diff --git a/align.go b/align.go
index 20892c70..2aaa4eff 100644
--- a/align.go
+++ b/align.go
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ const sizeofAttribute = 4
 
 // #define NLA_HDRLEN              ((int) NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlattr)))
 var nlaHeaderLen = nlaAlign(sizeofAttribute)
+
+// #define CMSG_ALIGN(len) ( ((len)+sizeof(long)-1) & ~(sizeof(long)-1) )
+func cmsgAlign(len int) int {
+	return ((len) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(int(0))-1)) & ^(int(unsafe.Sizeof(int(0)) - 1))
+}
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 7138665b..c814eb93 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -590,4 +590,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// When possible, setting Strict to true is recommended for applications
 	// running on modern Linux kernels.
 	Strict bool
+
+	// EnableControlMessages enables the use of control messages for
+	// netlink. This option is intended for advanced use cases where the
+	// caller needs to receive control messages that contain ancillary data.
+	// For example, when using options like `ListenAllNSID`.
+	EnableControlMessages bool
 }
diff --git a/conn_linux.go b/conn_linux.go
index 4af18c99..d380c0b9 100644
--- a/conn_linux.go
+++ b/conn_linux.go
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ var _ Socket = &conn{}
 
 // A conn is the Linux implementation of a netlink sockets connection.
 type conn struct {
-	s *socket.Conn
+	s                     *socket.Conn
+	enableControlMessages bool
 }
 
 // dial is the entry point for Dial. dial opens a netlink socket using
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func newConn(s *socket.Conn, config *Config) (*conn, uint32, error) {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 
-	c := &conn{s: s}
+	c := &conn{s: s, enableControlMessages: config.EnableControlMessages}
 	if config.Strict {
 		// The caller has requested the strict option set. Historically we have
 		// recommended checking for ENOPROTOOPT if the kernel does not support
@@ -124,9 +125,6 @@ func (c *conn) Receive() ([]Message, error) {
 	b := make([]byte, os.Getpagesize())
 	for {
 		// Peek at the buffer to see how many bytes are available.
-		//
-		// TODO(mdlayher): deal with OOB message data if available, such as
-		// when PacketInfo ConnOption is true.
 		n, _, _, _, err := c.s.Recvmsg(context.Background(), b, nil, unix.MSG_PEEK)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -141,12 +139,23 @@ func (c *conn) Receive() ([]Message, error) {
 		b = make([]byte, len(b)*2)
 	}
 
+	// Only allocate a buffer for control messages if they are enabled.
+	var oob []byte
+	if c.enableControlMessages {
+		oob = make([]byte, os.Getpagesize())
+	}
+
 	// Read out all available messages
-	n, _, _, _, err := c.s.Recvmsg(context.Background(), b, nil, 0)
+	n, oobn, _, _, err := c.s.Recvmsg(context.Background(), b, oob, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	var rawOob []byte
+	if c.enableControlMessages {
+		rawOob = oob[:cmsgAlign(oobn)]
+	}
+
 	raw, err := syscall.ParseNetlinkMessage(b[:nlmsgAlign(n)])
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -155,10 +164,10 @@ func (c *conn) Receive() ([]Message, error) {
 	msgs := make([]Message, 0, len(raw))
 	for _, r := range raw {
 		m := Message{
-			Header: sysToHeader(r.Header),
-			Data:   r.Data,
+			Header:  sysToHeader(r.Header),
+			Data:    r.Data,
+			OobData: rawOob,
 		}
-
 		msgs = append(msgs, m)
 	}
 
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index c1d641c1..4d1b321e 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mdlayher/netlink"
 	"github.com/mdlayher/netlink/nlenc"
 	"github.com/mdlayher/netlink/nltest"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 // This example demonstrates using a netlink.Conn to execute requests against
@@ -108,3 +109,59 @@ func exampleAttributes() []byte {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+func ExampleConn_listenMulticastAllNSID() {
+	const (
+		// Speak to route netlink using netlink
+		familyRoute = 0
+
+		// Listen for events triggered by addition or deletion of
+		// network interfaces
+		rtmGroupLink = 0x1
+	)
+
+	c, err := netlink.Dial(familyRoute, &netlink.Config{
+		// Groups is a bitmask; more than one group can be specified
+		// by OR'ing multiple group values together
+		Groups: rtmGroupLink,
+		// Enable control messages to receive the netnsid
+		// since we're going to set NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID
+		EnableControlMessages: true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to dial netlink: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer c.Close()
+	c.SetOption(netlink.ListenAllNSID, true)
+
+	for {
+		// Listen for netlink messages triggered by multicast groups
+		msgs, err := c.Receive()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to receive messages: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Iterate over recieved messages and print them
+		for _, msg := range msgs {
+			// If the message contains oob data, parse it and print the netnsid
+			if msg.OobData != nil {
+				// ParseSocketControlMessage returns a slice of ControlMessages
+				cmsg, err := unix.ParseSocketControlMessage(msg.OobData)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Printf("Error parsing oob data: %v", err)
+					continue
+				}
+				// Iterate over the control messages, find the
+				// one with level SOL_NETLINK and type NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID
+				for _, oob := range cmsg {
+					if oob.Header.Level == unix.SOL_NETLINK && oob.Header.Type == unix.NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID {
+						netnsid := int(oob.Data[0])
+						log.Printf("netnsid: %d", netnsid)
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			log.Printf("msg: %+v", msg)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/message.go b/message.go
index 57277165..edfdcebf 100644
--- a/message.go
+++ b/message.go
@@ -194,12 +194,14 @@ type Header struct {
 
 // A Message is a netlink message.  It contains a Header and an arbitrary
 // byte payload, which may be decoded using information from the Header.
+// It may also contain out-of-band data, which was sent along with the message.
 //
 // Data is often populated with netlink attributes. For easy encoding and
 // decoding of attributes, see the AttributeDecoder and AttributeEncoder types.
 type Message struct {
-	Header Header
-	Data   []byte
+	Header  Header
+	Data    []byte
+	OobData []byte
 }
 
 // MarshalBinary marshals a Message into a byte slice.