}
+	msg.Family = uint8(family)
+	msg.Table = syscall.RT_TABLE_MAIN
+	msg.Scope = syscall.RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE
+	msg.Protocol = syscall.RTPROT_BOOT
+	msg.Type = syscall.RTN_UNICAST
+
+	return msg
+}
+
+func (msg *RtMsg) ToWireFormat() []byte {
+	native := nativeEndian()
+
+	len := syscall.SizeofRtMsg
+	b := make([]byte, len)
+	b[0] = msg.Family
+	b[1] = msg.Dst_len
+	b[2] = msg.Src_len
+	b[3] = msg.Tos
+	b[4] = msg.Table
+	b[5] = msg.Protocol
+	b[6] = msg.Scope
+	b[7] = msg.Type
+	native.PutUint32(b[8:12], msg.Flags)
+	return b
+}
+
+func rtaAlignOf(attrlen int) int {
+	return (attrlen + syscall.RTA_ALIGNTO - 1) & ^(syscall.RTA_ALIGNTO - 1)
+}
+
+type RtAttr struct {
+	syscall.RtAttr
+	Data []byte
+}
+
+func newRtAttr(attrType int, data []byte) *RtAttr {
+	attr := &RtAttr{}
+	attr.Type = uint16(attrType)
+	attr.Data = data
+
+	return attr
+}
+
+func (attr *RtAttr) ToWireFormat() []byte {
+	native := nativeEndian()
+
+	len := syscall.SizeofRtAttr + len(attr.Data)
+	b := make([]byte, rtaAlignOf(len))
+	native.PutUint16(b[0:2], uint16(len))
+	native.PutUint16(b[2:4], attr.Type)
+	for i, d := range attr.Data {
+		b[4+i] = d
+	}
+
+	return b
+}
+
+type NetlinkRequest struct {
+	syscall.NlMsghdr
+	Data []NetlinkRequestData
+}
+
+func (rr *NetlinkRequest) ToWireFormat() []byte {
+	native := nativeEndian()
+
+	length := rr.Len
+	dataBytes := make([][]byte, len(rr.Data))
+	for i, data := range rr.Data {
+		dataBytes[i] = data.ToWireFormat()
+		length = length + uint32(len(dataBytes[i]))
+	}
+	b := make([]byte, length)
+	native.PutUint32(b[0:4], length)
+	native.PutUint16(b[4:6], rr.Type)
+	native.PutUint16(b[6:8], rr.Flags)
+	native.PutUint32(b[8:12], rr.Seq)
+	native.PutUint32(b[12:16], rr.Pid)
+
+	i := 16
+	for _, data := range dataBytes {
+		for _, dataByte := range data {
+			b[i] = dataByte
+			i = i + 1
+		}
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func (rr *NetlinkRequest) AddData(data NetlinkRequestData) {
+	rr.Data = append(rr.Data, data)
+}
+
+func newNetlinkRequest(proto, flags int) *NetlinkRequest {
+	rr := &NetlinkRequest{}
+	rr.Len = uint32(syscall.NLMSG_HDRLEN)
+	rr.Type = uint16(proto)
+	rr.Flags = syscall.NLM_F_REQUEST | uint16(flags)
+	rr.Seq = uint32(getSeq())
+	return rr
+}
+
+type NetlinkSocket struct {
+	fd  int
+	lsa syscall.SockaddrNetlink
+}
+
+func getNetlinkSocket() (*NetlinkSocket, error) {
+	fd, err := syscall.Socket(syscall.AF_NETLINK, syscall.SOCK_RAW, syscall.NETLINK_ROUTE)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s := &NetlinkSocket{
+		fd: fd,
+	}
+	s.lsa.Family = syscall.AF_NETLINK
+	if err := syscall.Bind(fd, &s.lsa); err != nil {
+		syscall.Close(fd)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+func (s *NetlinkSocket) Close() {
+	syscall.Close(s.fd)
+}
+
+func (s *NetlinkSocket) Send(request *NetlinkRequest) error {
+	if err := syscall.Sendto(s.fd, request.ToWireFormat(), 0, &s.lsa); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *NetlinkSocket) Recieve() ([]syscall.NetlinkMessage, error) {
+	rb := make([]byte, syscall.Getpagesize())
+	nr, _, err := syscall.Recvfrom(s.fd, rb, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if nr < syscall.NLMSG_HDRLEN {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Got short response from netlink")
+	}
+	rb = rb[:nr]
+	return syscall.ParseNetlinkMessage(rb)
+}
+
+func (s *NetlinkSocket) GetPid() (uint32, error) {
+	lsa, err := syscall.Getsockname(s.fd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	switch v := lsa.(type) {
+	case *syscall.SockaddrNetlink:
+		return v.Pid, nil
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("Wrong socket type")
