diff --git a/include/linux/sock_diag.h b/include/linux/sock_diag.h
index 024e1f4..dafcb89 100644
--- a/include/linux/sock_diag.h
+++ b/include/linux/sock_diag.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #define SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY 20
+#define SOCK_DESTROY 21
 
 struct sock_diag_req {
 	__u8	sdiag_family;
diff --git a/man/man8/ss.8 b/man/man8/ss.8
index f4d5264..758460c 100644
--- a/man/man8/ss.8
+++ b/man/man8/ss.8
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ Show process using socket.
 .B \-i, \-\-info
 Show internal TCP information.
 .TP
+.B \-K, \-\-kill
+Attempts to forcibly close sockets. This option displays sockets that are
+successfully closed and silently skips sockets that the kernel does not support
+closing. It supports IPv4 and IPv6 sockets only.
+.TP
 .B \-s, \-\-summary
 Print summary statistics. This option does not parse socket lists obtaining
 summary from various sources. It is useful when amount of sockets is so huge
diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
index 0dab32c..13fcc8f 100644
--- a/misc/ss.c
+++ b/misc/ss.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ struct filter
 	int states;
 	int families;
 	struct ssfilter *f;
+	bool kill;
 };
 
 static const struct filter default_dbs[MAX_DB] = {
@@ -2194,8 +2195,27 @@ static int sockdiag_send(int family, int fd, int protocol, struct filter *f)
 struct inet_diag_arg {
 	struct filter *f;
 	int protocol;
+	struct rtnl_handle *rth;
 };
 
+static int kill_inet_sock(const struct sockaddr_nl *addr,
+		struct nlmsghdr *h, void *arg)
+{
+	struct inet_diag_msg *d = NLMSG_DATA(h);
+	struct inet_diag_arg *diag_arg = arg;
+	struct rtnl_handle *rth = diag_arg->rth;
+	DIAG_REQUEST(req, struct inet_diag_req_v2 r);
+
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_type = SOCK_DESTROY;
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK;
+	req.nlh.nlmsg_seq = ++rth->seq;
+	req.r.sdiag_family = d->idiag_family;
+	req.r.sdiag_protocol = diag_arg->protocol;
+	req.r.id = d->id;
+
+	return rtnl_talk(rth, &req.nlh, NULL, 0);
+}
+
 static int show_one_inet_sock(const struct sockaddr_nl *addr,
 		struct nlmsghdr *h, void *arg)
 {
@@ -2205,6 +2225,15 @@ static int show_one_inet_sock(const struct sockaddr_nl *addr,
 
 	if (!(diag_arg->f->families & (1 << r->idiag_family)))
 		return 0;
+	if (diag_arg->f->kill && kill_inet_sock(addr, h, arg) != 0) {
+		if (errno == EOPNOTSUPP || errno == ENOENT) {
+			/* Socket can't be closed, or is already closed. */
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			perror("SOCK_DESTROY answers");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
 	if ((err = inet_show_sock(h, diag_arg->f, diag_arg->protocol)) < 0)
 		return err;
 
@@ -2214,12 +2243,21 @@ static int show_one_inet_sock(const struct sockaddr_nl *addr,
 static int inet_show_netlink(struct filter *f, FILE *dump_fp, int protocol)
 {
 	int err = 0;
-	struct rtnl_handle rth;
+	struct rtnl_handle rth, rth2;
 	int family = PF_INET;
 	struct inet_diag_arg arg = { .f = f, .protocol = protocol };
 
 	if (rtnl_open_byproto(&rth, 0, NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG))
 		return -1;
+
+	if (f->kill) {
+		if (rtnl_open_byproto(&rth2, 0, NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG)) {
+			rtnl_close(&rth);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		arg.rth = &rth2;
+	}
+
 	rth.dump = MAGIC_SEQ;
 	rth.dump_fp = dump_fp;
 	if (preferred_family == PF_INET6)
@@ -2243,6 +2281,8 @@ again:
 
 Exit:
 	rtnl_close(&rth);
+	if (arg.rth)
+		rtnl_close(arg.rth);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -3489,6 +3529,8 @@ static void _usage(FILE *dest)
 "   -x, --unix          display only Unix domain sockets\n"
 "   -f, --family=FAMILY display sockets of type FAMILY\n"
 "\n"
+"   -K, --kill          forcibly close sockets, display what was closed\n"
+"\n"
 "   -A, --query=QUERY, --socket=QUERY\n"
 "       QUERY := {all|inet|tcp|udp|raw|unix|unix_dgram|unix_stream|unix_seqpacket|packet|netlink}[,QUERY]\n"
 "\n"
@@ -3579,6 +3621,7 @@ static const struct option long_opts[] = {
 	{ "context", 0, 0, 'Z' },
 	{ "contexts", 0, 0, 'z' },
 	{ "net", 1, 0, 'N' },
+	{ "kill", 0, 0, 'K' },
 	{ 0 }
 
 };
@@ -3593,7 +3636,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ch;
 	int state_filter = 0;
 
-	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dhaletuwxnro460spbEf:miA:D:F:vVzZN:",
+	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dhaletuwxnro460spbEf:miA:D:F:vVzZN:K",
 				 long_opts, NULL)) != EOF) {
 		switch(ch) {
 		case 'n':
@@ -3774,6 +3817,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if (netns_switch(optarg))
 				exit(1);
 			break;
+		case 'K':
+			current_filter.kill = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 			help();
 		case '?':
