diff --git a/lib/prefix.h b/lib/prefix.h
index f2a2adf..9cfc155 100644
--- a/lib/prefix.h
+++ b/lib/prefix.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 
 #define IPV4_NET0(a)    ((((u_int32_t) (a)) & 0xff000000) == 0x00000000)
 #define IPV4_NET127(a)  ((((u_int32_t) (a)) & 0xff000000) == 0x7f000000)
+#define IPV4_LINKLOCAL(a) ((((u_int32_t) (a)) & 0xffff0000) == 0xa9fe0000)
 
 /* Max bit/byte length of IPv6 address. */
 #define IPV6_MAX_BYTELEN    16