diff --git a/include/utils.h b/include/utils.h
index d3895d56..6f072f62 100644
--- a/include/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils.h
@@ -54,7 +54,40 @@ typedef struct
 	__u32 data[64];
 } inet_prefix;
 
-#define PREFIXLEN_SPECIFIED 1
+enum {
+	PREFIXLEN_SPECIFIED	= (1 << 0),
+	ADDRTYPE_INET		= (1 << 1),
+	ADDRTYPE_UNSPEC		= (1 << 2),
+	ADDRTYPE_MULTI		= (1 << 3),
+
+	ADDRTYPE_INET_UNSPEC	= ADDRTYPE_INET | ADDRTYPE_UNSPEC,
+	ADDRTYPE_INET_MULTI	= ADDRTYPE_INET | ADDRTYPE_MULTI
+};
+
+static inline bool is_addrtype_inet(const inet_prefix *p)
+{
+	return p->flags & ADDRTYPE_INET;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_addrtype_inet_unspec(const inet_prefix *p)
+{
+	return (p->flags & ADDRTYPE_INET_UNSPEC) == ADDRTYPE_INET_UNSPEC;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_addrtype_inet_multi(const inet_prefix *p)
+{
+	return (p->flags & ADDRTYPE_INET_MULTI) == ADDRTYPE_INET_MULTI;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_addrtype_inet_not_unspec(const inet_prefix *p)
+{
+	return (p->flags & ADDRTYPE_INET_UNSPEC) == ADDRTYPE_INET;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_addrtype_inet_not_multi(const inet_prefix *p)
+{
+	return (p->flags & ADDRTYPE_INET_MULTI) == ADDRTYPE_INET;
+}
 
 #define DN_MAXADDL 20
 #ifndef AF_DECnet
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 48c4bcb0..e66c1ff7 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ int get_addr64(__u64 *ap, const char *cp)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int get_addr_1(inet_prefix *addr, const char *name, int family)
+static int __get_addr_1(inet_prefix *addr, const char *name, int family)
 {
 	memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
 
@@ -619,6 +619,36 @@ int get_addr_1(inet_prefix *addr, const char *name, int family)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int get_addr_1(inet_prefix *addr, const char *name, int family)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __get_addr_1(addr, name, family);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	switch (addr->family) {
+	case AF_INET:
+		if (!addr->data[0])
+			addr->flags |= ADDRTYPE_INET_UNSPEC;
+		else if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(addr->data[0])))
+			addr->flags |= ADDRTYPE_INET_MULTI;
+		else
+			addr->flags |= ADDRTYPE_INET;
+		break;
+	case AF_INET6:
+		if (IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(addr->data))
+			addr->flags |= ADDRTYPE_INET_UNSPEC;
+		else if (IN6_IS_ADDR_MULTICAST(addr->data))
+			addr->flags |= ADDRTYPE_INET_MULTI;
+		else
+			addr->flags |= ADDRTYPE_INET;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int af_bit_len(int af)
 {
 	switch (af) {