diff --git a/components/tcpip_adapter/include/tcpip_adapter.h b/components/tcpip_adapter/include/tcpip_adapter.h
index 6850f23a4..848bf16ad 100644
--- a/components/tcpip_adapter/include/tcpip_adapter.h
+++ b/components/tcpip_adapter/include/tcpip_adapter.h
@@ -406,6 +406,21 @@ esp_err_t tcpip_adapter_create_ip6_linklocal(tcpip_adapter_if_t tcpip_if);
  */
 esp_err_t tcpip_adapter_get_ip6_linklocal(tcpip_adapter_if_t tcpip_if, ip6_addr_t *if_ip6);
 
+/**
+ * @brief  Get interface global IPv6 address
+ *
+ * If the specified interface is up and a preferred global IPv6 address
+ * has been created for the interface, return a copy of it.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  tcpip_if Interface to get global IPv6 address
+ * @param[out] if_ip6 IPv6 information will be returned in this argument if successful.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *      - ESP_OK
+ *      - ESP_FAIL If interface is down, does not have a global IPv6 address.
+ */
+esp_err_t tcpip_adapter_get_ip6_global(tcpip_adapter_if_t tcpip_if, ip6_addr_t *if_ip6);
+
 #if 0
 esp_err_t tcpip_adapter_get_mac(tcpip_adapter_if_t tcpip_if, uint8_t *mac);
 
diff --git a/components/tcpip_adapter/tcpip_adapter_lwip.c b/components/tcpip_adapter/tcpip_adapter_lwip.c
index c0c84ce7a..a55845eea 100644
--- a/components/tcpip_adapter/tcpip_adapter_lwip.c
+++ b/components/tcpip_adapter/tcpip_adapter_lwip.c
@@ -536,6 +536,29 @@ esp_err_t tcpip_adapter_get_ip6_linklocal(tcpip_adapter_if_t tcpip_if, ip6_addr_
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
+esp_err_t tcpip_adapter_get_ip6_global(tcpip_adapter_if_t tcpip_if, ip6_addr_t *if_ip6)
+{
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s esp-netif:%p", __func__, esp_netif);
+
+    if (tcpip_if >=TCPIP_ADAPTER_IF_MAX || if_ip6 == NULL) {
+        return ESP_ERR_TCPIP_ADAPTER_INVALID_PARAMS;
+    }
+
+    int i;
+    struct netif *p_netif = esp_netif[tcpip_if];
+
+    if (p_netif != NULL && netif_is_up(p_netif)) {
+        for (i = 1; i < LWIP_IPV6_NUM_ADDRESSES; i++) {
+            if (ip6_addr_ispreferred(netif_ip6_addr_state(p_netif, i))) {
+                memcpy(if_ip6, &p_netif->ip6_addr[i], sizeof(ip6_addr_t));
+                return ESP_OK;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ESP_FAIL;
+}
+
 #if 0
 esp_err_t tcpip_adapter_get_mac(tcpip_adapter_if_t tcpip_if, uint8_t mac[6])
 {