diff --git a/examples/nng_test/Kconfig b/examples/nng_test/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb0c8dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nng_test/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
+# see the file kconfig-language.txt in the NuttX tools repository.
+#
+
+config EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST
+	bool "NNG pubsub program"
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Enable the NNG pubsub program
+
+if EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST
+
+config EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST_STACKSIZE
+	int "NNG pubsub stack size"
+	default DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE
+
+config EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST_PRIORITY
+	int "NNG pubsub task priority"
+	default 50
+
+endif
diff --git a/examples/nng_test/Make.defs b/examples/nng_test/Make.defs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e63161ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nng_test/Make.defs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+############################################################################
+# apps/examples/nng_test/Make.defs
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST),)
+CONFIGURED_APPS += $(APPDIR)/examples/nng_test
+endif
diff --git a/examples/nng_test/Makefile b/examples/nng_test/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..950bd9902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nng_test/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+############################################################################
+# apps/examples/nng_test/Makefile
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+include $(APPDIR)/Make.defs
+
+MAINSRC = pubsub.c
+
+# Built-in application info
+
+PROGNAME = pubsub
+PRIORITY = $(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST_PRIORITY)
+STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST_STACKSIZE)
+MODULE = $(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NNG_TEST)
+
+include $(APPDIR)/Application.mk
diff --git a/examples/nng_test/pubsub.c b/examples/nng_test/pubsub.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5dc1cda3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nng_test/pubsub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * apps/examples/nng_test/pubsub.c
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <debug.h>
+
+#include <nng/nng.h>
+#include <nng/protocol/pubsub0/pub.h>
+#include <nng/protocol/pubsub0/sub.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+void fatal(FAR const char *func, int rv)
+{
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", func, nng_strerror(rv));
+}
+
+FAR char *date(void)
+{
+  time_t now = time(&now);
+  FAR struct tm *info = localtime(&now);
+  FAR char *text = asctime(info);
+  text[strlen(text) - 1] = '\0';
+  return text;
+}
+
+FAR void *client_thread(pthread_addr_t pvarg)
+{
+  nng_socket sock;
+  int rv;
+
+  sleep(2);
+
+  if ((rv = nng_sub0_open(&sock)) != 0)
+    {
+      fatal("nng_sub0_open", rv);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* subscribe to everything (empty means all topics) */
+
+  if ((rv = nng_setopt(sock, NNG_OPT_SUB_SUBSCRIBE, "", 0)) != 0)
+    {
+      fatal("nng_setopt", rv);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  if ((rv = nng_dial(sock, "ipc:///pubsub.ipc", NULL, 0)) != 0)
+    {
+      fatal("nng_dial", rv);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  for (; ; )
+    {
+      FAR char *buf = NULL;
+      size_t sz;
+
+      if ((rv = nng_recv(sock, &buf, &sz, NNG_FLAG_ALLOC)) != 0)
+        {
+          fatal("nng_recv", rv);
+          break;
+        }
+
+      printf("CLIENT: RECEIVED %s\n", buf);
+      nng_free(buf, sz);
+    }
+
+  return NULL;  /* Keeps some compilers from complaining */
+}
+
+int main(const int argc, const FAR char *argv[])
+{
+  pthread_t tid;
+  nng_socket sock;
+  int rv;
+
+  if ((rv = nng_pub0_open(&sock)) != 0)
+    {
+      fatal("nng_pub0_open", rv);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  rv = pthread_create(&tid, NULL, client_thread, NULL);
+  if (rv != 0)
+    {
+      fatal("main: Failed to create client thread: %d\n", rv);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if ((rv = nng_listen(sock, "ipc:///pubsub.ipc", NULL, 0)) < 0)
+    {
+      fatal("nng_listen", rv);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  for (; ; )
+    {
+      FAR char *d = date();
+      printf("SERVER: PUBLISHING DATE %s\n", d);
+      if ((rv = nng_send(sock, d, strlen(d) + 1, 0)) != 0)
+        {
+          fatal("nng_send", rv);
+          break;
+        }
+
+      sleep(1);
+    }
+
+  return 1;
+}
diff --git a/netutils/nng/.gitignore b/netutils/nng/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ce77e95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netutils/nng/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/*tar.gz
diff --git a/netutils/nng/Kconfig b/netutils/nng/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57d7726aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netutils/nng/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#
+# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
+# see the file kconfig-language.txt in the NuttX tools repository.
+#
+
+config NETUTILS_NNG
+	bool "Enable Nanomsg NG"
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Enable Nanomsg-NG library. NNG is a lightweight, broker-less library,
+		offering a simple API to solve common recurring messaging problems,
+		such as publish/subscribe, RPC-style request/reply, or service discovery.
