diff --git a/library/std/src/net/ip.rs b/library/std/src/net/ip.rs
index d09a7a99d565..c57a50f5eded 100644
--- a/library/std/src/net/ip.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/net/ip.rs
@@ -252,6 +252,30 @@ impl IpAddr {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns [`true`] if this address is in a range designated for benchmarking.
+    ///
+    /// See the documentation for [`Ipv4Addr::is_benchmarking()`] and
+    /// [`Ipv6Addr::is_benchmarking()`] for more details.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(ip)]
+    ///
+    /// use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(198, 19, 255, 255)).is_benchmarking(), true);
+    /// assert_eq!(IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::new(0x2001, 0x2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)).is_benchmarking(), true);
+    /// ```
+    #[unstable(feature = "ip", issue = "27709")]
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn is_benchmarking(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            IpAddr::V4(ip) => ip.is_benchmarking(),
+            IpAddr::V6(ip) => ip.is_benchmarking(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns [`true`] if this address is an [`IPv4` address], and [`false`]
     /// otherwise.
     ///
diff --git a/library/std/src/net/ip/tests.rs b/library/std/src/net/ip/tests.rs
index 557e04081cad..ba387c3c048c 100644
--- a/library/std/src/net/ip/tests.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/net/ip/tests.rs
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ fn ip_properties() {
             let global: u8 = 1 << 2;
             let multicast: u8 = 1 << 3;
             let doc: u8 = 1 << 4;
+            let benchmarking: u8 = 1 << 5;
 
             if ($mask & unspec) == unspec {
                 assert!(ip!($s).is_unspecified());
@@ -254,6 +255,12 @@ fn ip_properties() {
             } else {
                 assert!(!ip!($s).is_documentation());
             }
+
+            if ($mask & benchmarking) == benchmarking {
+                assert!(ip!($s).is_benchmarking());
+            } else {
+                assert!(!ip!($s).is_benchmarking());
+            }
         }};
     }
 
@@ -262,6 +269,7 @@ fn ip_properties() {
     let global: u8 = 1 << 2;
     let multicast: u8 = 1 << 3;
     let doc: u8 = 1 << 4;
+    let benchmarking: u8 = 1 << 5;
 
     check!("0.0.0.0", unspec);
     check!("0.0.0.1");
@@ -280,9 +288,9 @@ fn ip_properties() {
     check!("239.255.255.255", global | multicast);
     check!("255.255.255.255");
     // make sure benchmarking addresses are not global
-    check!("198.18.0.0");
-    check!("198.18.54.2");
-    check!("198.19.255.255");
+    check!("198.18.0.0", benchmarking);
+    check!("198.18.54.2", benchmarking);
+    check!("198.19.255.255", benchmarking);
     // make sure addresses reserved for protocol assignment are not global
     check!("192.0.0.0");
     check!("192.0.0.255");
@@ -313,6 +321,7 @@ fn ip_properties() {
     check!("ff08::", multicast);
     check!("ff0e::", global | multicast);
     check!("2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334", doc);
+    check!("2001:2::ac32:23ff:21", global | benchmarking);
     check!("102:304:506:708:90a:b0c:d0e:f10", global);
 }