diff --git a/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb b/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
index a123e7116931b0e8d6b4dfbc5461c681c02a111b..a6bea7b2f0829cb8212c8462e011d36fa3e67ac1 100644
--- a/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
+++ b/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
@@ -648,6 +648,20 @@ module IPAddress;
       [self.class.new("127.0.0.0/8")].any? {|i| i.include? self}
     end
 
+    #
+    # Checks if an IPv4 address objects belongs
+    # to a link-local network RFC3927
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #
+    #   ip = IPAddress "169.254.0.1"
+    #   ip.link_local?
+    #     #=> true
+    #
+    def link_local?
+      [self.class.new("169.254.0.0/16")].any? {|i| i.include? self}
+    end
+
     #
     # Returns the IP address in in-addr.arpa format
     # for DNS lookups
diff --git a/lib/ipaddress/ipv6.rb b/lib/ipaddress/ipv6.rb
index 6ae651dc509b628bd15825947317e48fefbfd65b..57ed143903de856b04f6d3688317fe06092d18d0 100644
--- a/lib/ipaddress/ipv6.rb
+++ b/lib/ipaddress/ipv6.rb
@@ -422,6 +422,20 @@ module IPAddress;
       @prefix == 128 and @compressed == "::1"
     end
 
+    #
+    # Checks if an IPv4 address objects belongs
+    # to a link-local network RFC4291
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #
+    #   ip = IPAddress "fe80::1"
+    #   ip.link_local?
+    #     #=> true
+    #
+    def link_local?
+      [self.class.new("fe80::/64")].any? {|i| i.include? self}
+    end
+
     # 
     # Returns true if the address is a mapped address
     #