diff --git a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c
index 331c73cfc0..74044c6618 100644
--- a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c
+++ b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c
@@ -589,10 +589,11 @@ static bool net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation(struct NetTxPkt *pkt,
 
         more_frags = (fragment_offset + fragment_len < pkt->payload_len);
 
-        eth_setup_ip4_fragmentation(l2_iov_base, l2_iov_len, l3_iov_base,
-            l3_iov_len, fragment_len, fragment_offset, more_frags);
+        eth_setup_ip_fragmentation(l2_iov_base, l2_iov_len, l3_iov_base,
+            &l3_iov_len, ETH_MAX_IP_DGRAM_LEN,
+            fragment_len, fragment_offset, more_frags);
 
-        eth_fix_ip4_checksum(l3_iov_base, l3_iov_len);
+        fragment[NET_TX_PKT_FRAGMENT_L3_HDR_POS].iov_len = l3_iov_len;
 
         net_tx_pkt_sendv(pkt, nc, fragment, dst_idx);
 
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ bool net_tx_pkt_send(struct NetTxPkt *pkt, NetClientState *nc)
 
     if (pkt->has_virt_hdr ||
         pkt->virt_hdr.gso_type == VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE) {
+        net_tx_pkt_fix_ip6_payload_len(pkt);
         net_tx_pkt_sendv(pkt, nc, pkt->vec,
             pkt->payload_frags + NET_TX_PKT_PL_START_FRAG);
         return true;
@@ -644,3 +646,25 @@ bool net_tx_pkt_send_loopback(struct NetTxPkt *pkt, NetClientState *nc)
 
     return res;
 }
+
+void net_tx_pkt_fix_ip6_payload_len(struct NetTxPkt *pkt)
+{
+    struct iovec *l2 = &pkt->vec[NET_TX_PKT_L2HDR_FRAG];
+    if (eth_get_l3_proto(l2, 1, l2->iov_len) == ETH_P_IPV6) {
+        struct ip6_header *ip6 = (struct ip6_header *) pkt->l3_hdr;
+        /*
+         * TODO: if qemu would support >64K packets - add jumbo option check
+         * something like that:
+         * 'if (ip6->ip6_plen == 0 && !has_jumbo_option(ip6)) {'
+         */
+        if (ip6->ip6_plen == 0) {
+            if (pkt->payload_len <= ETH_MAX_IP_DGRAM_LEN) {
+                ip6->ip6_plen = htons(pkt->payload_len);
+            }
+            /*
+             * TODO: if qemu would support >64K packets
+             * add jumbo option for packets greater then 65,535 bytes
+             */
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h
index 212ecc62fc..4ec8bbe9bd 100644
--- a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h
+++ b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h
@@ -187,4 +187,18 @@ bool net_tx_pkt_parse(struct NetTxPkt *pkt);
 */
 bool net_tx_pkt_has_fragments(struct NetTxPkt *pkt);
 
+/**
+ * Fix IPv6 'plen' field.
+ * If ipv6 payload length field is 0 - then there should be Hop-by-Hop
+ * option for packets greater than 65,535.
+ * For packets with a payload less than 65,535: fix 'plen' field.
+ * For backends with vheader, we need just one packet with proper
+ * payload size. For now, qemu drops every packet with size greater 64K
+ * (see net_tx_pkt_send()) so, there is no reason to add jumbo option to ip6
+ * hop-by-hop extension if it's missed
+ *
+ * @pkt            packet
+ */
+void net_tx_pkt_fix_ip6_payload_len(struct NetTxPkt *pkt);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/net/eth.h b/include/net/eth.h
index 7f45c678e7..05c75ac9fc 100644
--- a/include/net/eth.h
+++ b/include/net/eth.h
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ struct ip6_ext_hdr_routing {
     uint8_t     rsvd[4];
 };
 
+struct ip6_ext_hdr_fragment {
+    uint8_t     nxt;
+    uint8_t     res0;
+    uint16_t    off;
+    uint32_t    id;
+};
+
+
 struct ip6_option_hdr {
 #define IP6_OPT_PAD1   (0x00)
 #define IP6_OPT_HOME   (0xC9)
@@ -186,6 +194,7 @@ struct tcp_hdr {
 
 #define ip6_nxt      ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_nxt
 #define ip6_ecn_acc  ip6_ctlun.ip6_un3.ip6_un3_ecn
+#define ip6_plen     ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_plen
 
 #define PKT_GET_ETH_HDR(p)        \
     ((struct eth_header *)(p))
@@ -398,9 +407,9 @@ void eth_get_protocols(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt,
                        eth_ip4_hdr_info *ip4hdr_info,
                        eth_l4_hdr_info  *l4hdr_info);
 
-void eth_setup_ip4_fragmentation(const void *l2hdr, size_t l2hdr_len,
-                                 void *l3hdr, size_t l3hdr_len,
-                                 size_t l3payload_len,
+void eth_setup_ip_fragmentation(const void *l2hdr, size_t l2hdr_len,
+                                 void *l3hdr, size_t *l3hdr_len,
+                                 size_t l3hdr_max_len, size_t l3payload_len,
                                  size_t frag_offset, bool more_frags);
 
 void
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index 0c1d413ee2..067111526d 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -314,10 +314,65 @@ eth_strip_vlan_ex(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t iovoff,
     return 0;
 }
 