+}
+
+func (s *NetlinkSocket) HandleAck(seq uint32) error {
+	native := nativeEndian()
+
+	pid, err := s.GetPid()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+done:
+	for {
+		msgs, err := s.Recieve()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		for _, m := range msgs {
+			if m.Header.Seq != seq {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Wrong Seq nr %d, expected %d", m.Header.Seq, seq)
+			}
+			if m.Header.Pid != pid {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Wrong pid %d, expected %d", m.Header.Pid, pid)
+			}
+			if m.Header.Type == syscall.NLMSG_DONE {
+				break done
+			}
+			if m.Header.Type == syscall.NLMSG_ERROR {
+				error := int32(native.Uint32(m.Data[0:4]))
+				if error == 0 {
+					break done
+				}
+				return syscall.Errno(-error)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Add a new default gateway. Identical to:
+// ip route add default via $ip
+func AddDefaultGw(ip net.IP) error {
+	s, err := getNetlinkSocket()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	family := getIpFamily(ip)
+
+	wb := newNetlinkRequest(syscall.RTM_NEWROUTE, syscall.NLM_F_CREATE|syscall.NLM_F_EXCL|syscall.NLM_F_ACK)
+
+	msg := newRtMsg(family)
+	wb.AddData(msg)
+
+	var ipData []byte
+	if family == syscall.AF_INET {
+		ipData = ip.To4()
+	} else {
+		ipData = ip.To16()
+	}
+
+	gateway := newRtAttr(syscall.RTA_GATEWAY, ipData)
+
+	wb.AddData(gateway)
+
+	if err := s.Send(wb); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.HandleAck(wb.Seq)
+}
+
+// Bring up a particular network interface
+func NetworkLinkUp(iface *net.Interface) error {
+	s, err := getNetlinkSocket()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	wb := newNetlinkRequest(syscall.RTM_NEWLINK, syscall.NLM_F_ACK)
+
+	msg := newIfInfomsg(syscall.AF_UNSPEC)
+	msg.Change = syscall.IFF_UP
+	msg.Flags = syscall.IFF_UP
+	msg.Index = int32(iface.Index)
+	wb.AddData(msg)
+
+	if err := s.Send(wb); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.HandleAck(wb.Seq)
+}
+
+func NetworkSetMTU(iface *net.Interface, mtu int) error {
+	s, err := getNetlinkSocket()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	wb := newNetlinkRequest(syscall.RTM_SETLINK, syscall.NLM_F_ACK)
+
+	msg := newIfInfomsg(syscall.AF_UNSPEC)
+	msg.Type = syscall.RTM_SETLINK
+	msg.Flags = syscall.NLM_F_REQUEST
+	msg.Index = int32(iface.Index)
+	msg.Change = 0xFFFFFFFF
+	wb.AddData(msg)
+
+	var (
+		b      = make([]byte, 4)
+		native = nativeEndian()
+	)
+	native.PutUint32(b, uint32(mtu))
+
+	data := newRtAttr(syscall.IFLA_MTU, b)
+	wb.AddData(data)
+
+	if err := s.Send(wb); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.HandleAck(wb.Seq)
+}
+
+// Add an Ip address to an interface. This is identical to:
+// ip addr add $ip/$ipNet dev $iface
+func NetworkLinkAddIp(iface *net.Interface, ip net.IP, ipNet *net.IPNet) error {
+	s, err := getNetlinkSocket()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	family := getIpFamily(ip)
+
+	wb := newNetlinkRequest(syscall.RTM_NEWADDR, syscall.NLM_F_CREATE|syscall.NLM_F_EXCL|syscall.NLM_F_ACK)
+
+	msg := newIfAddrmsg(family)
+	msg.Index = uint32(iface.Index)
+	prefixLen, _ := ipNet.Mask.Size()
+	msg.Prefixlen = uint8(prefixLen)
+	wb.AddData(msg)
+
+	var ipData []byte
+	if family == syscall.AF_INET {
+		ipData = ip.To4()
+	} else {
+		ipData = ip.To16()
+	}
+
+	localData := newRtAttr(syscall.IFA_LOCAL, ipData)
+	wb.AddData(localData)
+
+	addrData := newRtAttr(syscall.IFA_ADDRESS, ipData)
+	wb.AddData(addrData)
+
+	if err := s.Send(wb); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.HandleAck(wb.Seq)
+}
+
+func zeroTerminated(s string) []byte {
