diff --git a/net.go b/net.go
index 6085a6c..9cf155f 100644
--- a/net.go
+++ b/net.go
@@ -266,3 +266,30 @@ func InterfaceMultiaddrs() ([]ma.Multiaddr, error) {
 	}
 	return maddrs, nil
 }
+
+// AddrMatch returns the Multiaddrs that match the protocol stack on addr
+func AddrMatch(match ma.Multiaddr, addrs []ma.Multiaddr) []ma.Multiaddr {
+
+	// we should match transports entirely.
+	p1s := match.Protocols()
+
+	out := make([]ma.Multiaddr, 0, len(addrs))
+	for _, a := range addrs {
+		p2s := a.Protocols()
+		if len(p1s) != len(p2s) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		match := true
+		for i, p2 := range p2s {
+			if p1s[i].Code != p2.Code {
+				match = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if match {
+			out = append(out, a)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/net_test.go b/net_test.go
index d0e102e..d76d5e1 100644
--- a/net_test.go
+++ b/net_test.go
@@ -364,3 +364,75 @@ func TestIP6LinkLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAddrMatch(t *testing.T) {
+
+	test := func(m ma.Multiaddr, input, expect []ma.Multiaddr) {
+		actual := AddrMatch(m, input)
+		testSliceEqual(t, expect, actual)
+	}
+
+	a := []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+	}
+
+	test(a[0], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/2345"),
+	})
+	test(a[2], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+	})
+	test(a[4], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+	})
+	test(a[6], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+	})
+	test(a[8], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/2345"),
+	})
+	test(a[10], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/tcp/2345"),
+	})
+	test(a[12], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/udp/1234"),
+	})
+	test(a[14], a, []ma.Multiaddr{
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+		newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::1/tcp/1234/ip6/::1"),
+	})
+
+}
+
+func testSliceEqual(t *testing.T, a, b []ma.Multiaddr) {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		t.Error("differ", a, b)
+	}
+	for i, addrA := range a {
+		if !addrA.Equal(b[i]) {
+			t.Error("differ", a, b)
+		}
+	}
+}