diff --git a/contrib/plug_qdisc/plug_qdisc.c b/contrib/plug_qdisc/plug_qdisc.c
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+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <netlink/cache.h>
+#include <netlink/cli/utils.h>
+#include <netlink/cli/tc.h>
+#include <netlink/cli/qdisc.h>
+#include <netlink/cli/link.h>
+#include <netlink/route/qdisc/plug.h>
+
+/*
+ * XXX Please, first note that this code is not safe. XXX
+ * It was developed fast so that to reproduce a bug.
+ * You will certainly have to adapt it to your application.
+ * But at least it gives an idea about how to programatically use plug
+ * queueing disciplines.
+ */
+
+static struct nl_sock *nl_sock;
+static struct nl_cache *link_cache;
+static struct rtnl_qdisc *qdisc;
+static struct rtnl_tc *tc;
+
+static int qdisc_init(void)
+{
+	nl_sock = nl_cli_alloc_socket();
+	nl_cli_connect(nl_sock, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+	link_cache = nl_cli_link_alloc_cache(nl_sock);
+	qdisc = nl_cli_qdisc_alloc();
+	tc = (struct rtnl_tc *)qdisc;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Stop buffering and release all buffered and incoming 'qdisc'
+ * queueing discipline traffic.
+ */
+int plug_qdisc_release_indefinite_buffer(void)
+{
+	rtnl_qdisc_plug_release_indefinite(qdisc);
+	return rtnl_qdisc_add(nl_sock, qdisc, 0);
+}
+
+/* Start buffering incoming 'qdisc' queueing discipline traffic. */
+int plug_qdisc_plug_buffer(void)
+{
+	rtnl_qdisc_plug_buffer(qdisc);
+	return rtnl_qdisc_add(nl_sock, qdisc, 0);
+}
+
+/* Create a plug qdisc attached to 'device' network device with 'parent'
+ * as parent, with 'id' as ID and 'limit' as buffer size.
+ * This is equivalent to use nl-qdisc-add tool like that:
+ *  $ nl-qdisc-add --dev=<device> --parent=<parent> --id=<id> plug --limit <limit>
+ *  $ nl-qdisc-add --dev=<device> --parent=<parent> --id=<id> --update plug --release-indefinite
+ */
+int plug_qdisc_attach(char *device, char *parent, char *id, uint32_t limit)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!tc && qdisc_init() == -1)
+		return -1;
+
+	nl_cli_tc_parse_dev(tc, link_cache, device);
+	nl_cli_tc_parse_parent(tc, parent);
+	if (!rtnl_tc_get_ifindex(tc))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!rtnl_tc_get_parent(tc))
+		return -1;
+	if (id)
+		nl_cli_tc_parse_handle(tc, id, 1);
+
+	rtnl_tc_set_kind(tc, "plug");
+	if (limit)
+		rtnl_qdisc_plug_set_limit(qdisc, limit);
+
+	ret = rtnl_qdisc_add(nl_sock, qdisc, NLM_F_CREATE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could add attach qdisc: %s\n", nl_geterror(ret));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* Release buffer. */
+	plug_qdisc_release_indefinite_buffer();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+