diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index 64f0038633..5a51b6aa2a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -2987,6 +2987,58 @@ class SunOSNetwork(GenericBsdIfconfigNetwork):
             macaddress += (octet + ':')
         current_if['macaddress'] = macaddress[0:-1]
 
+class HurdPfinetNetwork(Network):
+    """
+    This is a GNU Hurd specific subclass of Network. It use fsysopts to
+    get the ip address and support only pfinet.
+    """
+    platform = 'GNU'
+    _socket_dir = '/servers/socket/'
+
+    def populate(self):
+        fsysopts_path = self.module.get_bin_path('fsysopts')
+        if fsysopts_path is None:
+            return self.facts
+        socket_path = None
+        for l in ('inet', 'inet6'):
+            link = os.path.join(self._socket_dir, l)
+            if os.path.exists(link):
+                socket_path = link
+                break
+
+        if socket_path:
+            rc, out, err = self.module.run_command([fsysopts_path, '-L', socket_path])
+            self.facts['interfaces'] = []
+            for i in out.split():
+                if '=' in i and i.startswith('--'):
+                    k,v = i.split('=',1)
+                    # remove '--'
+                    k = k[2:]
+                    if k == 'interface':
+                        # remove /dev/ from /dev/eth0
+                        v = v[5:]
+                        self.facts['interfaces'].append(v)
+                        self.facts[v] = {
+                            'active': True,
+                            'device': v,
+                            'ipv4': {},
+                            'ipv6': [],
+                        }
+                        current_if = v
+                    elif k == 'address':
+                        self.facts[current_if]['ipv4']['address'] = v
+                    elif k == 'netmask':
+                        self.facts[current_if]['ipv4']['netmask'] = v
+                    elif k == 'address6':
+                        address,prefix = v.split('/')
+                        self.facts[current_if]['ipv6'].append({
+                            'address': address,
+                            'prefix': prefix,
+                        })
+
+        return self.facts
+
+
 class Virtual(Facts):
     """
     This is a generic Virtual subclass of Facts.  This should be further