+static bool eth_is_ip6_extension_header_type(uint8_t hdr_type);
+
+static void *eth_ip6_find_ext(struct ip6_header *ip6, uint8_t ext_type)
+{
+    uint8_t curr_ext_hdr_type = ip6->ip6_nxt;
+    struct ip6_ext_hdr *ext_hdr = (struct ip6_ext_hdr *)(ip6 + 1);
+    for (; eth_is_ip6_extension_header_type(curr_ext_hdr_type);) {
+        if (curr_ext_hdr_type == ext_type) {
+            return ext_hdr;
+        }
+        curr_ext_hdr_type = ext_hdr->ip6r_nxt;
+        ext_hdr = (struct ip6_ext_hdr *)(((uint8_t *)ext_hdr)
+                + (ext_hdr->ip6r_len + 1) * IP6_EXT_GRANULARITY);
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * To add an extension - there is should be
+ * enough memory 'behind' the ip6 header.
+ */
+static void *eth_ip6_add_ext_nonsafe(struct ip6_header *ip6, uint8_t ext_type)
+{
+    uint8_t curr_ext_hdr_type = ip6->ip6_nxt;
+    struct ip6_ext_hdr *ext_hdr = (struct ip6_ext_hdr *)(ip6 + 1);
+    struct ip6_ext_hdr *ext_hdr_prev = NULL;
+
+    if (!eth_is_ip6_extension_header_type(curr_ext_hdr_type)) {
+        ext_hdr->ip6r_nxt = ip6->ip6_nxt;
+        ip6->ip6_nxt = ext_type;
+        return ext_hdr;
+    }
+
+    ext_hdr_prev = ext_hdr;
+    curr_ext_hdr_type = ext_hdr->ip6r_nxt;
+    ext_hdr = (struct ip6_ext_hdr *)(((uint8_t *)ext_hdr)
+            + (ext_hdr->ip6r_len + 1) * IP6_EXT_GRANULARITY);
+
+    for (; eth_is_ip6_extension_header_type(curr_ext_hdr_type);) {
+        ext_hdr_prev = ext_hdr;
+        curr_ext_hdr_type = ext_hdr->ip6r_nxt;
+        ext_hdr = (struct ip6_ext_hdr *)(((uint8_t *)ext_hdr)
+                + (ext_hdr->ip6r_len + 1) * IP6_EXT_GRANULARITY);
+    }
+
+    ext_hdr->ip6r_nxt = ext_hdr_prev->ip6r_nxt;
+    ext_hdr_prev->ip6r_nxt = ext_type;
+
+    return ext_hdr;
+}
+
+/* When IP6_FRAGMENT added, first 'id' would be 0x71656d75 */
+static const uint32_t s_first_fragment_identificator = 0x71656d75; /* 'qemu' */
+
 void
-eth_setup_ip4_fragmentation(const void *l2hdr, size_t l2hdr_len,
-                            void *l3hdr, size_t l3hdr_len,
-                            size_t l3payload_len,
+eth_setup_ip_fragmentation(const void *l2hdr, size_t l2hdr_len,
+                            void *l3hdr, size_t *l3hdr_len,
+                            size_t l3hdr_max_len, size_t l3payload_len,
                             size_t frag_offset, bool more_frags)
 {
     const struct iovec l2vec = {
@@ -325,7 +380,9 @@ eth_setup_ip4_fragmentation(const void *l2hdr, size_t l2hdr_len,
         .iov_len = l2hdr_len
     };
 
-    if (eth_get_l3_proto(&l2vec, 1, l2hdr_len) == ETH_P_IP) {
+    uint16_t l3_proto = eth_get_l3_proto(&l2vec, 1, l2hdr_len);
+
+    if (l3_proto == ETH_P_IP) {
         uint16_t orig_flags;
         struct ip_header *iphdr = (struct ip_header *) l3hdr;
         uint16_t frag_off_units = frag_offset / IP_FRAG_UNIT_SIZE;
@@ -337,7 +394,39 @@ eth_setup_ip4_fragmentation(const void *l2hdr, size_t l2hdr_len,
         orig_flags = be16_to_cpu(iphdr->ip_off) & ~(IP_OFFMASK|IP_MF);
         new_ip_off = frag_off_units | orig_flags  | (more_frags ? IP_MF : 0);
         iphdr->ip_off = cpu_to_be16(new_ip_off);
-        iphdr->ip_len = cpu_to_be16(l3payload_len + l3hdr_len);
+        iphdr->ip_len = cpu_to_be16(l3payload_len + *l3hdr_len);
+
+        eth_fix_ip4_checksum(l3hdr, *l3hdr_len);
+    } else if (l3_proto == ETH_P_IPV6) {
+        struct ip6_header *ip6 = (struct ip6_header *) l3hdr;
+
+        struct ip6_ext_hdr_fragment *frag_ext = NULL;
+
+        /* Find frag extension */
+        frag_ext = eth_ip6_find_ext(ip6, IP6_FRAGMENT);
+        if (frag_ext == NULL) {
+            /* No frag extension? Add one */
+            if (*l3hdr_len + sizeof(*frag_ext) > l3hdr_max_len) {
+                /*
+                 * TODO:
+                 * For now, qemu's L3 buffer allocated with NetTxPkt
+                 * and have enough memory(buffer allocated with 65K bytes
+                 * ETH_MAX_IP_DGRAM_LEN = 0xFFFF)
+                 * for additional extensions.
+                 */
+                return; /* TODO: request to reallocate l3hdr */
+            }
+            frag_ext = eth_ip6_add_ext_nonsafe(ip6, IP6_FRAGMENT);
+            *l3hdr_len += sizeof(*frag_ext);
+            static uint32_t s_id = s_first_fragment_identificator;
+            frag_ext->id = cpu_to_be32(s_id);
+            ++s_id;
+        }
+
+        frag_ext->off = cpu_to_be16((frag_offset / IP_FRAG_UNIT_SIZE) << 3
+                | (uint16_t)!!more_frags);
+
+        ip6->ip6_plen = cpu_to_be16(l3payload_len + *l3hdr_len - sizeof(*ip6));
     }
 }
 
