diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index d824c5d6b..4e41bc9b2 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -1954,7 +1954,8 @@ nmp_object_new_from_nl (NMPlatform *platform, const NMPCache *cache, struct nl_m
 
 static gboolean
 _nl_msg_new_link_set_afspec (struct nl_msg *msg,
-                             int addr_gen_mode)
+                             int addr_gen_mode,
+                             NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId *iid)
 {
 	struct nlattr *af_spec;
 	struct nlattr *af_attr;
@@ -1964,11 +1965,19 @@ _nl_msg_new_link_set_afspec (struct nl_msg *msg,
 	if (!(af_spec = nla_nest_start (msg, IFLA_AF_SPEC)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (addr_gen_mode >= 0) {
+	if (addr_gen_mode >= 0 || iid) {
 		if (!(af_attr = nla_nest_start (msg, AF_INET6)))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
-		NLA_PUT_U8 (msg, IFLA_INET6_ADDR_GEN_MODE, addr_gen_mode);
+		if (addr_gen_mode >= 0)
+			NLA_PUT_U8 (msg, IFLA_INET6_ADDR_GEN_MODE, addr_gen_mode);
+
+		if (iid) {
+			struct in6_addr i6_token = { .s6_addr = { 0, } };
+
+			nm_utils_ipv6_addr_set_interface_identifier (&i6_token, *iid);
+			NLA_PUT (msg, IFLA_INET6_TOKEN, sizeof (struct in6_addr), &i6_token);
+		}
 
 		nla_nest_end (msg, af_attr);
 	}
@@ -4329,8 +4338,22 @@ link_set_user_ipv6ll_enabled (NMPlatform *platform, int ifindex, gboolean enable
 	                          0,
 	                          0);
 	if (   !nlmsg
-	    || !_nl_msg_new_link_set_afspec (nlmsg,
-	                                     mode))
+	    || !_nl_msg_new_link_set_afspec (nlmsg, mode, NULL))
+		g_return_val_if_reached (FALSE);
+
+	return do_change_link (platform, ifindex, nlmsg) == NM_PLATFORM_ERROR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+link_set_token (NMPlatform *platform, int ifindex, NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId iid)
+{
+	nm_auto_nlmsg struct nl_msg *nlmsg = NULL;
+
+	_LOGD ("link: change %d: token: set IPv6 address generation token to %s",
+	       ifindex, nm_utils_inet6_interface_identifier_to_token (iid, NULL));
+
+	nlmsg = _nl_msg_new_link (RTM_NEWLINK, 0, ifindex, NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (!nlmsg || !_nl_msg_new_link_set_afspec (nlmsg, -1, &iid))
 		g_return_val_if_reached (FALSE);
 
 	return do_change_link (platform, ifindex, nlmsg) == NM_PLATFORM_ERROR_SUCCESS;
@@ -6442,6 +6465,7 @@ nm_linux_platform_class_init (NMLinuxPlatformClass *klass)
 	platform_class->link_get_udev_device = link_get_udev_device;
 
 	platform_class->link_set_user_ipv6ll_enabled = link_set_user_ipv6ll_enabled;
+	platform_class->link_set_token = link_set_token;
 
 	platform_class->link_set_address = link_set_address;
 	platform_class->link_get_permanent_address = link_get_permanent_address;
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index 68b687a8f..a6afcf33a 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -899,6 +899,29 @@ nm_platform_link_uses_arp (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex)
 	return !NM_FLAGS_HAS (_link_get_flags (self, ifindex), IFF_NOARP);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nm_platform_link_set_ipv6_token:
+ * @self: platform instance
+ * @ifindex: Interface index
+ * @iid: Tokenized interface identifier
+ *
+ * Sets then IPv6 tokenized interface identifier.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE a tokenized identifier was available
+ */
+gboolean
+nm_platform_link_set_ipv6_token (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex, NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId iid)
+{
+	_CHECK_SELF (self, klass, FALSE);
+
+	g_return_val_if_fail (ifindex >= 0, FALSE);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (iid.id, FALSE);
+
+	if (klass->link_set_token)
+		return klass->link_set_token (self, ifindex, iid);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 const char *
 nm_platform_link_get_udi (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex)
 {
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index f0f2eecfa..72f4f6720 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	GObject *(*link_get_udev_device) (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex);
 
 	gboolean (*link_set_user_ipv6ll_enabled) (NMPlatform *, int ifindex, gboolean enabled);
+	gboolean (*link_set_token) (NMPlatform *, int ifindex, NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId iid);
 
 	gboolean (*link_get_permanent_address) (NMPlatform *,
 	                                        int ifindex,
@@ -753,6 +754,7 @@ const char *nm_platform_link_get_udi (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex);
 GObject *nm_platform_link_get_udev_device (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex);
 
 gboolean nm_platform_link_set_user_ipv6ll_enabled (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex, gboolean enabled);
+gboolean nm_platform_link_set_ipv6_token (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex, NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId iid);
 
 gboolean nm_platform_link_get_permanent_address (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex, guint8 *buf, size_t *length);
 gboolean nm_platform_link_set_address (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex, const void *address, size_t length);