+	bytes := make([]byte, len(s)+1)
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		bytes[i] = s[i]
+	}
+	bytes[len(s)] = 0
+	return bytes
+}
+
+func nonZeroTerminated(s string) []byte {
+	bytes := make([]byte, len(s))
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		bytes[i] = s[i]
+	}
+	return bytes
+}
+
+// Add a new network link of a specified type. This is identical to
+// running: ip add link $name type $linkType
+func NetworkLinkAdd(name string, linkType string) error {
+	s, err := getNetlinkSocket()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	wb := newNetlinkRequest(syscall.RTM_NEWLINK, syscall.NLM_F_CREATE|syscall.NLM_F_EXCL|syscall.NLM_F_ACK)
+
+	msg := newIfInfomsg(syscall.AF_UNSPEC)
+	wb.AddData(msg)
+
+	nameData := newRtAttr(syscall.IFLA_IFNAME, zeroTerminated(name))
+	wb.AddData(nameData)
+
+	IFLA_INFO_KIND := 1
+
+	kindData := newRtAttr(IFLA_INFO_KIND, nonZeroTerminated(linkType))
+
+	infoData := newRtAttr(syscall.IFLA_LINKINFO, kindData.ToWireFormat())
+	wb.AddData(infoData)
+
+	if err := s.Send(wb); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.HandleAck(wb.Seq)
+}
+
+// Returns an array of IPNet for all the currently routed subnets on ipv4
+// This is similar to the first column of "ip route" output
+func NetworkGetRoutes() ([]*net.IPNet, error) {
+	native := nativeEndian()
+
+	s, err := getNetlinkSocket()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	wb := newNetlinkRequest(syscall.RTM_GETROUTE, syscall.NLM_F_DUMP)
+
+	msg := newIfInfomsg(syscall.AF_UNSPEC)
+	wb.AddData(msg)
+
+	if err := s.Send(wb); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	pid, err := s.GetPid()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	res := make([]*net.IPNet, 0)
+
+done:
+	for {
+		msgs, err := s.Recieve()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, m := range msgs {
+			if m.Header.Seq != wb.Seq {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Wrong Seq nr %d, expected 1", m.Header.Seq)
+			}
+			if m.Header.Pid != pid {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Wrong pid %d, expected %d", m.Header.Pid, pid)
+			}
+			if m.Header.Type == syscall.NLMSG_DONE {
+				break done
+			}
+			if m.Header.Type == syscall.NLMSG_ERROR {
+				error := int32(native.Uint32(m.Data[0:4]))
+				if error == 0 {
+					break done
+				}
+				return nil, syscall.Errno(-error)
+			}
+			if m.Header.Type != syscall.RTM_NEWROUTE {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			var iface *net.Interface = nil
+			var ipNet *net.IPNet = nil
+
+			msg := (*RtMsg)(unsafe.Pointer(&m.Data[0:syscall.SizeofRtMsg][0]))
+
+			if msg.Flags&syscall.RTM_F_CLONED != 0 {
+				// Ignore cloned routes
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if msg.Table != syscall.RT_TABLE_MAIN {
+				// Ignore non-main tables
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if msg.Family != syscall.AF_INET {
+				// Ignore non-ipv4 routes
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if msg.Dst_len == 0 {
+				// Ignore default routes
+				continue
+			}
+
+			attrs, err := syscall.ParseNetlinkRouteAttr(&m)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			for _, attr := range attrs {
+				switch attr.Attr.Type {
+				case syscall.RTA_DST:
+					ip := attr.Value
+					ipNet = &net.IPNet{
+						IP:   ip,
+						Mask: net.CIDRMask(int(msg.Dst_len), 8*len(ip)),
+					}
+				case syscall.RTA_OIF:
+					index := int(native.Uint32(attr.Value[0:4]))
+					iface, _ = net.InterfaceByIndex(index)
+					_ = iface
+				}
+			}
+			if ipNet != nil {
+				res = append(res, ipNet)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res, nil
+}