diff --git a/include/cutils/qtaguid.h b/include/cutils/qtaguid.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd2db5224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cutils/qtaguid.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CUTILS_QTAGUID_H
+#define __CUTILS_QTAGUID_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Set tags (and owning UIDs) for network sockets.
+*/
+extern int set_qtaguid(int sockfd, int tag, uid_t uid);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __CUTILS_QTAG_UID_H */
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.mk b/libcutils/Android.mk
index 29864b249..4c96ff654 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.mk
+++ b/libcutils/Android.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ commonSources := \
 	threads.c \
 	sched_policy.c \
 	iosched_policy.c \
-	str_parms.c
+	str_parms.c \
+	qtaguid.c
 
 commonHostSources := \
         ashmem-host.c
diff --git a/libcutils/qtaguid.c b/libcutils/qtaguid.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..517e78422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcutils/qtaguid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* libcutils/qtaguid.c
+**
+** Copyright 2011, 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.
+*/
+
+#define LOG_TAG "qtaguid"
+
+#include <cutils/qtaguid.h>
+#include <cutils/log.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+extern int set_qtaguid(int sockfd, int tag, uid_t uid) {
+    char lineBuf[128];
+    int fd, cnt = 0;
+    uint64_t kTag = (uint64_t)tag << 32;
+    snprintf(lineBuf, sizeof(lineBuf), "t %d %llu %d", sockfd, kTag, uid);
+
+    LOGV("Tagging Socket with command %s\n", lineBuf);
+    /* TODO: Enable after the kernel module is fixed.
+       fd = open("/proc/net/xt_qtaguid/ctrl", O_WRONLY);
+       if (fd < 0) {
+           return -1;
+       }
+
+       cnt = write(fd, lineBuf, strlen(lineBuf));
+       close(fd);
+    */
+    return (cnt>0?0:-1);
+}