diff --git a/oslo/utils/netutils.py b/oslo/utils/netutils.py
index 0bfb8346..a435b268 100644
--- a/oslo/utils/netutils.py
+++ b/oslo/utils/netutils.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Network-related utilities and helper functions.
 import logging
 import socket
 
+import netaddr
 from six.moves.urllib import parse
 
 from oslo.utils._i18n import _LW
@@ -75,6 +76,27 @@ def parse_host_port(address, default_port=None):
     return (host, None if port is None else int(port))
 
 
+def is_valid_ipv4(address):
+    """Verify that address represents a valid IPv4 address."""
+    try:
+        return netaddr.valid_ipv4(address)
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+def is_valid_ipv6(address):
+    """Verify that address represents a valid IPv6 address."""
+    try:
+        return netaddr.valid_ipv6(address)
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+def is_valid_ip(address):
+    """Verify that address represents a valid IP address."""
+    return is_valid_ipv4(address) or is_valid_ipv6(address)
+
+
 class _ModifiedSplitResult(parse.SplitResult):
     """Split results class for urlsplit."""
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 47780e9b..1f1f75fb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Babel>=1.3
 six>=1.7.0
 iso8601>=0.1.9
 oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
+netaddr>=0.7.12
diff --git a/tests/test_netutils.py b/tests/test_netutils.py
index e1886c4c..12df9923 100644
--- a/tests/test_netutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_netutils.py
@@ -149,3 +149,29 @@ class NetworkUtilsTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
         mock_sock.reset_mock()
         netutils.set_tcp_keepalive(mock_sock, False)
         self.assertEqual(1, len(mock_sock.mock_calls))
+
+    def test_is_valid_ipv4(self):
+        self.assertTrue(netutils.is_valid_ipv4('42.42.42.42'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(netutils.is_valid_ipv4('-1.11.11.11'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(netutils.is_valid_ipv4(''))
+
+    def test_is_valid_ipv6(self):
+        self.assertTrue(netutils.is_valid_ipv6('::1'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(netutils.is_valid_ipv6(
+            '1fff::a88:85a3::172.31.128.1'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(netutils.is_valid_ipv6(''))
+
+    def test_is_valid_ip(self):
+        self.assertTrue(netutils.is_valid_ip('127.0.0.1'))
+
+        self.assertTrue(netutils.is_valid_ip('2001:db8::ff00:42:8329'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(netutils.is_valid_ip('256.0.0.0'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(netutils.is_valid_ip('::1.2.3.'))
+
+        self.assertFalse(netutils.is_valid_ip(''))
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