diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 704bb69514a2..eb56620a9d7a 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -3206,6 +3206,8 @@ struct bpf_sock_ops {
 	__u32 sk_txhash;
 	__u64 bytes_received;
 	__u64 bytes_acked;
+	__u64 netns_dev;
+	__u64 netns_ino;
 };
 
 /* Definitions for bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
index 3845144e2c91..5a1b9c96fca1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Covalent IO, Inc. http://covalent.io
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/sendfile.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/socket.h>
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ int s1, s2, c1, c2, p1, p2;
 int test_cnt;
 int passed;
 int failed;
-int map_fd[8];
-struct bpf_map *maps[8];
+int map_fd[9];
+struct bpf_map *maps[9];
 int prog_fd[11];
 
 int txmsg_pass;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ int txmsg_ingress;
 int txmsg_skb;
 int ktls;
 int peek_flag;
+uint64_t netns_opt;
 
 static const struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"help",	no_argument,		NULL, 'h' },
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ static const struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"txmsg_skb", no_argument,		&txmsg_skb, 1 },
 	{"ktls", no_argument,			&ktls, 1 },
 	{"peek", no_argument,			&peek_flag, 1 },
+	{"netns",	required_argument,	NULL, 'n'},
 	{0, 0, NULL, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -1585,6 +1589,7 @@ char *map_names[] = {
 	"sock_bytes",
 	"sock_redir_flags",
 	"sock_skb_opts",
+	"sock_netns",
 };
 
 int prog_attach_type[] = {
@@ -1619,6 +1624,8 @@ static int populate_progs(char *bpf_file)
 	struct bpf_object *obj;
 	int i = 0;
 	long err;
+	struct stat netns_sb;
+	uint64_t netns_ino;
 
 	obj = bpf_object__open(bpf_file);
 	err = libbpf_get_error(obj);
@@ -1655,6 +1662,28 @@ static int populate_progs(char *bpf_file)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (netns_opt == 0) {
+		err = stat("/proc/self/ns/net", &netns_sb);
+		if (err) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"ERROR: cannot stat network namespace: %ld (%s)\n",
+				err, strerror(errno));
+			return -1;
+		}
+		netns_ino = netns_sb.st_ino;
+	} else {
+		netns_ino = netns_opt;
+	}
+	i = 1;
+	err = bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd[8], &netns_ino, &i, BPF_ANY);
+	if (err) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"ERROR: bpf_map_update_elem (netns):  %ld (%s)\n",
+			err, strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1738,7 +1767,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc < 2)
 		return test_suite(-1);
 
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":dhvc:r:i:l:t:p:q:",
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":dhvc:r:i:l:t:p:q:n:",
 				  long_options, &longindex)) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 's':
@@ -1805,6 +1834,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				return -1;
 			}
 			break;
+		case 'n':
+			netns_opt = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 10);
+			break;
 		case 0:
 			break;
 		case 'h':
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap_kern.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap_kern.h
index e7639f66a941..317406dad6cf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap_kern.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap_kern.h
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") sock_skb_opts = {
 	.max_entries = 1
 };
 
+struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") sock_netns = {
+	.type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH,
+	.key_size = sizeof(__u64),
+	.value_size = sizeof(int),
+	.max_entries = 16
+};
+
 SEC("sk_skb1")
 int bpf_prog1(struct __sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -132,9 +139,24 @@ int bpf_sockmap(struct bpf_sock_ops *skops)
 {
 	__u32 lport, rport;
 	int op, err = 0, index, key, ret;
+	int i = 0;
+	__u64 netns_dev, netns_ino;
+	int *allowed;
 
 
 	op = (int) skops->op;
+	netns_dev = skops->netns_dev;
+	netns_ino = skops->netns_ino;
+	bpf_printk("bpf_sockmap: netns_dev = %lu netns_ino = %lu\n",
+		   netns_dev, netns_ino);
+
+	// Only allow sockmap connection on the configured network namespace
+	allowed = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&sock_netns, &netns_ino);
+	if (allowed == NULL || *allowed == 0) {
+		bpf_printk("not binding connection on netns_ino %lu\n",
+			   netns_ino);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	switch (op) {
 	case BPF_SOCK_OPS_PASSIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB:
