diff --git a/criu/net.c b/criu/net.c
index 97c53f84f..ee46f1c49 100644
--- a/criu/net.c
+++ b/criu/net.c
@@ -2128,6 +2128,79 @@ nft_ctx_free_out:
 }
 #endif
 
+static const char *ipv4_sysctl_entries[] = {
+	"ping_group_range",
+};
+
+#define IPV4_SYSCTL_BASE "net/ipv4"
+#define IPV4_SYSCTL_FMT IPV4_SYSCTL_BASE"/%s"
+#define MAX_IPV4_SYSCTL_OPT 32
+#define MAX_IPV4_SYSCTL_PATH (sizeof(IPV4_SYSCTL_FMT) + MAX_IPV4_SYSCTL_OPT - 2)
+#define MAX_STR_IPV4_SYSCTL_LEN 200
+
+static int ipv4_sysctls_op(SysctlEntry ***rsysctl, size_t *pn, int op)
+{
+	int i, ret = -1, flags = 0;
+	char path[ARRAY_SIZE(ipv4_sysctl_entries)][MAX_IPV4_SYSCTL_PATH] = {};
+	struct sysctl_req req[ARRAY_SIZE(ipv4_sysctl_entries)] = {};
+	SysctlEntry **sysctl = *rsysctl;
+	size_t n = *pn;
+
+	if (n != ARRAY_SIZE(ipv4_sysctl_entries)) {
+		pr_err("unix: Unexpected entries in sysctlig (%zu %zu)\n", n, ARRAY_SIZE(ipv4_sysctl_entries));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (opts.weak_sysctls || op == CTL_READ)
+		flags = CTL_FLAGS_OPTIONAL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		snprintf(path[i], MAX_IPV4_SYSCTL_PATH, IPV4_SYSCTL_FMT, ipv4_sysctl_entries[i]);
+		req[i].name = path[i];
+		req[i].flags = flags;
+
+		switch (sysctl[i]->type) {
+		case SYSCTL_TYPE__CTL_STR:
+			req[i].type = CTL_STR(MAX_STR_IPV4_SYSCTL_LEN);
+
+			/* skip write if have no value */
+			if (op == CTL_WRITE && !sysctl[i]->sarg)
+				continue;
+
+			req[i].arg = sysctl[i]->sarg;
+			break;
+		default:
+			pr_err("ipv4: Unknown sysctl type %d\n", sysctl[i]->type);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = sysctl_op(req, n, op, CLONE_NEWNET);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("unix: Failed to %s %s/<sysctls>\n", (op == CTL_READ) ? "read" : "write", IPV4_SYSCTL_BASE);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (op == CTL_READ) {
+		bool has_entries = false;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			if (req[i].flags & CTL_FLAGS_HAS) {
+				sysctl[i]->has_iarg = true;
+				if (!has_entries)
+					has_entries = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!has_entries) {
+			*pn = 0;
+			*rsysctl = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int dump_netns_conf(struct ns_id *ns, struct cr_imgset *fds)
 {
 	void *buf, *o_buf;
@@ -2142,6 +2215,9 @@ static int dump_netns_conf(struct ns_id *ns, struct cr_imgset *fds)
 	int size6 = ARRAY_SIZE(devconfs6);
 	char def_stable_secret[MAX_STR_CONF_LEN + 1] = {};
 	char all_stable_secret[MAX_STR_CONF_LEN + 1] = {};
+	SysctlEntry *ipv4_sysctls = NULL;
+	size_t ipv4_sysctl_size = ARRAY_SIZE(ipv4_sysctl_entries);
+	char ping_group_range[MAX_STR_IPV4_SYSCTL_LEN + 1] = {};
 	NetnsId *ids;
 	struct netns_id *p;
 
@@ -2157,7 +2233,7 @@ static int dump_netns_conf(struct ns_id *ns, struct cr_imgset *fds)
 	 * arrays and then finally save them into images.
 	 */
 	o_buf = buf = xmalloc(i * (sizeof(NetnsId *) + sizeof(NetnsId)) +
-			      (size4 * 2 + size6 * 2 + sizex) *
+			      (2 * size4 + 2 * size6 + sizex + ipv4_sysctl_size) *
 			      (sizeof(SysctlEntry *) + sizeof(SysctlEntry)));
 	if (!buf)
 		goto out;
@@ -2223,6 +2299,21 @@ static int dump_netns_conf(struct ns_id *ns, struct cr_imgset *fds)
 		netns.unix_conf[i]->type = SYSCTL_TYPE__CTL_32;
 	}
 
+	netns.n_ipv4_sysctl = ipv4_sysctl_size;
+	netns.ipv4_sysctl = xptr_pull_s(&buf, ipv4_sysctl_size * sizeof(SysctlEntry *));
+	ipv4_sysctls = xptr_pull_s(&buf, ipv4_sysctl_size * sizeof(SysctlEntry));
+	for (i = 0; i < ipv4_sysctl_size; i++) {
+		sysctl_entry__init(&ipv4_sysctls[i]);
+		netns.ipv4_sysctl[i] = &ipv4_sysctls[i];
+		if (!strcmp(ipv4_sysctl_entries[i], "ping_group_range")) {
+			netns.ipv4_sysctl[i]->type = SYSCTL_TYPE__CTL_STR;
+			netns.ipv4_sysctl[i]->sarg = ping_group_range;
+		} else {
+			/* Need to handle this case when we have more sysctls */
+			BUG();
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = ipv4_conf_op("default", netns.def_conf4, size4, CTL_READ, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_free;
@@ -2241,6 +2332,10 @@ static int dump_netns_conf(struct ns_id *ns, struct cr_imgset *fds)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_free;
 
+	ret = ipv4_sysctls_op(&netns.ipv4_sysctl, &netns.n_ipv4_sysctl, CTL_READ);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err_free;
+
 	ret = pb_write_one(img_from_set(fds, CR_FD_NETNS), &netns, PB_NETNS);
 err_free:
 	xfree(o_buf);
@@ -2593,6 +2688,12 @@ static int restore_netns_conf(struct ns_id *ns)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	if ((netns)->ipv4_sysctl) {
+		ret = ipv4_sysctls_op(&(netns)->ipv4_sysctl, &(netns)->n_ipv4_sysctl, CTL_WRITE);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	ns->net.netns = netns;
 out:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/images/netdev.proto b/images/netdev.proto
index 748fd0200..42e2bc7d7 100644
--- a/images/netdev.proto
+++ b/images/netdev.proto
@@ -74,4 +74,5 @@ message netns_entry {
 	repeated netns_id nsids		= 7;
 	optional string	ext_key		= 8;
 	repeated sysctl_entry unix_conf	= 9;
+	repeated sysctl_entry ipv4_sysctl = 10;
 }