diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 147476a..a84b395 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "IPNets"
 uuid = "66763231-799b-5fff-8662-389acfc33a85"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.1.0"
 
 [deps]
 Sockets = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
diff --git a/src/IPNets.jl b/src/IPNets.jl
index 059dce7..1dc5144 100644
--- a/src/IPNets.jl
+++ b/src/IPNets.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module IPNets
 
 using Sockets: IPAddr, IPv4, IPv6
 
-export IPNet, IPv4Net, IPv6Net
+export IPNet, IPv4Net, IPv6Net, is_private, is_global
 
 abstract type IPNet end
 
@@ -168,4 +168,64 @@ end
 inttype(::IPv4Net) = UInt32
 inttype(::IPv6Net) = UInt128
 
+###############################
+## IP address classification ##
+###############################
+
+# See https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml
+# and https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/67b3a9995368f89b7ce4a995920b2a83a81c599b/Lib/ipaddress.py#L1543-L1558
+const _private_ipv4_nets = IPv4Net[
+    IPv4Net("0.0.0.0/8"),
+    IPv4Net("10.0.0.0/8"),
+    IPv4Net("127.0.0.0/8"),
+    IPv4Net("169.254.0.0/16"),
+    IPv4Net("172.16.0.0/12"),
+    IPv4Net("192.0.0.0/29"),
+    IPv4Net("192.0.0.170/31"),
+    IPv4Net("192.0.2.0/24"),
+    IPv4Net("192.168.0.0/16"),
+    IPv4Net("198.18.0.0/15"),
+    IPv4Net("198.51.100.0/24"),
+    IPv4Net("203.0.113.0/24"),
+    IPv4Net("240.0.0.0/4"),
+    IPv4Net("255.255.255.255/32"),
+]
+
+# See https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.xhtml
+# and https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/67b3a9995368f89b7ce4a995920b2a83a81c599b/Lib/ipaddress.py#L2258-L2269
+const _private_ipv6_nets = IPv6Net[
+    IPv6Net("::1/128"),
+    IPv6Net("::/128"),
+    IPv6Net("::ffff:0:0/96"),
+    IPv6Net("100::/64"),
+    IPv6Net("2001::/23"),
+    IPv6Net("2001:2::/48"),
+    IPv6Net("2001:db8::/32"),
+    IPv6Net("2001:10::/28"),
+    IPv6Net("fc00::/7"),
+    IPv6Net("fe80::/10"),
+]
+
+"""
+    is_private(ip::Union{IPv4,IPv6})
+
+Return `true` if the IP adress is allocated for private networks.
+
+See [iana-ipv4-special-registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml) (IPv4)
+and [iana-ipv6-special-registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.xhtml) (IPv6).
+"""
+is_private(::Union{IPv4,IPv6})
+is_private(ip::IPv4) = any(ip in net for net in _private_ipv4_nets)
+is_private(ip::IPv6) = any(ip in net for net in _private_ipv6_nets)
+
+"""
+    is_global(ip::Union{IPv4,IPv6})
+
+Return `true` if the IP adress is allocated for public networks.
+
+See [iana-ipv4-special-registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml) (IPv4)
+and [iana-ipv6-special-registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.xhtml) (IPv6).
+"""
+is_global(ip::Union{IPv4,IPv6}) = !is_private(ip)
+
 end # module
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 57cac8e..9dc5608 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ using IPNets, Test, Sockets
     @test_throws BoundsError ipnet[256]
     @test_throws BoundsError ipnet[-1:2]
 
+    @test is_private(ip"127.0.0.1")
+    @test !is_global(ip"127.0.0.1")
+    @test !is_private(ip"1.1.1.1")
+    @test is_global(ip"1.1.1.1")
 
     #############
     ## IPv6Net ##
@@ -128,4 +132,9 @@ using IPNets, Test, Sockets
     @test_throws BoundsError ipnet[-1]
     @test_throws BoundsError ipnet[65536]
     @test_throws BoundsError ipnet[-1:2]
+
+    @test is_private(ip"::1")
+    @test !is_global(ip"::1")
+    @test !is_private(ip"2606:4700:4700::1111")
+    @test is_global(ip"2606:4700:4700::1111")
 end