diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile
index df0ea50..13eef04 100644
--- a/net/Makefile
+++ b/net/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_IPV6)     += net6.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_NFS)  += nfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_PING) += ping.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_PING6) += ping6.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_PCAP) += pcap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_RARP) += rarp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_SNTP) += sntp.o
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 28c8dfd..1c39acc 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -525,6 +525,11 @@
 			ping_start();
 			break;
 #endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_PING6)
+		case PING6:
+			ping6_start();
+			break;
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_CMD_NFS) && !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
 		case NFS:
 			nfs_start();
@@ -1434,6 +1439,14 @@
 		}
 		goto common;
 #endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_PING6)
+	case PING6:
+		if (ip6_is_unspecified_addr(&net_ping_ip6)) {
+			puts("*** ERROR: ping address not given\n");
+			return 1;
+		}
+		goto common;
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_CMD_DNS)
 	case DNS:
 		if (net_dns_server.s_addr == 0) {
diff --git a/net/net6.c b/net/net6.c
index e604227..fdea078 100644
--- a/net/net6.c
+++ b/net/net6.c
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		switch (icmp->icmp6_type) {
+		case IPV6_ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST:
+		case IPV6_ICMP_ECHO_REPLY:
+			ping6_receive(et, ip6, len);
+			break;
 		case IPV6_NDISC_NEIGHBOUR_SOLICITATION:
 		case IPV6_NDISC_NEIGHBOUR_ADVERTISEMENT:
 			ndisc_receive(et, ip6, len);
diff --git a/net/ping6.c b/net/ping6.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4882a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ping6.c
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Allied Telesis Labs NZ
+ * Chris Packham, <judge.packham@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 YADRO
+ * Viacheslav Mitrofanov <v.v.mitrofanov@yadro.com>
+ */
+
+/* Simple ping6 implementation */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <net.h>
+#include <net6.h>
+#include "ndisc.h"
+
+static ushort seq_no;
+
+/* the ipv6 address to ping */
+struct in6_addr net_ping_ip6;
+
+int
+ip6_make_ping(uchar *eth_dst_addr, struct in6_addr *neigh_addr, uchar *pkt)
+{
+	struct echo_msg *msg;
+	u16 len;
+	u16 csum_p;
+	uchar *pkt_old = pkt;
+
+	len = sizeof(struct echo_msg);
+
+	pkt += net_set_ether(pkt, eth_dst_addr, PROT_IP6);
+	pkt += ip6_add_hdr(pkt, &net_ip6, neigh_addr, PROT_ICMPV6,
+			   IPV6_NDISC_HOPLIMIT, len);
+
+	/* ICMPv6 - Echo */
+	msg = (struct echo_msg *)pkt;
+	msg->icmph.icmp6_type = IPV6_ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST;
+	msg->icmph.icmp6_code = 0;
+	msg->icmph.icmp6_cksum = 0;
+	msg->icmph.icmp6_identifier = 0;
+	msg->icmph.icmp6_sequence = htons(seq_no++);
+	msg->id = msg->icmph.icmp6_identifier;	/* these seem redundant */
+	msg->sequence = msg->icmph.icmp6_sequence;
+
+	/* checksum */
+	csum_p = csum_partial((u8 *)msg, len, 0);
+	msg->icmph.icmp6_cksum = csum_ipv6_magic(&net_ip6, neigh_addr, len,
+						 PROT_ICMPV6, csum_p);
+
+	pkt += len;
+
+	return pkt - pkt_old;
+}
+
+int ping6_send(void)
+{
+	uchar *pkt;
+	static uchar mac[6];
+
+	/* always send neighbor solicit */
+
+	memcpy(mac, net_null_ethaddr, 6);
+
+	net_nd_sol_packet_ip6 = net_ping_ip6;
+	net_nd_packet_mac = mac;
+
+	pkt = net_nd_tx_packet;
+	pkt += ip6_make_ping(mac, &net_ping_ip6, pkt);
+
+	/* size of the waiting packet */
+	net_nd_tx_packet_size = (pkt - net_nd_tx_packet);
+
+	/* and do the ARP request */
+	net_nd_try = 1;
+	net_nd_timer_start = get_timer(0);
+	ndisc_request();
+	return 1;		/* waiting */
+}
+
+static void ping6_timeout(void)
+{
+	eth_halt();
+	net_set_state(NETLOOP_FAIL);	/* we did not get the reply */
+}
+
+void ping6_start(void)
+{
+	printf("Using %s device\n", eth_get_name());
+	net_set_timeout_handler(10000UL, ping6_timeout);
+
+	ping6_send();
+}
+
+int ping6_receive(struct ethernet_hdr *et, struct ip6_hdr *ip6, int len)
+{
+	struct icmp6hdr *icmp =
+	    (struct icmp6hdr *)(((uchar *)ip6) + IP6_HDR_SIZE);
+	struct in6_addr src_ip;
+
+	switch (icmp->icmp6_type) {
+	case IPV6_ICMP_ECHO_REPLY:
+		src_ip = ip6->saddr;
+		if (memcmp(&net_ping_ip6, &src_ip, sizeof(struct in6_addr)))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		net_set_state(NETLOOP_SUCCESS);
+		break;
+	case IPV6_ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST:
+		/* ignore for now.... */
+		debug("Got ICMPv6 ECHO REQUEST from %pI6c\n", &ip6->saddr);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	default:
+		debug("Unexpected ICMPv6 type 0x%x\n", icmp->icmp6_type);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}