diff --git a/staticlibs/netd/libnetdutils/Socket.cpp b/staticlibs/netd/libnetdutils/Socket.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include "netdutils/Slice.h"
+#include "netdutils/Socket.h"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace netdutils {
+
+StatusOr<std::string> toString(const in6_addr& addr) {
+    std::array<char, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN> out = {};
+    auto* rv = inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &addr, out.data(), out.size());
+    if (rv == nullptr) {
+        return statusFromErrno(errno, "inet_ntop() failed");
+    }
+    return std::string(out.data());
+}
+
+}  // namespace netdutils
+}  // namespace android