+
+if NETUTILS_NNG
+
+config NETUTILS_NNG_VERSION
+	string "NNG Version"
+	default "1.5.2"
+
+endif
diff --git a/netutils/nng/Make.defs b/netutils/nng/Make.defs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0eea85015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netutils/nng/Make.defs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+############################################################################
+# apps/netutils/nng/Make.defs
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_NETUTILS_NNG),)
+CONFIGURED_APPS += $(APPDIR)/netutils/nng
+
+CFLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}$(APPDIR)/netutils/nng/nng/include
+CXXFLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}$(APPDIR)/netutils/nng/nng/include
+
+endif
diff --git a/netutils/nng/Makefile b/netutils/nng/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38e3f4080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netutils/nng/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+############################################################################
+# apps/netutils/nng/Makefile
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+include $(APPDIR)/Make.defs
+
+NNG_VERSION := $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_NETUTILS_NNG_VERSION))
+NNG_TARBALL  = v$(NNG_VERSION).tar.gz
+NNG_UNPACK   = nng
+NNG_SRCDIR   = $(NNG_UNPACK)$(DELIM)src
+
+CFLAGS += -I$(NNG_UNPACK)/src
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_PLATFORM_POSIX
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_HAVE_GETRANDOM
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_TRANSPORT_INPROC
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_TRANSPORT_IPC
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_TRANSPORT_TCP
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_TRANSPORT_TLS
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_TRANSPORT_WS
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_TRANSPORT_WSS
+
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_USE_EVENTFD
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_HAVE_EPOLL
+CFLAGS += -DNNG_HAVE_EPOLL_CREATE1
+
+DEPPATH += --dep-path $(NNG_SRCDIR)
+VPATH   += :$(NNG_SRCDIR)
+
+
+CSRCS  = $(NNG_SRCDIR)/nng.c 
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/nng_legacy.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/aio.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/device.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/dialer.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/file.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/idhash.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/init.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/list.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/listener.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/lmq.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/message.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/msgqueue.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/options.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/pollable.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/panic.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/pipe.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/protocol.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/reap.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/socket.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/stats.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/stream.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/strs.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/taskq.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/tcp.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/thread.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/timer.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/core/url.c
+
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_alloc.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_atomic.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_clock.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_debug.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_file.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_ipcconn.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_ipcdial.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_ipclisten.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_pipe.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_resolv_gai.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_sockaddr.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_tcpconn.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_tcpdial.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_tcplisten.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_thread.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_udp.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_pollq_epoll.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_rand_getrandom.c
+#CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/platform/posix/posix_rand_urandom.c
+
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/transport.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/bus0/bus.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pair0/pair.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pair1/pair.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pair1/pair1_poly.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pipeline0/pull.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pipeline0/push.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pubsub0/pub.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pubsub0/sub.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/pubsub0/xsub.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/reqrep0/rep.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/reqrep0/req.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/reqrep0/xrep.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/reqrep0/xreq.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/survey0/respond.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/survey0/survey.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/survey0/xrespond.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/protocol/survey0/xsurvey.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/transport/inproc/inproc.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/transport/ipc/ipc.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/transport/tcp/tcp.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/transport/tls/tls.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/sp/transport/ws/websocket.c
+
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/base64/base64.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/http/http_chunk.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/http/http_client.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/http/http_conn.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/http/http_msg.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/http/http_public.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/http/http_schemes.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/http/http_server.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/sha1/sha1.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/tls/tls_common.c
+#CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/tls/mbedtls/tls.c
+#CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/util/options.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/util/platform.c
+CSRCS += $(NNG_SRCDIR)/supplemental/websocket/websocket.c
+
+$(NNG_TARBALL):
+	$(Q) echo "Downloading nng-$(NNG_VERSION)"
+	$(Q) curl -O -L https://github.com/nanomsg/nng/archive/$(NNG_TARBALL)
+
+$(NNG_UNPACK): $(NNG_TARBALL)
+	$(Q) tar zxf $(NNG_TARBALL)
+	$(Q) mv nng-$(NNG_VERSION) $(NNG_UNPACK)
+	$(Q) touch $(NNG_UNPACK)
+
+# Download and unpack tarball if no git repo found
+ifeq ($(wildcard $(NNG_UNPACK)/.git),)
+context:: $(NNG_UNPACK)
+
+distclean::
+	$(call DELFILE, $(NNG_TARBALL))
+	$(call DELDIR, $(NNG_UNPACK))
+endif
+
+include $(APPDIR)/Application.mk