diff --git a/core/java/android/net/MacAddress.java b/core/java/android/net/MacAddress.java
index 98f356722b..4cd000113b 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/MacAddress.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/MacAddress.java
@@ -393,4 +393,19 @@ public final class MacAddress implements Parcelable {
         }
         return out;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this MAC Address matches the provided range.
+     *
+     * @param baseAddress MacAddress representing the base address to compare with.
+     * @param mask MacAddress representing the mask to use during comparison.
+     * @return true if this MAC Address matches the given range.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public boolean matches(@NonNull MacAddress baseAddress, @NonNull MacAddress mask) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(baseAddress);
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(mask);
+        return (mAddr & mask.mAddr) == (baseAddress.mAddr & mask.mAddr);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/net/java/android/net/MacAddressTest.java b/tests/net/java/android/net/MacAddressTest.java
index 04266c5b3a..b9222a86a0 100644
--- a/tests/net/java/android/net/MacAddressTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/java/android/net/MacAddressTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 package android.net;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import android.support.test.filters.SmallTest;
@@ -252,6 +252,39 @@ public class MacAddressTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMatches() {
+        // match 4 bytes prefix
+        assertTrue(MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:11").matches(
+                MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:00:00"),
+                MacAddress.fromString("ff:ff:ff:ff:00:00")));
+
+        // match bytes 0,1,2 and 5
+        assertTrue(MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:11").matches(
+                MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:00:00:11"),
+                MacAddress.fromString("ff:ff:ff:00:00:ff")));
+
+        // match 34 bit prefix
+        assertTrue(MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:11").matches(
+                MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:c0:00"),
+                MacAddress.fromString("ff:ff:ff:ff:c0:00")));
+
+        // fail to match 36 bit prefix
+        assertFalse(MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:11").matches(
+                MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:40:00"),
+                MacAddress.fromString("ff:ff:ff:ff:f0:00")));
+
+        // match all 6 bytes
+        assertTrue(MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:11").matches(
+                MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:11"),
+                MacAddress.fromString("ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff")));
+
+        // match none of 6 bytes
+        assertTrue(MacAddress.fromString("aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:11").matches(
+                MacAddress.fromString("00:00:00:00:00:00"),
+                MacAddress.fromString("00:00:00:00:00:00")));
+    }
+
     static byte[] toByteArray(int... in) {
         byte[] out = new byte[in.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < in.length; i++) {