diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfig.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfig.java
index 8a329b546f..30c98d000c 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfig.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfig.java
@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@ import io.netty.util.internal.ConversionUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.DetectionUtil;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.MulticastSocket;
 import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.StandardSocketOptions;
 import java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * The default {@link NioSocketChannelConfig} implementation.
@@ -173,4 +178,80 @@ class DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfig extends DefaultDatagramChannelConfig
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getTimeToLive() {
+        if (DetectionUtil.javaVersion() < 7) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        } else {
+            try {
+                return (int) channel.getOption(StandardSocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_TTL);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new ChannelException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setTimeToLive(int ttl) {
+        if (DetectionUtil.javaVersion() < 7) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        } else {
+            try {
+                channel.setOption(StandardSocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, ttl);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new ChannelException(e);
+            }
+        }
+       
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public InetAddress getInterface() {
+        NetworkInterface inf = getNetworkInterface();
+        if (inf == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            Enumeration<InetAddress> addresses = inf.getInetAddresses();
+            if (addresses.hasMoreElements()) {
+                return addresses.nextElement();
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setInterface(InetAddress interfaceAddress) {
+        try {
+            setNetworkInterface(NetworkInterface.getByInetAddress(interfaceAddress));
+        } catch (SocketException e) {
+            throw new ChannelException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLoopbackModeDisabled() {
+        if (DetectionUtil.javaVersion() < 7) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        } else {
+            try {
+                return (Boolean) channel.getOption(StandardSocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_LOOP);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new ChannelException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setLoopbackModeDisabled(boolean loopbackModeDisabled) {
+        if (DetectionUtil.javaVersion() < 7) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        } else {
+            try {
+                channel.setOption(StandardSocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_LOOP, loopbackModeDisabled);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new ChannelException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfigTest.java b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfigTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5545cb61f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfigTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project 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.
+ */
+package io.netty.channel.socket.nio;
+
+import io.netty.util.internal.DetectionUtil;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.net.StandardProtocolFamily;
+import java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfigTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMulticastOptions() throws IOException {
+        if (DetectionUtil.javaVersion() < 7) {
+            return;
+        }
+        DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfig config = new DefaultNioDatagramChannelConfig(DatagramChannel.open(StandardProtocolFamily.INET));
+        NetworkInterface inf = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces().nextElement();
+        config.setNetworkInterface(inf);
+        Assert.assertEquals(inf, config.getNetworkInterface());
+        
+        InetAddress localhost = inf.getInetAddresses().nextElement();
+        config.setInterface(localhost);
+        Assert.assertEquals(localhost, config.getInterface());
+        
+        config.setTimeToLive(100);
+        Assert.assertEquals(100, config.getTimeToLive());
+        
+        config.setLoopbackModeDisabled(false);
+        Assert.assertEquals(false, config.isLoopbackModeDisabled());
+
+    }
+}